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  • Indian drawing from Benjamin Wolff's collection

    Indian Drawings and Tibetan Thangkas

    Indian 19th century drawings from a Danish private collection and a number of Buddhist thangkas from Tibet are among the highlights of the auction for oriental art at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen.

  • Internationa Stamp Auction in Copenhagen on 25th October

    Asian Stamps in High Demand

    ​It is not only Oriental art and decorative crafts that are in high demand these days. At our recent international stamp auction we achieved a number of impressive hammer prices for Chinese collections. Especially a collection of stamps from the 1960s was popular and went for DKK 170,000.

  • Jonas Bohlin’s Concrete Chair, Finn Juhl’s Chieftain Chair and Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Chair.

    Nordic Icons at auction in Copenhagen

    At the last international auction of the year in Copenhagen, we will be offering three of the most iconic Nordic furniture classics – Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Chair (1931–32), Finn Juhl’s Chieftain Chair (1949) and Jonas Bohlin’s Concrete Chair (1980).

  • Le Corbusier: "20 heures, arrivée à Chandigarh", 1951-1959.

    Rare Enamel by Le Corbusier from Utzon’s Art Collection

    Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers is pleased to announce that another important work by Le Corbusier from the private collection of the world-famous Danish architect Jørn Utzon will be auctioned off in the beginning of December. The work was made while Utzon and Corbusier collaborated on the interior of the Sydney Opera House during the 1950s.

  • Paolo Scheggi sold for DKK 2.5 million / € 335.000

    World Record for Modern Art in Copenhagen

    There was a great demand for world-class modern art at the international auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen, where a work by the Italian artist Paolo Scheggi was sold for DKK 2.5 million. Other surprises among the auction results include works by Fernand Léger, Jan Křížek and Tetsumi Kudo, as well as a world record on a painting by Alan Uglow.

  • Interior 52 at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen

    Finn Juhl - Interior 52

    At the upcoming international auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen we have the pleasure of presenting a number of the models that Finn Juhl used in 1951 for Interior 52 at Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Trondheim (Norway’s National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design).

  • Highlights from this Autumn's international auction (September 2016)

    Avantgarde Art 1960 + 1970 - Exhibition in Paris

    While the famous art fair "Biennale des Antiquaires" is being held at the Grand Palais, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art will for the third time exhibit its most coveted paintings and furniture pieces at the auction association Drouot in Paris. This time there is a special focus on international avant-garde art from the 1960s to the 70s.

  • Highlights from this Autumn's international auction (September 2016)

    Peder Moos' Museum Table and Private Letters up for Auction

    ​At this autumn's international design auction in Copenhagen, we can present the Danish cabinetmaker and designer Peder Moos' "Museum Table", which only exists in very few copies. It was commissioned by the Dane Gert Poulsen, who has also kept a unique series of letters from Moos, which were written during the production of the table.

  • Highlights from this Autumn's international auction (September 2016)

    Newly discovered work by Paolo Scheggi up for Auction

    A newly discovered work from the early 1960s by the Italian avant garde artist Paolo Scheggi (1940-71) has found its way to Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art and will be auctioned off in September 2016. The hitherto unknown work has been in a private Danish collection, and prior to the sale it has recently been registered with the Associazione Paolo Scheggi in Milan.

  • David Roentgen: Louis XVI gilt bronze bureau. C. 1780. Estimate: € 135,000-200,000

    ​Roentgen Bureau up for Auction in September 2016

    Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers presents a beautiful bureau from c. 1780 at this autumn’s auction in Copenhagen. The bureau was made by the renowned cabinetmaker David Roentgen (1743-1807), who created exquisite furniture for some of the most famous royal figures in European history.

  • ​The Greatest Auction Ever of Quistgaard’s Design

    ​The Greatest Auction Ever of Quistgaard’s Design

    Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers offer the greatest selection ever of timeless design classics from the 1950-60s by the Danish designer Jens Harald Quistgaard. The auction is held on Tuesday 10 May.

  • A large Chinese gilded and patinated bronze figure of an Immortal, Lao-zi, Ming 1368-1644. H. 64 cm. Estimate: DKK 400,00-500,000 / € 53,500-67,000.

    ​Oriental Art at Auction in Copenhagen

    At Bruun Rasmussen’s international summer auction we present a selection of beautiful Chinese art from different historical periods. The auction of Oriental art takes place in Copenhagen on Wednesday 1 June at 2 pm.

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