Antique Design

Antiques Market as Seen by the Dealers

<span lang="en-GB">The antiques market has its own </span><span lang="en-GB">foibles, but the same trends apply to it as with dealing in art, especially when it comes to the emphasis on quality and name and the price difference between exceptional...

The Czech Qi Baishi

Record sales of the Chinese modernist

<span lang="en-GB">The first time a</span><span lang="en-GB">n ink painting by the classic Chinese modernist Qi Baishi appeared at an auction in the Czech Republic was twelve years ago. It sold for the starting price of almost CZK 60,000. One of h...

Record Knüpfer at Auction Again

Beneš Knüpfer: Duel of the Tritons in London

A canvas more than two metres wide by the Czech painter Beneš Knüpfer is one of the items at the May auction of the 19th century European art in London. According to the catalogue, it is the painting of the famous motif Duel of the Tritons, exhibi...

Kubišta at Meissner-Neumann

Meissner-Neumann will offer over 1000 items of fine art and antiques in the auction held in Inter-Continental Hotel, Prague 1, Parizska 30 on Sunday 12. December from 2 p. m. (Press Release)

From Spain back to Bohemia

With Antonín Zezula about the auction of the Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece

It doesn’t happen every day that local collectors have the chance to bid for an important work of Czech medieval art. We asked Antonín Zezula from the Zezula auction house in Brno about the details of the Saturday auction of the late Gothic panel...

Numismatics is an Adventure

An interview with František Křesťan from Aurea Numismatika

The successful Czech coin, banknote and historic-legal-tender market is at its peak now. It is a subject of interest for numismatic enthusiasts at home and abroad as well as for investors. Numismatics constitutes a remnant of boyhood dreams: it me...