[Auction catalogues] | Collection of Sotheby's and Christie's catalogues with invoices, 1991

[Auction catalogues]

Collection of 14 Sotheby's and Christie's catalogues, many with invoices and manuscript annotations, 1991

Including:

Sotheby's, Fine Victorian Pictures, 25 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 48, Tissot, Type of Beauty, 1880, for £178,800]

Sotheby's, Fine Jewels and Jewels for the Collector, 3 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 232, Diamond Feather Brooch, circa 1950, for £7,822.50, in manuscript 'Gift for Mary']

Sotheby's, Impressionist and Modern Art, 20 March 1991 [Purchased: Lot 56, Matisse, Tête de Femme, 1952, for £8,500]

Sotheby's, Neo-Classical and Empire Porcelain, 14 May 1991 [Purchased: Lots 17, 37, 49, 107, 110, 130, 132 and 133]

Sotheby's, Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu, Russian Works of Art and Fabergé, Orders and Decorations, 16 May 1991 [Purchased: Lot 259, A Fabergé Jewelled Two-colour Gold and Hardstone Vesta Case, Moscow, late 19th century, for 26,000 SF and lot 276, A Fabergé Silver, Hardstone and Enamel Desk Time Piece, H. Wigström, St Petersburg, 1908, 80,000 SF]

Sotheby's, Belle Epoque Sculpture and Furniture, 27 September 1991 [Purchased: Lot 21, Barbetti, A Fine Marble Centre Table, circa 1870 and lot 67, Weigele, Diana, together for £101,692.50]

Christie's, Continental Ceramics, 30 September 1991 [Purchased: Lots 223 and 264 for £20,115]

Christie's, Modern British and Irish Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, 7 November 1991 [Purchased: Lot 42, Russell, Gabrielle, for £27,937.50]

Christie's, 19th Century European Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, 16 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 115, De Blaas, The Pink Rose, £28,600 plus frame for £1,788]

Christie's, 19th Century Continental Pictures and Watercolours, 4 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 93, Vastagh, Portrait of a Boy, 1895, and Lot 95, Von Blaas, A Mediterranean Beauty, together for £21,232.50]

Christie's, The Nineteenth Century, 25 September 1991 [Purchased: Lot 182, A Meissen Chinoiserie Group of Three Figures, 20th century, for £904.75]

Christie's, Old Master and Modern Prints, 22 October 1991 [Purchased: Lot 238, Steinlen, L'Eté, Chat sur une Balustrade, 1909]

Bonhams, Lalique Glass, 24 October 1991 [Purchased: Lots 5, 7, 9, 14, 169 and 196 together for £101,69.25, in manuscript 'Present for Donald' by lot 169]

Freddie had a burst of buying activity in 1991, often purchasing gifts for his close friends including Mary Austin and Elton John, in the months leading up to his death on 24 November 1991.