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Recommended features

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  • The tastemaker: Frank de Biasi’s Rockefeller selections

    The New York City-based interior designer selects his favourite pieces from the Rockefeller Collection

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  • The Rockefellers and their collection of prized porcelain

    ​​Christie’s specialist Carleigh Queenth and Rockefeller family historian Peter Johnson select their favourite pieces

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  • ‘Radical and innovative’ — the gorgeous glass of Carlo Scarpa

    Carlo Scarpa took the traditions of Venetian glassblowing and created some of the 20th century’s most innovative designs

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  • Polished performers

    ​Four contemporary silversmiths — hailing from China, Belgium, Britain and Japan — who have harnessed ancient techniques to their own distinctive styles

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  • Rare Burgundies direct from the reserve cellars of Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé

    ​​On 25 May at Christie’s presents one of its greatest ever wine auctions — a unique collection of historic Burgundies from a legendary domaine

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  • 5 Rolex watches to excite collectors

    Watch specialist — and watchmaker — Patrick Hofstetter casts his eye over a selection of highly-desirable timepieces offered in our Rare Watches auction in Geneva on 14 May