landmarks to 1959

This page highlights some landmarks in the sale of old master paintings, stamps, manuscripts, furniture and other collectibles.

It covers -

• 1901 -
• 1930 -
• 1950 -

Context is provided by the broader communications, information technology and media timeline on this site.

     1901

1901

Cockerel Egg (1900) by Faberge - 6,500 rubles

Colonna Madonna by Raphael - U$0.4m

1902

The Adoration of God the Father tapestry - US$0.5m

1904

The Finding of Moses (1904) by Alma-Tadema - £5,250

1906

Audubon Birds and Quadrupeds - US$4,350

Caxton Morte D'Arthur - US$42,800

1907

Madonna & Child with Bird in Hand by Perugino - US$10,000

The Kiss by Rodin - £1,000

1909

US government repeals 20% import duty on art

1911

Bay Tree Egg (1911) by Faberge - 12,800 rubles

1912

La Loge (1874) by Renoir - FFr31,200

1913

David by Donatello - US$3m

1914

Small Cowper Madonna by Raphael - US$0.56m

1919

Shakespeare's Venus & Adonis (1599) - £15,100

Poe's Tamerlane - US$11,600

La Lecture de Molière (1730) by Jean Francois de Troy - 5,000 guineas

     1920

1920

Men of the Docks (1912) by George Bellows - US$2,500

1921

The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough - US$0.72m

1924

Self Portrait by Anthony van Dyck - US$0.13m

1926

Don Manuel Osorio de Zuniga by Francisco de Goya - US$0.27m

1927

Portrait of Mrs Davenport by George Romney - £360,900

manuscript of Wagner's Das Rheingold - US$15,400

Madonna & Child by Carlo Crivelli - US$0.23m

1928

Francesco Sassetto by Domenico Ghirlandaio - US$350,000

Harvest Wagon by Gainsborough - US$360,000

manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground - £15,400

1929

Luttrell Psalter - £31,500

Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Gold-Trimmed Cloak (1632) by Rembrandt - US$125,000

     1930

1930

Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) by Rembrandt van Rijn - US$500,000

Portrait of a Man, Half-length, with arms akimbo (1658) by Rembrandt - £18,500

Chant d'amour (1868) by Burne-Jones - £620

1931

Alba Madonna - US$920,000

La Rue de Berne by Manet - US$64,000

1933

Codex Sinaiticus - £100,000

Tickhill Psalter - US$61,000

Love and the Pilgrim (1896) by Burne-Jones - £210

1934

Faberge Hen Egg (1885) - £85

1935

The Finding of Moses (1904) by Alma-Tadema - £861

1936

Pumpkin with a Stable Lad (1774) by George Stubbs - US$5,000

1937

The Supper at Emmaus (1937) by van Meegeren - 520,000 guilders

     1940

1941

La rêve (1932) by Picasso - US$7,000

1942

Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny' (1918) stamp - US$1,750

1945

Te Poipoi (1892) by Gauguin - US$33,000

1947

Bay Psalm Book - US$151,000

Landing of Aeneas and Sacrifice to Apollo by Lorraine - £5,300

Irises (1889) by van Gogh - US$80,000

Gutenberg Bible - £22,000

Arlequin (Buste) (1909) by Picasso - US$12,000.

1949

Lincoln's final draft of the Gettysburg Address - US$54,000

     1950

1950

Garçon à la pipe (1905) by Picasso - US$30,000

1952

Inspeximus version of Magna Carta - £12,500 (Australian government)

Highland Raid by Rosa Bonheur - £200

1954

The Bar (1954) by John Brack - 90 guineas

Kelch 'Easter Egg' (1898) by Faberge - US$15,225

1956

Adoration of the Shepherds by Nicolas Poussin - £29,000

1957

Les Usines à Clichy by Vincent van Gogh - £31,000

Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek by Rubens - US$92,400

Christ Healing the Blind by El Greco - US$105,840

1958

Jardin Public à Arles by van Gogh - £132,000

Le Garçon au Gilet Rouge by Paul Cézanne - £220,00

Still Life with Apples (1894) by Cézanne - US$252,000

La Rue de Berne by Manet - US$316,400

Manet A La Palette (1878) by Manet - US$176,800

La Pensée by Renoir - US$201,600

1959

Adoration of the Magi by Rubens - US$770,000

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