Tuesday evening the enamel "20 heures, arrivée à Chandigarh" by Swiss-French architect and artist Le Corbusier achieved an impressive hammer price of DKK 1.75 million (€ 234,000 including buyer’s premium), which is a doubling of the previous world record for an enamel by Le Corbusier set in Zurich in July 2016.
Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art has this afternoon broken its own auction record with the sale of a rare Ming vase from the 1400s. The vase was sold for an impressive DKK 15.6 million (€ 2.1 million including buyer’s premium) – the highest hammer price in the history of the auction house as well as the Danish auction record for an item of porcelain.
Within furniture design, the black lacquer from Japan was a sought after commodity during the 1700s in Europe. Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen now presents a magnificent example within the genre in the shape of a George III commode, attributed to the English cabinetmaker John Cobb.
CoBrA is one of the headlines at this year’s final international auction at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen, where we can present more than 100 works by representatives of the legendary art group. We place a special light on Pierre Alechinsky and Asger Jorn.
If you are dreaming of coloured diamonds, an irresistible solitaire ring or signed jewellery from some of the world's greatest jewellers, you should check out our upcoming Christmas auction.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This summer's international jewellery auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen offers a range of exclusive Art Deco jewellery and classics from international jewellers, including Cartier's iconic panther and exotic scarab. The auction will be held on Monday 6 June from 3 pm.
Today Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers launch this spring’s great “Fashion Auction”. It is the second time in the history of the company that we place the spotlight on international fashion with a rich selection of handbags, clothing and accessories from some of the most famous international brands.
Bruun Rasmussen’s international coin auction of the spring, will take place in Copenhagen on Tuesday 10 May with a total of 724 lots spread out over three catalogues, which contain two large private coin collections - including a unique, royal presentation set from 1854 estimated at DKK 100,000.
