Flemming Lassen, Vilhelm Lauritzen, Salto and “PH” – at the upcoming auction we will dive into the early period of Danish Modernism with a series of exceptional and rare designs from the 1930s. The auction takes place in Copenhagen on 7-8 March.
When the year's first international auction at Brunn Rasmussen in Copenhagen takes place at the end of February, Greenlandic rubies will be up for auction for the first time in history. The rubies come from the Aappaluttoq mine south of Nuuk and are part of the impressive jewellery set "La Nina".
The year's largest international auction at Bruun Rasmussen ended this past Thursday after two weeks of intense bidding wars in Bredgade, Copenhagen. After the dust had settled, 12 million-kroner hammer prices and several world records had been achieved. As usual, the auction ended with modern design, where 23 six-figure sales were realised, which is quite exceptional.
Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art in Copenhagen continue to achieve new auction records. Tuesday afternoon, two enamel paintings by Le Corbusier were sold for DKK 2.05 million and DKK 1.9 million respectively. A work by the Italian avant-garde artist Piero Manzoni was also sold at the auction for a price of DKK 1.3 million.
A Rolex wristwatch from the early 1950s achieved a Danish record price at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers Thursday evening, where the price passed a million Danish Kroner and continued all the way to DKK 1,527,500 (€ 205,000) including buyer's premium.
The sale of two small soapstone seals, measuring just 6 and 7 cm in height, went through the roof at the Asian auction in Copenhagen Wednesday afternoon. The price reached DKK 1.1 million (€ 190,000 including buyer’s premium) before the hammer fell, which was more than a hundred times the valuation price of DKK 10,000.
Yesterday, Bruun Rasmussen opened the year's final international auction with the sale of fine art. This included the works by the father of Danish painting, C. W. Eckersberg. His paintings went for a combined hammer price of DKK 4,400,000. One of the paintings was purchased by the National Gallery of Denmark for a hammer price of DKK 2.1 million.
On Sunday afternoon, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen sold a case of magnum bottles from the world-renowned French Domaine de la Romanée Conti for a hammer price of DKK 290,000 (€ 50,000 including buyer’s premium), which is a Danish record.
The flowers are bursting like fireworks in Emil Nolde’s dazzling flower painting ”Blühende Sommer”, which is estimated at DKK 1.2 million (€ 162,000) at the next international auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen. With this watercolour and two other works by Nolde, we are proud to present a varied selection of his forceful world of colours, established at a time of great social upheaval.
Bruun Rasmussen's design auctions are best known for the furniture classics from the Scandinavian countries, but this time the auction house broaden the perspective and dives into international design history with a series of furniture pieces from Isokon by the distinguished Hungarian architect Marcel Breuer.
The Swiss-born artist Le Corbusier collaborated with the Danish architect Jørn Utzon on the interior decoration of the Sydney Opera House. Now two of the artist's outstanding enamel paintings from the Utzon collection will come under the hammer at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen on 5th December.
Auction history was achieved at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen Tuesday afternoon when a bundle of Chinese notes from 1854 was sold for DKK 1.4 million (€ 245,000 including buyer’s premium). This is the highest hammer price ever achieved at a coin auction in Denmark.
In the wake of the successful auction this summer, where Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen sold Russian icons for millions of Danish Kroner, we now follow up with another magnificent auction with art and antiques from Tsarist Russia. The most spectacular of these auction lots will be exhibited at the Danish Embassy in London on 27 and 28 November in connection with the Russian Art Week.
At this year’s biggest international auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen we among other items can present two completely unique works by the father of Danish painting C.W. Eckersberg (1783-1853), who is as popular as ever. Ahead of the auction, a number of selected works from the Danish Golden Age will be exhibited in London on 6-7 November.
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.
