Love and death of Mary Vetsera – Youthful confessions
Vienna, 1884: When she was 17, Countess Marie Mittrowsky asked her friends to write in…
In the Spirit of Coco Chanel
A reduction to the basics – clear lines and functionality defined Coco Chanel’s fashion design and launched a…
Black Star – Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster
The Mercedes-Benz 300 S is the epitome of elegance. It was the car for stars, the elite, more expensive than any other. What follows is a brief historical review of this beauty,…
BelliSSSSima: Bulgari’s PaSSSSion for FaSSSShion
Psssst! Does the 1960s Bulgari serpent watch shown above make you aspire to become a snake charmer? Is style-savvy, serpentine design the “super fuel” that wakes your passion for fashion from hibernation, makes you shed the…
Rare gem from fin-de-siècle treasure trove
Koloman Moser, muff necklace, auction June 13, 2016, price realised: € 198,200.- Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge, the shining couple from Vienna’s Fin-de-Siècle movement. In July of 1905, the artist bestowed upon…
Anish Kapoor: Vertigo at the Verge of the Void
Anish Kapoor’s ‘Pouch’ sold for €337,136 at the contemporary art auction at Dorotheum Vienna on 1st June, 2016. One would need a very, very big head to wrap around an influence as vast as that of Anish Kapoor; the…
English Interiors: My Home is my Castle
Very British Are you looking for some classic furniture, that special piece with royal flair? English interior design classics are up for auction in the Dorotheum onlineauction “My Home is my Castle”,…
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