The season
What is coming up for sale
- HC-2601 Old Master Paintings & European Works of Art Including property from three private collections Timed online · Online, with viewing at Hammer House · 12 lots catalogued September 28, 2026 10:00 AM EDT Open now
- HC-2602 Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver Period and signed jewels, wristwatches and English silver Timed online · Online, with viewing at Hammer House · 9 lots catalogued September 30, 2026 10:00 AM EDT Open now
- HC-2603 Chinese & Asian Works of Art Ceramics, bronzes, jade and works on paper Live saleroom · Hammer House, New York · 6 lots catalogued October 10, 2026 2:00 PM EDT
- HC-2604 English & European Furniture, Clocks & Carpets Property from country houses and city apartments Timed online · Online, with viewing at Hammer House · 5 lots catalogued October 15, 2026 3:00 PM EDT
HC-2601 · The programme
Old Master Paintings & European Works of Art
Painting and sculpture from the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth, catalogued over four months. Lots close in sequence at two-minute intervals from the stated time; a bid inside the final three minutes extends that lot by three minutes.
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Session I
Paintings
Monday, September 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT · Lots 1–58
- 4 Portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet Italian School $18,000 – 26,000 Live 1 day 11h
- 9 A river valley at dusk, with a herdsman on the near bank Circle of the Master of the Vallombrosa Landscape $4,000 – 6,000 Live 1 day 11h
- 14 Still life with fruit, a silver tazza and drapery Flemish School $120,000 – 180,000 Live 23m 7s
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Session II
Sculpture and European Works of Art
Monday, September 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT · Lots 59–112
- 22 A marble head of a youth After the Antique $9,000 – 14,000 Passed
- 31 A patinated bronze figure of a dancer Continental School $7,000 – 10,000 Live 37m 7s
- 38 A pair of Regency ormolu and cut-glass candelabra English $12,000 – 18,000 Live 1 day 11h
- 45 A terrestrial library globe on a mahogany stand English $6,000 – 9,000 Live 1 day 11h
- 52 A set of three tin-glazed earthenware chargers Dutch and Italian $1,800 – 2,600 Live 1 day 12h
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Close
The last lot closes
Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Lots close in sequence, not together. A bid inside the final three minutes of a lot extends that lot by three minutes, and only that lot — so a late bid never ends the sale, it only prolongs the contest for the lot it was placed on.
Selected plates
Lots currently on view
Every plate is photographed on the paper, letterboxed rather than cropped. Run the loupe over one on its own page to inspect the surface.
46 lots across 7 sales
The house
Ten departments, and a specialist behind each
An attribution is stated at the strength the evidence bears and no higher. A restoration is described as a restoration. The house has been doing it this way since 1897.
- 01 Old Master Paintings Sep 28
- 02 Modern & Contemporary Nov 10
- 03 Chinese & Asian Works of Art Oct 10
- 04 English & European Furniture Oct 15
- 05 Jewellery Sep 30
- 06 Silver & Objects of Vertu Sep 28
- 07 Rare Books & Manuscripts Oct 27
- 08 Antiquities Sep 28
- 09 Watches & Clocks Sep 28
- 10 Carpets & Textiles Sep 28
Before you bid
Everything that decides what you pay, printed
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The increment table
Bids step by a published ladder, not a percentage. Under $200 the step is $10; at a million it is $100,000. The next admissible bid is printed on every live lot, and the clerk will not take a figure between two rungs.
See the table02
The buyer’s premium
The hammer price is not the price. A premium of 27% is added on the first million, falling on a regressive scale above that. Every lot page shows the whole working and the true total.
See the calculation03
The reserve
A confidential minimum below which the seller has instructed us not to sell. It may never exceed the low estimate. We publish whether it has been met — not what it is.
Conditions of sale04
Anti-sniping
A bid inside the final three minutes of a timed lot extends that lot by three minutes, and only that lot. A sale should be won by the highest bidder, not by the fastest connection.
How it worksOn the plinth
A lot is turned, not displayed
In the viewing room nobody looks at a photograph. They pick the thing up, turn it to the window, and put it down again on the other side. This is the nearest a page gets: Flemish School, lot 14, on a plinth you can turn.
- The plate, as the catalogue prints it.
- The detail the specialist would point at first.
- The surface under raking light, which is where condition lives.
- The cataloguing card that would be pinned to the back of the frame.
Lot 14
Still life with fruit, a silver tazza and drapery
Flemish School · Antwerp, third quarter of the 17th century
Oil on canvas
34 1/4 × 45 in. (87 × 114.3 cm)
Estimate $120,000 – 180,000
Condition: Very good
The plate
Drag it, or use the arrow keys. The fourth face is the card that would be pinned to the back of the frame.
Not testimonials
What is written down, and how long it is kept
A saleroom is not judged on what anyone says about it afterwards. It is judged on what it can evidence. Here is the record a lot accumulates on its way through the house, in the order it accumulates it.
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I Entry I
Received and receipted
Nothing enters the building without a receipt naming the person who brought it, the person who took it in, and the hour. The property is marked with a temporary number before it is put down.
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II Entry II
Catalogued by a specialist
A department head writes the entry. Attribution is stated at the strength the evidence bears and no higher — School rather than a hand, circle rather than studio — and the entry says which it is.
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III Entry III
Condition reported
A written report before the sale, not on request afterwards: grade, structure, surface, restoration, and what ultraviolet examination showed. A restoration is described as a restoration.
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IV Entry IV
Photographed on the plate
Overall, detail and a raking-light macro of the surface. Letterboxed rather than cropped to flatter, and lit the same way for every lot in the sale so two plates can be compared.
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V Entry V
On view, and handled
Three days of viewing in which the lot can be taken out of the case, turned over and looked at under a lamp by anyone who asks. A saleroom that will not let you handle the thing is selling you a photograph.
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VI Entry VI
Sold, or not sold, and published
Every lot is published after the sale with what happened to it, including the ones that did not sell. A results page with no passed lots on it is not a results page.
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VII Entry VII
Settled
Thirty-five days after the sale, on cleared funds, with the account showing hammer, commission and every charge itemised against the lot number it belongs to.
In place of testimonials
Prices realised this season
A house publishes results, not testimonials. These are the notable prices of the last three sales.
| Lot | Description | Department | Estimate | Hammer | Date |
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| HC-2544 · 7 | A silver two-handled cup and cover London | Silver & Objects of Vertu | $40,000–60,000 | $88,000 | September 9, 2026 |
| HC-2544 · 71 | A fine Persian rug Persian | Carpets & Textiles | $9,000–14,000 | $26,000 | September 9, 2026 |
| HC-2544 · 19 | A pair of cast silver candlesticks London | Silver & Objects of Vertu | $12,000–18,000 | $15,000 | September 9, 2026 |
| HC-2544 · 44 | A Regency mahogany library table English | English & European Furniture | $6,000–9,000 | $11,500 | September 9, 2026 |
| HC-2544 · 58 | A bronze bust after the Antique Italian | Old Master Paintings | $5,000–8,000 | $7,000 | September 9, 2026 |
Hammer prices are stated before the buyer’s premium. The total paid by the buyer is the hammer price plus the premium on the scale set out in the conditions of sale. Every figure on this table is fictional and is printed to show how the house publishes a season, not to record one.
Selling
Bring us one thing, or bring us a house
Auction estimates are free and without obligation. Seller’s commission is 12% of the hammer price, with photography, cataloguing and insurance while in our care included in it.
- A specialist looks at everything. Nothing is triaged by an algorithm.
- We will tell you when a thing is worth less than the cost of selling it.
- Settlement 35 days after the sale, on cleared funds.