Auction house Lyon & Turnbull is holding an early season London viewing of its annual sale of vintage ski posters. Presented in partnership with Tomkinson Churcher, more than 70 lots with estimates ranging from £300-£10,000 will be on show at L&T’s London gallery just off Hyde Park from 28th November to 3rd December ahead of the sale on 21st January. Glamour The Ski Sale, curated by poster specialists Sophie Churcher and Nicolette Tomkinson, celebrates the...
Lyon & Turnbull’s October 31st Lalique sale included three highly desirable pieces made using the cire perdue (or lost wax) technique. In contrast to René Lalique’s (1860-1945) production line moulded glass made in multiples large or small, his cire perdue works are typically unique. As the process involves creating a model in wax that melts as molten glass is poured into the mould, cire perdue glass is characterised by the absence of mould marks and...
A set of Roman busts with 18th Century provenance reached an impressive £1.7m at Lyon & Turnbull’s Classical Art sale. Bidders from all over the world competed to own three extraordinary over life-size 2nd Century Roman portrait busts which boasted an 18th century provenance linked to the renowned Cobham Hall: they were previously owned by John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831), the Lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent. A noted amateur cricketer who...
Glass by René Lalique (1860-1945) – the epitome of inter-war period glamour – took centre stage once again at Lyon & Turnbull in February. The London sale of a fine 150 piece private collection of vintage Lalique totalled £566,000 with a selling rate of 92 percent. “It was thrilling to see new clients taking part and being successful buyers in the Lalique in Colour sale” said head of sale Joy McCall. “We welcomed bidders from...
Lyon & Turnbull has announced a 2022 Ski Poster Sale which will be the largest edition to date. The auction, which begins on the 18th January 2022, will feature nearly 100 lots of unique, vintage posters advertising Swiss, French, Austrian and Norwegian ski resorts. The sale recognises the golden age of travel, from the beginning of the 20th century right through until the 1950s, a time where the first ski resorts fought with each other...
James Bond will be returning – and not just on the big screen. To coincide with the belated launch of No Time to Die, international auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull, in partnership with poster specialists Tomkinson Churcher, are to offer a fine selection of vintage 007 posters as part of an auction of Vintage & Film Posters live online on 19th October. A total of 15 Bond posters come under the hammer, many of them classics...
A spectacular week of auctions at Lyon & Turnbull culminated in the sale of the most valuable work of art ever sold in Scotland. The Five Centuries sale in Edinburgh on May 20th included a previously unrecorded 14th century French gothic casket (seen above) that came for sale from Tornaveen House in Aberdeenshire, where it had been for four centuries. In ten minutes of bidding drama across multiple phone lines, the price began at £50,000...
Glass items by René Lalique (1860-1945) – the epitome of inter-war period glamour – take centre stage at auctioneer Lyon & Turnbull on April 29th 2021. The firm’s first dedicated Lalique sale, curated by former Christie’s specialist Joy McCall, will be held at the Mall Galleries, London. The 107 lots, with an estimate range from £300-400 to £12,000-18,000, are all vintage pieces by the venerable luxury brand. Of these the first 57 pieces are from...
Lyon & Turnbull’s Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 auction on November 2nd-3rd includes important works by both Archibald Knox (1864-1933) and Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). The Live Online auction will be on view in the company’s historic Edinburgh saleroom. Archibald Knox’s designs for Liberty & Co. are very well documented, especially his designs for their Tudric and Cymric ranges (top of page). They enjoy a global reputation. Famously, Hollywood actor Brad Pitt is a fan...
Lyon & Turnbull will be auctioning items from Balcarres House in Fife – home of the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres – on September 3rd. A highlight from the auction is a terracotta attributed to Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian 1664-1742) depicting Bacchus (god of wine) and Ariadne. The Five Centuries auction in Edinburgh will include a selection of furniture and works of art from Balcarres House, Fife, home of the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres. Balcarres...
