Chanel Costume Jewelry Necklace Sells for $6,200

 

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This costume Maison Gripoix for Chanel necklace recently sold online for $6,200 US. Worth more than it's weight in gold, literally.

Would you recognize this unsigned treasure? We would.

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Sotheby's Revisits Canadian Art Offerings

Here is an interesting article in The Globe and Mail today. The way we sell art is changing & Canada's 20th century Abstractionists get a fresh start. 

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Claude Tousignant‘s Accélérateur Chromatique 32-2-69 (detail shown) is part of a Sotheby’s sale dedicated to pieces by mid-20th-century abstractionists from Ontario and Quebec.

The Globe and Mail: Sotheby’s Upper East Side pop-up aims to shake the world of Canadian art

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Kitchen Mug Sells Online For Over $2000

A recent online auction sale shows us that there still are surprises to be had in our kitchen cupboards. A Fire King Jadeite YOUTH mug that sold after 30 bids realizing an incredible $2025US.

Now before you jump up and tear through your kitchen, I should mention that this mug only holds 8ozs (thus its name: youth mug) and was never mass produced, as opposed to the regular sized mug which almost every 1950s diner had masses of. It also had its original sticker which always adds interest and often value to any offering.

 

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Urban archaeology: Paris apartment sealed for 70 years

This article pretty much encapsulates the antique aficionado's dream scenario. Paris apartment sealed for 70 years, full of forgotten treasures?  Oh yea....enjoy.

http://themetapicture.com/abandoned-this-apartment-from-1942/