Christie's Asian Art Week 2018

As you know, I love popping in Christie's in Rockefeller Center pretty often. You can enter for free and you can view some amazing pieces of artwork. Their Asian Art Week was pretty fantastic and I really wanted to share some of the items with you. It amazes me how old these treasures are and that we still have them in the year 2019 to enjoy!  

The carving on this was just amazing!  

The price realized for this piece was $10,000 US Dollars  

How beautiful are these colors and design!  

This piece was just wonderful to view in person  

The price realized for this piece was $112,500 US Dollars 

Just took my breath away! So beautiful  

This piece is dated from 1400! Isn't that just totally amazing! Just think of all the places it must have been in over 600 years!  

This delightful piece was price realized at $225,000  

I really love these pieces and in person, they are even more fabulous, if you would believe. Chrisitie's is an auction house but really just like a museum with all the history you are allowed to view when visiting.  

A LARGE THANGKA OF SITATARA

MONGOLIA, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Price realized is $60,000 US Dollars 

This piece was really something I looked at for quite a while  

This drawing made me smile  

 I could see this in my home with no problem!  

Ah, this happened to be on view as well - just a diamond necklace for your enjoyment!  

When you are done learning some history at Christie's, you can pop over to La Maison du Chocolat for some cocoa and chocolate. Life is really good, isn't it ? 

Christie's New York 
Rockefeller Center
Hours
Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm
We are often open for weekend views, although the hours vary by sale

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The Peggy and David Rockefeller Auction

I had the pleasure to view the auction for Peggy and David Rockefeller at Christie's in Rockefeller Center. The Rockefeller name is classic, and has so much history. David Rockefeller was the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller who was an American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist. David Rockefeller's net worth as of March 2017 was estimated to be 3.3 billion US Dollars. The financial times has a great article with an interview of David Rockefeller, Jr. which is a very interesting read. 

There were so many items but I decided to show you the ones that I liked, or would purchase if money was no object. I really loved this painting, and since it is a Renoir, I guess I have good taste!  

This one was very pretty as well, I love the colors  

As much as I can appreciate Picasso as an artist, I just am not too fond of his work. This piece doesn't show an estimate, but they are expecting it to fetch 100 million dollars. Mind-blowing to say the least.  

I really love Monet paintings, they just make me smile. This was just gorgeous and I would purchase if I was able and hang in my home. Somewhere that I can see it every single day.  

Another lovely flower painting and I love the frame as well.  

For some reason, I liked this one. Maybe it is the colors, I am not sure, but it was lovely in person. They are talking about this piece going for 70 million dollars.  

This one was really quite lovely as I am a big fan of mosaics.  

There were lots of silver items, I would hate to have to polish them on a daily or weekly basis. These candlesticks were pretty darn cool and you could tell by the look of them they were used.  

I really loved this chair, the design on the back is just so lovely. Would purchase this in a heartbeat.  

Many of the dinner service pieces were very neat, I would be so careful in using these since they are from 1805!  

This was an awesome tea pot, I could imagine this on my kitchen table.  

Another one of those great chairs, there were a few of them available. I just love all the detail and with these you could tell as well they were used.  

I loved this group of costume jewelry available and the photo. So darn classic. 

This auction is one of the biggest to come around in a long while. The media is expecting it to bring a total of 500 million to 1 billion US Dollars, all of which is going to charity. This type of an estate sale is just oh so rare. I still remember viewing the Elizabeth Taylor auction, which was pretty mind blowing to say the least.

You can view the auction live via Christie's website and I will be watching on May 8th as this will be the sales for the major art works. It should be pretty exciting to watch and see how much these classics bring in for charity.

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