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  • Unique Furniture Pieces by Kaare Klint Set World Record at Bruun Rasmussen Auction

    With a combined hammer price of USD 347,000 / EUR 313,000 (including buyer’s premium), an over 100-year-old group of furniture pieces by Kaare Klint set a world record at this year's final Live Auction for design in Copenhagen. Three beautiful chairs helped secure the record with a hammer price of USD 135,000 / EUR 122,000 (including buyer’s premium).

  • Record-setting Painting at Bruun Rasmussen

    Today, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art set a new auction record for a painting sold in Denmark as Vilhelm Hammershøi's "Interior, Strandgade 30" achieved a price of USD 6 million / EUR 5,5 million including buyer's premium. This is the highest auction price ever achieved worldwide for a painting by the artist.

  • Unique coin collection for sale

    Bruun Rasmussen is selling dedicated numismatist Kurt Guldborg’s extensive and utterly unique coin collection at the final Live Coin Auction of the year on 4–5 November.

  • Record-Breaking Czech Back Under the Hammer

    A remarkable collection of the Czech artist Jan Krizek's paintings and sculptures will be up for sale at the autumn’s Live Auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen.

  • Vente aux enchères de la collection du Prince Henrik de Danemark

    Le Prince Henrik de Danemark (né Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat) fut, toute sa vie, un collectionneur passionné de sculptures et de masques africains et d'objets en jade venus d’Asie. Désormais cette collection fera l’objet d’une vente aux enchères chez Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers à Copenhague.

  • Prins Henriks samling på auktion

    Prins Henrik av Danmark var hela sitt liv en passionerad samlare och samlade på masker och skulpturer från Afrika och jadekonst från Asien. Nu kommer samlingen att auktioneras ut hos Bruun Rasmussen Konstauktioner i Köpenhamn.

  • Prins Henriks samling på auksjon

    Prins Henrik av Danmark var hele livet gjennom en lidenskapelig samler av masker og skulpturer fra Afrika og jadekunst fra Asia. Samlingen vil nå bli auksjonert bort på Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauksjoner i København.

  • Great Bids on Modern Art

    Four works of art, in particular, helped ensure an evening of excitement, as Bruun Rasmussen began the second week of this summer's Live Auction with the sale of modern art.

  • Rolex Watch from the Vietnam War

    A sought-after Rolex which a military backstory will be sold at this summer's Live Auction. The model in question is a model GMT Master that has been worn by the helicopter pilot Captain Ernest D. Sprinkel during the Vietnam War in 1967.

  • ​Rare Golden Bowls from the King of Siam up for Auction

    Two fantastic golden bowls tell the story of the Dane, who ended up becoming the King of Siam’s confidential advisor and close friend. At the summer’s Live Auction in Copenhagen, Bruun Rasmussen looks to the Far East with a large number of Asian art objects from Scandinavian collections.

  • Cubist Work up for Auction in Copenhagen

    The highlight of this summer's auction at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen is a magnificent painting by Henri Hayden from 1920 and entitled "Bretonne". With the painting’s multi-perspective it can rightly be called pure cubist and musical in its style. The painting originates from the artist's relatively short cubist period between 1915 to 1922.

  • ​Auction: Rare Coin from the Reign of Oluf Hunger

    Coins minted under the reign of Oluf Hunger are among the most legendary rarities within Danish numismatics. But on Tuesday 7 May at Bruun Rasmussen’s auction for coins, medals and paper money in Copenhagen, the highlight will be just such a coin.

  • Finn Juhl's Dining Room Set Sold for Over a Million Danish Kroner

    Thursday's design auction had buyers from all over the world bidding on especially Finn Juhl’s furniture. A dining room set with Juhl's "Egyptian Chairs" and a "Judas Table" delivered the biggest surprise with a hammer price of DKK 770,000 (€ 134,000 including buyer’s premium) and DKK 250,000 (€ 44,000 including buyer’s premium) respectively.

  • New World Record on a Painting by Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt

    The historic saleroom in Copenhagen was filled to the brim as Bruun Rasmussen on a rainy Tuesday auctioned off modern paintings, sculptures and photographic art. A depiction of the Pueblo people's Harvest Dance caused the most excitement of the evening as a new world record rang through the saleroom.

  • Danish Contemporary Art up for Auction

    Allan Otte, Cathrine Raben Davidsen and Trine Søndergaard – Danish contemporary art is gaining ground on the international market these years. When Bruun Rasmussen holds the year's first Live Auction of modern art and Scandinavian design, it will include a large number of works by some of the most significant Danish artists at the moment.

  • Children of the Danish Golden Age and French Gilt Bronzes

    This week, Bruun Rasmussen will hold the year's first Live Auction in Copenhagen. The first week of auctions includes a portrait by the Danish Golden Age painter C.A. Jensen, which depicts three children from one of the influential families of the time, as well as gilt bronzes from the 18th-19th century France.

  • Invitation: Preview and Auction at Bruun Rasmussen

    Danish contemporary art, design icons, Danish Golden Age works and antiques as far as the eye can see. The highlights are lining up at this year’s first preview and auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen. As a journalist, you are always welcome to request an interview with one of the auction house’s specialists, who can tell you more about the art objects up for auction.

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