What in blue blazes are your plans for the winter holidays? To sing Christmas carols ’til you’re blue in the face? Leap into the new year like a bolt from the blue? Talk a blue streak at the company Christmas party? These thirteen “true blue” top lots from Dorotheum’s 2015 auctions will tickle you pink … or perhaps make you go green with envy. Read on and discover for yourself just how many shades of blue Dorotheum’s signature red contains!
1963 Shelby Cobra 289 Mk. I
1963 Shelby Cobra 289 Mk. I CSX2104, first Cobra in “Guardsman Blue,” sold for €1,012,000
Enrico Castellani , “Superficie,” 1960
Enrico Castellani (born Castelmassa, Rovigo in 1930) “Superficie,” 1960, canvas in relief, 100 cm x 120 cm, sold for €965,000
A brilliant ring with untreated Kashmir sapphire
A brilliant ring with untreated Kashmir sapphire, white gold, €515,400, sold for €515,400
Alfons Walde , Alpine pastures in the snow
Alfons Walde (Oberndorf 1891–1958 Kitzbühel), Alpine pastures in the snow, circa 1935, oil tempera on cardboard, 57 cm x 46 cm, sold for €393,400
Jacopo Tintoretto and Workshop, Madonna and Child
Jacopo Tintoretto and Workshop (Venice 1519–1594), Madonna and Child; oil on canvas, 92 cm x 72.5 cm,sold for €184,994
Ivan Konstantinowich Aivazovsky, Sinking Ship, 1889
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Feodosia 1817–1900), Sinking Ship, 1889, oil on mahogany, 26.9 cm x 20.6 cm, sold for €106,250
Czar Alexander I. – A pair of ornamental columns
Czar Alexander I. – A pair of ornamental columns, lapis lazuli, height: 90 cm, sold for €62,500
An ensemble consisting of an extension table, six chairs and a side table, designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich
An ensemble comprising an extension table, six chairs and a side table, designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich, circa 1900, manufactured by Josef Niedermoser, Vienna, circa 1907, sold for €27,500
Ulysse Nardin Sonata No. 80, wristwatch
Ulysse Nardin Sonata No. 80, wristwatch with second timezone and alarm, white gold, 109 stones, Ø ca. 40 mm, sold for €16,250
CINELLI / Laser, 1985, Italy
CINELLI/Laser, 1985, Italy, CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD CONDITION: 1 – 2, sold for €16,250
Otto Prutscher, bottle of liquor, No 61
Otto Prutscher (Vienna 1880 -1949), bottle of liquor No. 61, Wiener Werkstätte, height 19.5 cm, sold for €15,000
Military medal of honor
Military medal of honor, officer’s cross with swords, gold-lacquered, sold for €6,769
Austria No. 3 test print in blue
Austria No. 3 test print in blue type Ib, sold for €5,856