Exhibition “Or des Amériques” & Lecture of the New Jewellery Acquisitions Museum of The Middle Ages, Paris
A visit to Paris always leads to nice exhibitions full of surprises!
First I would like to draw your attention to the exhibition “Or des Amériques”, although I am almost too late… it’s ending the 11th January 2010 already.
On display you will see beautiful pieces of gold jewellery from many museums world-wide (Musée des
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List of Museums with jewellery or gem collections
France
- Le Louvre, www.louvre.fr, Paris
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs, www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr, 107 rue de Rivoli Paris
- Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, www.mnhn.fr, 61 rue Buffon Paris
- Musée National du Moyen-Age, www.musee-moyenage.fr, 6 Place Paul Painlevé Paris
Germany
- Museum Idar-Oberstein, www.museum-idar-oberstein.de , Idar-Oberstein
Italy
- The Etruscan Museum of Villa Giullia, Piazzale di Villa Giullia 9, Rome (No official web-site, Castellani collection)
Netherlands
- Allard
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Agenda Jewellery Auction Sales, 2009
Bonhams:
September 21, Las Vegas
September 23, London
Christie’s
October 6, Paris
October 21, London
October 27, London (South Kensington)
October 28, Dubaï
November 18, Geneva
Sotheby’s
October 19, New-York
November 17, Geneva
December 9, New-York
December 15, London
About
Margriet Sopers, FGA
Having a diploma in jewellery, FGA and a propaedeutic of the Academy of Art followed-up by interesting years as a jewellery expert at Sotheby's & Gemeentelijke Krediet Bank, as well as being a member for years of the Society of Jewellery Historians, I am glad to share with you today's world of jewellery.