Harry Fane5 days ago1 minWhat the heck..part 2Now here's a different kind of beauty. A racing pigeon called New Kim. She was fought over by two Chinese buyers this week until one won,...
Harry Fane5 days ago1 minWhat the heck?Can someone please answer this question? Why did this mid-1920s Lacloche powder compact sell for £ 150,000 (US $ 198,000) this week at Ch...
Harry FaneNov 111 minNinja TurtlesThe Cartier turtles made around US $ 125,000 altogether. They were such fun and chic. I am not sure how many people wear brooches today ...
Harry FaneNov 111 minAnd now we are watchingThere are thirteen jewelled Cartier 'Turtle' brooches being sold by Christie's today. All from the 1950s. The turtle is the universal sy...
Harry FaneNov 112 minSuccess in GenevaAs predicted, the Cartier multi-gem 'Hindou' bracelet made $ 1,200,000 (CHF 1,110,000). This is the price for these bracelets. Because o...
Harry FaneNov 72 minShared vision.....One hundred years apart in time but remarkably similar in ambition, here are two men, one who influenced Cartier in the past and one who ...
Harry FaneNov 62 minThe Big CrashOnly in May, I wrote about an early 1990s Crash Watch making a dizzying $ 125,000 in Hong Kong. How the records need to be re-written as ...
Harry FaneNov 52 minCartier: Master IlusionistCartier loved all manner of 'hidden' elements which were incorporated into the designs of jewellery, watches and objets d'art. First, th...
Harry FaneNov 42 minAnother 'Bijou Hindou' BraceletT The last 'bijou Hindou' (or commonly called Tutti Fruitti) bracelet was sold last May (see an earlier mention in this report). The suc...
Harry FaneOct 222 minLong CartierThis very rare and unusual Cartier, Paris diamond clip brooch made a rather dizzying price in Paris this afternoon. Before thinking too m...
Harry FaneOct 81 minA QuestionAn incredible pair of yellow gold 'grain de cafe' bracelets made by Cartier, Paris in the early 1950s. Jewellery made using gold 'coffee ...
Harry FaneOct 81 minI told you all was wellChristies New York sold this fellow named 'Stan' yesterday for $ 32 million! Amazing..wonderful..mad!
Harry FaneOct 42 minThe Sky at NightIn Hans Nadelhoffer's seminal work 'Cartier, Jewellers Extraordinary' published in the early 1980s, it is odd he missed including this cl...
Harry FaneSep 195 minAnyone for a cuppa?If anyone has any doubts about the extravagance which gripped the world during the 1920s, you need to look no further than this amazing '...
Harry FaneAug 282 min"The trick is to live long enough to tell the tale"...Clive Kandel...CK posted the following on Instagram: Exceptional, early, Cartier, Paris 1922 Art Deco, Onyx and Diamond Bracelet; from a series of simil...
Harry FaneAug 274 minThoughts as we end the summer holidays:Vintage Cartier Design 1963 The true state of the world today, whilst in the grip of “The Great Pandemic”, may only become apparent after...
Harry FaneAug 62 minNot 101 DalmatiansChristies Geneva staged their well published, single owner sale of 101 vintage Cartier clocks last week. The sale did not do well. Let’s ...
Harry FaneAug 61 minNot what it says on the packageAnother high price was achieved last week by Christie’s New York for this vintage Cartier bracelet, CHF 610,000. A beautiful Paris 1930s ...
Harry FaneJul 141 minFor those who have everything including very good eyesightThis little wonder will be sold at Tajan in Paris on 22nd July. A watch ring...how quirky and fun this must have been to wear. Tiny and...
