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 1, 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 3, 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 September 13, 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 September 18, 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
Tuesday, September 1, 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 8h
- 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 8h
- 14 Still life with fruit, a silver tazza and drapery Flemish School $120,000 – 180,000 Live 23m 5s
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Session II
Sculpture and European Works of Art
Tuesday, September 1, 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 5s
- 38 A pair of Regency ormolu and cut-glass candelabra English $12,000 – 18,000 Live 1 day 8h
- 45 A terrestrial library globe on a mahogany stand English $6,000 – 9,000 Live 1 day 8h
- 52 A set of three tin-glazed earthenware chargers Dutch and Italian $1,800 – 2,600 Live 1 day 8h
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Close
The last lot closes
Sunday, September 6, 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 1
- 02 Modern & Contemporary Oct 14
- 03 Chinese & Asian Works of Art Sep 13
- 04 English & European Furniture Sep 18
- 05 Jewellery Sep 3
- 06 Silver & Objects of Vertu Sep 1
- 07 Rare Books & Manuscripts Sep 30
- 08 Antiquities Sep 1
- 09 Watches & Clocks Sep 1
- 10 Carpets & Textiles Sep 1
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 worksIn 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 | August 13, 2026 |
| HC-2544 · 71 | A fine Persian rug Persian | Carpets & Textiles | $9,000–14,000 | $26,000 | August 13, 2026 |
| HC-2544 · 19 | A pair of cast silver candlesticks London | Silver & Objects of Vertu | $12,000–18,000 | $15,000 | August 13, 2026 |
| HC-2544 · 44 | A Regency mahogany library table English | English & European Furniture | $6,000–9,000 | $11,500 | August 13, 2026 |
| HC-2544 · 58 | A bronze bust after the Antique Italian | Old Master Paintings | $5,000–8,000 | $7,000 | August 13, 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.