Egypt
Sotheby's
- Antiquities: Downturn In Antiquity Sales
PR Newswire Swansea archaeologist David Gill has been analyzing the sale of antiquities in New York since 1999. Some $300 million worth of antiquities have been sold at Sotheby's and Christie's since 1998. There are normally two sales a year for...
- The Value Of Ancient Egypt At Sotheby's, New York
Looting Matters (David Gill) David Gill has been keeping an eye on the sales of Egyptian antiquities at Sotheby's. See the above page for his graph showing a comparison of the value of lots sold in the December and June sales in Sotheby's New...
- Antiquities Auction At Christies New York
Christies Fine Art Auction, New York Thanks to Paula Veiga for this link. It never fails to suprise me just how many items from ancient Egypt are in circulation in any given month: The Antiquities auction takes place on June 3rd 2009 at the Rockefeller...
- Egyptian Antiquities
Safe Corner David Gill has update Safe Corner with some details about the selling of Egyptian antiquities: In August 2007 I speculated about the scale of the market in antiquities. I have now posted some analyses of the scale of the market based on Sotheby's...
- The Sale Of Egyptian Antiquities At Sotheby's: A Reflection
David Gill's Looting Matters Blog David Gill (currently a member of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology at Swansea University, Wales ), who has been featured on this site before, has updated his blog with a few very well expressed...
Egypt
Auction: Antiquities Sale at Sotheby's New York
Sotheby'sAntiquities Sale N08373 takes place at Sotheby's in New York on 5th December 2007. It includes a number of Egyptian artefacts, from the Predynastic to the Graeco-Roman period, as well as antiquities from elsewhere. To see the Egyptian lots grouped together click here. The lots are numbered 1-29 and 105-120. To click on the thumbnails to view full details you have to be registered and logged in (registration is free and painless).
Some of them (e.g. Lot 13, bronze coffin of a cat) have come from private collections - it would be very nice to see them going into public collections instead!
Not Egyptology but interesting:
If you go to this auction's main page, there's a video showing Hugh Hildesley (Executive Vice President of Sotheby's) about a remarkable 5000 year old Elamite figurine: The Guennol Lioness. Have a gasp at the guide price too (scroll to Lot 30). Stan Parchin has done a great piece about the Lioness on the Suite 101 website.
Some of them (e.g. Lot 13, bronze coffin of a cat) have come from private collections - it would be very nice to see them going into public collections instead!
Not Egyptology but interesting:
If you go to this auction's main page, there's a video showing Hugh Hildesley (Executive Vice President of Sotheby's) about a remarkable 5000 year old Elamite figurine: The Guennol Lioness. Have a gasp at the guide price too (scroll to Lot 30). Stan Parchin has done a great piece about the Lioness on the Suite 101 website.
- Antiquities: Downturn In Antiquity Sales
PR Newswire Swansea archaeologist David Gill has been analyzing the sale of antiquities in New York since 1999. Some $300 million worth of antiquities have been sold at Sotheby's and Christie's since 1998. There are normally two sales a year for...
- The Value Of Ancient Egypt At Sotheby's, New York
Looting Matters (David Gill) David Gill has been keeping an eye on the sales of Egyptian antiquities at Sotheby's. See the above page for his graph showing a comparison of the value of lots sold in the December and June sales in Sotheby's New...
- Antiquities Auction At Christies New York
Christies Fine Art Auction, New York Thanks to Paula Veiga for this link. It never fails to suprise me just how many items from ancient Egypt are in circulation in any given month: The Antiquities auction takes place on June 3rd 2009 at the Rockefeller...
- Egyptian Antiquities
Safe Corner David Gill has update Safe Corner with some details about the selling of Egyptian antiquities: In August 2007 I speculated about the scale of the market in antiquities. I have now posted some analyses of the scale of the market based on Sotheby's...
- The Sale Of Egyptian Antiquities At Sotheby's: A Reflection
David Gill's Looting Matters Blog David Gill (currently a member of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology at Swansea University, Wales ), who has been featured on this site before, has updated his blog with a few very well expressed...