At Bruun Rasmussen's upcoming Asian auction you can experience both the finest decorative art and get a taste of history as well. Some of the most spectacular lots on the auction will be exhibited in London during "Asian Art Week" (5-8 November) - including decorative art from the collection of the later Colonel and adjutant of George V of Britain, Evelyn Williams Medows Norie (1862-1915).
The most expensive Rolex watch in the history of Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen will be up for auction on 30 November. The watch is a rare star-studded "Stilline" wristwatch from 1953, which is estimated at DKK 1.2-1.5 million. Included in the auction is also the world's most sought-after sports watch "Nautilus 3700" from Patek Philippe, which is estimated at DKK 350,000-400,000.
An extremely rare "Achrome" piece by Piero Manzoni from 1961 will be exhibited in London from 5-8 November and will be up for auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen on 5 December 2017. The work was made during the artist's stay in Denmark and has not previously been for sale.
Two extremely rare and very beautiful Tetradrachms from Ancient Greece will come under the hammer at the autumn's large coin auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen. This is truly exceptional coin art of a very high quality. The auction also offers a Chinese 50 Tael weighing almost 2 kilos as well as an English coronation set from 1937.
The evening's prestigious "Nordic Masters" design auction in Copenhagen became a true tribute to Finn Juhl since the auction’s top 3 were all designed by the world-famous architect. The highest hammer price was achieved by the architect’s own favourite – the extremely rare “FJ 44” armchair, which was sold for DKK 610,000 (€ 107,000 including buyer’s premium).
Tuesday's big auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen was dominated by two present-day heavyweights on the international art scene. Danish Per Kirkeby and Belgian Pierre Alechinsky surprised with several impressive hammer prices.
The autumn’s international auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen got off to a festive start Tuesday afternoon. Here Jesper Bruun Rasmussen sold Paul Fischer’s iconic painting of “The King’s Birthday” from 1925. The painting was sold for DKK 2.1 million (€ 370,000 including buyer’s premium) to a private Danish art collector.
For the fifth time, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers will be presenting an exhibition at Drouot in Paris with art and design from our upcoming international auction. The exhibition “French Danish Connections” takes place on 21-22 September. Everyone is welcome.
At this autumn’s international auction at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen, we focus on Swiss wristwatches from IWC with many of the well-known models, including Ocean 2000 designed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1982.
Experiments, disintegration and eeriness – at this autumns international auction at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen, we focus on Danish contemporary art with names such as Benny Dröscher, Anette Harboe Flensburg, Jesper Christiansen and Julie Nord. This is the largest selection of Danish contemporary art ever seen at our auction house including new names on the auction market.
At this autumn’s international auction in Copenhagen, we celebrate the 850th anniversary of the city with a series of works by Paul Fischer, the Copenhagen painter par excellence. More than anyone else, he knew how to depict the hustle and bustle of the Danish capital around the year 1900.
Brandes' unique and monumental album with a wealth of personal greetings from the great thinkers of contemporary Europe will soon be under the hammer at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen with an estimate of DKK 800,000-1,000,000 (€ 110,000-135,000).
At the Autumn’s international auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen, a unique coffee table (€ 27,000-54,000) and an incredibly rare FJ44 armchair (€ 40,000-67,000) by Finn Juhl will be up for auction. The table is one of the most sculptural and eye-catching furniture pieces that Bruun Rasmussen’s experts have ever seen from this world-famous architect.
Last Thursday Bruun Rasmussen offered a new point of impact in Danish design history, with a beautiful, one-of-a-kind set of furniture from 1941 by the unknown theatre architect Orla Høyer. The unusual furniture set is the clearest expression of Nordic Art Deco Bruun Rasmussen has ever seen at its auctions.
This summer's international auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen has just ended with an iconic auction of Russian art. With a World record on Russian icons and a total hammer price of DKK 27.6 million (€ 3.7 million / € 4.8 million including buyer's premium), auction history was made on Friday 9th June.
At Tuesday evening's auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen, the work “Harvest” (2007) by the American artist Robert Rauschenberg fetched a hammer price of more that one million Danish kroner (€ 156,000)
There were plenty of eager bidders at Thursday’s jewellery auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen, where an elegant diamond bracelet from the "King of Diamonds" Harry Winston was sold for DKK 510,000. This is a Danish auction record for a bracelet, and at the same time it is the second highest hammer price for a piece of jewellery in the history of the auction house.
The summer's international auction in Copenhagen began in style on Tuesday when we sold a unique picture book from 1868-69 by Hans Christian Andersen for DKK 2.9 million (€ 507,000 including buyer’s premium). This is a Danish auction record for a work by the world-famous Danish author.
The talented artists of the future will be given the full spotlight when Bruun Rasmussen, in collaboration with the Copenhagen Photo Festival, swings the hammer over a selection of works from the censored exhibition at the photo festival.
Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art will exhibit the highlights from one of the largest Russian auctions in the history of the auction house at the Danish Embassy in London in connection with Russian Art Week 1-2 June. The auction itself takes place in Copenhagen on the 9th of June.
