Outstanding Results at the Imperial Memorabilia Auction on 27.4.2009
Archduke Ferdinand Max (Kaiser Maximilian of
Mexico), realized price € 29.580
King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886) - A Pair
of Cufflinks, realized price € 18.600
Empress Elisabeth of Austria - Order Card and
Bills for cosmetics for the Empress in 1875,
realized price € 2.500
Empress Elisabeth of Austria - Stool from the
“Achilleion” in Corfu, realized price € 7.500
Richard Bitterlich (1862-1940) - Empress
Elisabeth of Austria,Portrait of the Empress
with Diadem, realized price € 3.500
Empress Zita of Austria (1892-1989) - Personal
Fan, realized price 2.250, pair of personal gloves,
so-called “Mitains”, realized price € 3.750
Choice art-historical items or memorabilia with a touch of the personal - the annual Dorotheum Imperial Memorabilia auction offers an abundance of both.
At the recent auction on 27th April 2009 a sensational 80% of the objects on offer were successfully sold - often far beyond their estimates.
For a change, the ever popular Empress Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph shared the limelight with Maximilian or Ludwig II. of Bavaria. A portrait of Archduke Ferdinand Max - the future Emperor Maximilian of Mexico - attributed to Franz Xaver Winterhalter and showing the sitter in navy officer uniform was eventually sold for 29.580 Euro
