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empirearchives · 2 months

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So I was giggling at Napoleon’s signature here and how odd his handwriting is.

The content of letter was less funny. It was a condolence letter from Napoleon to Berthier:

“My cousin, I share in your pain. The loss of a father is always sensitive. I know you and I understand your sorrows […]”

"Mon cousin je prends part à votre douleur. la perte d'un pere est toujours sensible. je vous connais et je comprends vos peines (...)" Saint-Cloud, 3 prairial an XII (23 mai 1804).

Source: Sotheby’s — Une famille et Napoléon, Collections du Maréchal Berthier, Prince de Wagram

#napoleon #napoleonic era #napoleon bonaparte #napoleonic #Berthier #louis alexandre berthier #first french empire #Napoleon’s signature #marshal Berthier #Sotheby’s #auctions #french empire #Une famille et Napoléon Collections du Maréchal Berthier Prince de Wagram #correspondence of Napoleon

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digitalfashionmuseum · 1 year

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Green Silk Dress, ca. 1960, French.

By Madame Grès.

Sotheby’s.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/collection-quidam-de-revel-pf1870/lot.52.html

#grès #madame grès #womenswear #dress #silk #pleats #extant garments #green #1960 #1960s #1960s dress #french #France #1960s France #Sotheby’s #1960s extant garment

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theafterglow83 · 3 months

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More pictures from Karlie’s collection.

Sothebys

#Karlie Kloss

#karlie kloss #kaylor #taylor swift #Sotheby’s #art #we should all be feminists #women in stem #women in art

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ars-solitudine · 7 months

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Giorgio Morandi

#giorgio morandi #ars #art #sotheby’s

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nihilistrob · 2 years

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#robert pattinson #sotheby’s #idk this is making me even more excited for Rob’s production company #like to see what kinds of film etc he curates 👀

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manyrandomfandoms · 9 months

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seeing the tweets announcing what all of Freddie’s stuff went for is bringing me physical pain and I didn’t even KNOW the man, I feel so bad for the band and like, Peter Freestone and anyone else still alive who wasn’t given a chance at anything

#Queen #queen band #freddie mercury #sotheby’s #Sotheby’s auction

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lamarchesacasati · 1 year

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1900 Carlo Bugatti, Bench, with painted inscription Casati (Marchesa Luisa Casati). A stained wood, vellum, copper with pewter and brass inlay, and silk bench.

Provenance: Marquise Luisa Casati (Marchesa Luisa Casati).

Sotheby’s

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hard-yearned-wisdom · 9 months

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I was thrilled to see the Garden Lodge Door was preserved.

What an amazing piece of art... at least a small piece of the tributes left on the walls of Garden Lodge survived.

Good on whoever got it.

#freddie mercury #garden lodge #door #Sotheby’s

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diamondsforlife · 11 months

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#sotheby’s #diamonds #yellow diamond #blue diamond #green diamond #jewelry

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empirearchives · 2 months

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Jérôme Bonaparte and Katharina of Württemberg

1810, by Jean Baptiste Jacques Augustin

Details from a gold-mounted lapis lazuli double portrait snuffbox.

(Sotheby’s)

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digitalfashionmuseum · 1 year

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Fuchsia Pink Organza Dress, 1961, Italian.

By Livia.

Worn by Claudia Cardinale at Cannes Film Festival.

Sotheby’s.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/collection-claudia-cardinale-dressing-a-star/livia-haute-couture-1961-dark-pink-organza-dress

#Sotheby’s #pink #organza #dress #claudia cardinale #1961 #1960s #1960s dress #1960s Italy #Italian #Italy #womenswear #extant garments #silk #livia #cannes film festival #1960s extant garment

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thepastisalreadywritten · 11 months

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Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement.

Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art.

#Gustav Klimt #Dame mit Fächer (Lady with Fan)#painting #art #Sotheby’s #auction #Erwin Böhler #Birch Forest

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harlequinartiste · 10 months

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Pierrot - Freddie Mercury style!

#freddie mercury #Sotheby’s

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rolloroberson · 10 months

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Sotheby’s will be auctioning off this jersey worn by Wilt Chamberlain as the Lakers won the 1972 NBA World Championship. Wilt scored 24 points and grabbed 29 rebounds with 8 assists and 8 blocks while playing with a broken hand as he led the Los Angeles Lakers to their first championship(Minneapolis Lakers had won 5 championships before moving to L. A.)

#sotheby’s #wilt chamberlain #los angeles lakers #world championship #17 time champions

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injuredcyclist · 9 months

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Freddie Mercury’s baby grand has been sold. I would have loved to have been at this auction.

Like many people my age, my first exposure to Queen was the singalong in Wayne’s World. I was instantly hooked. Pearl Jam’s album Ten and Metallica’s Black album came out around the same time and formed the basis of my music taste ever since. I’ve watched Queen’s Wembley concert a half dozen times.

#queen #freddie mercury #Sotheby’s #formative music

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arinewman7 · 2 years

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Les Fleurs

Louise Bourgeois

Screenprint in red with gouache hand additions, 2009

Sotheby’s

#Louise Bourgeois #art #artist #Les Fleurs #Screenprint in red with gouache hand additions #2009 #Sotheby’s

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