SILVER
Christie's offers masterpieces of English and Continental silver from the late medieval period through the 19th century, as well as important American silver which is sold in New York. Auctions are held throughout the year in Amsterdam, London, New York, Milan and Paris. Silver is also offered in Christie's monthly House Sales in New York, and occasionally is featured in private collections and furniture and decorative arts sales in Amsterdam, London, Paris and New York.
Silver auctions often include Judaica and Objects of Vertu, small personal accessories such as snuff boxes, seals, necessaires, and scent flasks. Typically dating to the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, these items are made in precious materials like gold, enamel, hard stones, and gems.
Christie's holds the world auction record price for a piece of English silver of £1,485,000 for the Maynard sideboard dish (1991). Other world auction records include $534,000 for an American silver tankard by Bartholomew Le Roux of New York, 1710 (January 2002).
UPCOMING SALES FROM THIS DEPARTMENT
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Apr 2012 3 2pm
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Apr 2012 4 10:30am & 2pm
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Apr 2012 4 2pm
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May 2012 17 10am
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May 2012 30 10:30am & 2:30pm
SALE 5377|London, King Street
|Sale InformationCenturies of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
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Jun 2012 19 2pm
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Jun 2012 20 10:30am & 2pm
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Oct 2012 2 2pm
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Oct 2012 3 10:30am & 2pm
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Dec 2012 11 2pm
DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
CHOOSE LOCATION
EXCEPTIONAL PRICES
A FRENCH-EMPIRE SILVER-GILT DINNER-SERVICE
Price realized: £3,177,250
Jul 2011, London, King Street
A GERMAN SILVER EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER BY BALTHASAR FRIEDRICH BEHRENS, HANOVER
Price realized: £5,753,250
Jul 2011, London, King Street
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT PAIR OF LOUIS XV SILVER WINE COOLERS
Price realized: $933,500
Apr 2002, New York, Rockefeller Center
Price realized: S1,069,250
Jun 2003, London, King Street
Price realized: £814,400
Jun 2005, London, King Street
Price realized: $456,000
Jun 2005, London, King Street
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT NINE LIGHT CANDELABRUM BY EDWARD FARRELL, 1824
Price realized: $791,500
Oct 2004, New York
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT GERMAN RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL CUP AND COVER
Price realized: $710,400
Apr 2005, New York, Rockefeller Center
Price realized: €272,250
Dec 2004, Paris
Price realized: €84,000
May 2005, Amsterdam
Price realized: €42,160
Dec 2004, Rome
Price realized: £7,050
Sep 2003, London, South Kensington
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