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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 2307555, member: 54"]Art stories to feed the mind and soul</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c4&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c4&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F6766F31C02B00AC5D177D5D991E1976B.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=eTzaneykBBwtCVaOGJWlsA--~C" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c5&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c5&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">‘The beginning of my present life’ — Barnett Newman and the series that signalled his rebirth</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c6&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" 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href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d0&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d0&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">More stories</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Editor’s picks</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d1&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" 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data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d2&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">This is the first <u>diamond ring</u>ever to be offered in an online auction with a low estimate of $1 million. The emerald-cut diamond weighs 28.86 carats, and is mounted in platinum. The accompanying report states that the gem is D colour, VVS1 clarity, and Type IIa</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d3&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d3&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">Estimate: $1,000,000-2,000,000</a></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d3&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d3&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">until 30 June, Online</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d4&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d4&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F5D09C9F49F2F3AD429300F7EA4A2E3E9.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=Q.DZc6lwia2zXyx9qb2IFw--~C" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d5&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d5&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">Emil Nolde viewed the blooming and fading away of flowers as emblematic of the transience of all life. ‘Our human destiny is not always as consequent or beautiful,’ the artist observed. He is thought to have painted this watercolour, <u><i>Dahlien (gelb un violett) in blauer Vase</i></u>, between 1930 and 1935</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d6&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d6&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">Estimate: £40,000-60,000</a></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d6&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d6&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">until 1 July, Online</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d7&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d7&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F3E273CB7F82B4523370DD1C33BE8587C.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=loZdNAOspNRozlwqWia62A--~C" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d8&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d8&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">This 13th-century <u>turquoise tile</u>with kufic script is in the form of a mihrab, the recess in mosques that indicates the direction of Mecca. At its centre is a lamp that recalls the Verse of Light on actual mosque lamps: ‘God is the light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His light is as a niche, wherein is a lamp’ </a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d9&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d9&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">Estimate: £20,000-30,000</a></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d9&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d9&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">25 June, London</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5da&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5da&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F80D064417E1BB66347628E075764E65C.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=7xco_9Obh34idPKsTM0uzg--~C" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5db&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5db&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">Under the Qing emperor Xianfeng, the delicate apricot colour of this silk <u>dragon robe</u>was restricted to the emperor’s secondary consorts and the wives of his brothers. It’s thought the robe was worn by the Empress Dowager Cixi in 1856, when she moved up to fourth rank following the birth of Xianfeng’s only son</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5dc&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5dc&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">Estimate: €40,000-60,000</a></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5dc&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5dc&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow">23 June, Paris</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5dd&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5dd&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2FA8FA6A36BD3F2BE85A95BC2B823F9486.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=nFfnabMwgzuoeVvOBmD8gA--~C" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5de&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5de&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2FA2D82EE64EC5C48D62842EE20F47A7A1.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=5ezVTbKILawCdaEgldE81g--~C" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 2307555, member: 54"]Art stories to feed the mind and soul [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c4&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F6766F31C02B00AC5D177D5D991E1976B.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=eTzaneykBBwtCVaOGJWlsA--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c5&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']‘The beginning of my present life’ — Barnett Newman and the series that signalled his rebirth[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c6&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2FDFF69C4ECCFB5F5DBD8B736983A53341.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=K8juSRbfxcMX1hD.Xbtzcw--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c7&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']‘I bought wine like crazy’: how Ben Ichinose built one of the greatest cellars in the world[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c8&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F3ED807919522ED843617F48408DEEC68.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=bPt3ZitBiIU44F6HqTTUAw--~C[/IMG][/URL] ‘ [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5c9&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']A rare token of love: who was the woman who moved Zhang Daqian to paint this silk dress?[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5ca&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F8305F8E012D12472C5E261F8887903B1.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=_YdPRqKa1yPbMu82NDZ5Nw--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5cb&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']Calder, the cartoonist, and a work of art inspired by three decades of friendship [/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5cc&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F31B0E3113F5DE9C5FEA7123EA168F96B.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=O8RgYrdiPhWz7ikw0ijnNg--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5cd&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']Why 8 million people, their parents, siblings and friends, are grateful to this man’s genius[/URL] 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stories[/URL] [B]Editor’s picks[/B] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d1&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F8BAEB049E3E10C33007CCA2703974269.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=MMa0NZkVHypjbr2_VFWrBw--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d2&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']This is the first [U]diamond ring[/U]ever to be offered in an online auction with a low estimate of $1 million. The emerald-cut diamond weighs 28.86 carats, and is mounted in platinum. The accompanying report states that the gem is D colour, VVS1 clarity, and Type IIa[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d3&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']Estimate: $1,000,000-2,000,000 until 30 June, Online[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d4&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F5D09C9F49F2F3AD429300F7EA4A2E3E9.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=Q.DZc6lwia2zXyx9qb2IFw--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d5&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']Emil Nolde viewed the blooming and fading away of flowers as emblematic of the transience of all life. ‘Our human destiny is not always as consequent or beautiful,’ the artist observed. He is thought to have painted this watercolour, [U][I]Dahlien (gelb un violett) in blauer Vase[/I][/U], between 1930 and 1935[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d6&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']Estimate: £40,000-60,000 until 1 July, Online[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d7&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F3E273CB7F82B4523370DD1C33BE8587C.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=loZdNAOspNRozlwqWia62A--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d8&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']This 13th-century [U]turquoise tile[/U]with kufic script is in the form of a mihrab, the recess in mosques that indicates the direction of Mecca. At its centre is a lamp that recalls the Verse of Light on actual mosque lamps: ‘God is the light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His light is as a niche, wherein is a lamp’ [/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5d9&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']Estimate: £20,000-30,000 25 June, London[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5da&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2F80D064417E1BB66347628E075764E65C.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=7xco_9Obh34idPKsTM0uzg--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5db&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']Under the Qing emperor Xianfeng, the delicate apricot colour of this silk [U]dragon robe[/U]was restricted to the emperor’s secondary consorts and the wives of his brothers. It’s thought the robe was worn by the Empress Dowager Cixi in 1856, when she moved up to fourth rank following the birth of Xianfeng’s only son[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5dc&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120']Estimate: €40,000-60,000 23 June, Paris[/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5dd&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2FA8FA6A36BD3F2BE85A95BC2B823F9486.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=nFfnabMwgzuoeVvOBmD8gA--~C[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://mmtro.com/c?tagid=6565567-e43649793250da163478de2807c5c809&idc=77972&email=springfield.arsenal@verizon.net&redir=http://t.emails.christies.com/r/?id=hd2dcfc8,292bb5c2,292bb5de&cid=DM391266&bid=221106120'][IMG]https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.emails.christies.com%2Fres%2Fimg%2FA2D82EE64EC5C48D62842EE20F47A7A1.jpg&t=1592676499&ymreqid=0f6c6424-bc54-4b21-2dc7-2b00c9010a02&sig=5ezVTbKILawCdaEgldE81g--~C[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]
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