It's an auction event. Sotheby's is hosting a historic ten-day auction at the castle of Marienburg near Hannover from October 5-15. It will include more than 20,000 heirlooms belonging to the Welf dynasty.
The auction is expected to bring in over $12 million and the top of the heap should go to this pair of three-foot tall vases, painted by M. Kriukov and S. Spiridonov with panels depicting Allegories of Wrath and Pride in a gilt frame against a dark-blue ground and a gilt-ground lower section moulded in low relief with a foliate border. They are estimated to sell for $550,000-$750,000.
The catalog includes a variety of ancestral portraits, medieval swords, guns, beer tankards, and lot after lot of silver.
Quote:From October 5-15, Sotheby's will hold an unprecedented auction of heirlooms belonging to the Royal House of Hanover. This spectacular event will be conducted in situ at the Schloss Marienburg near Hanover. More than 20,000 items divided into some 4,000 lots are on offer, each with an incomparable royal provenance.
The most complete information on the auction is available through Sotheby's Web site, including full cataloguing with multiple images, condition reports, bidding information, and directions to Schloss Marienburg. Begin your tour of this incomparable collection by launching our special mini-site dedicated to the sale.
Link to Sotheby's site about the auction
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