ANTIQUE SILVER - BOOKS AND AUCTION CATALOGS

A SMALL COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE SILVER
AND OBJECTS OF VERTU

BOOKS AND
CATALOGS

ANTIQUE SILVER - BOOKS AND AUCTION CATALOGS

created by Giorgio B. owner of
www.silvercollection.it Š

This is a page of A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu, a 1000 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, sheffield plate, electroplate silver, silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, marks and hallmarks, articles, books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington), history, oddities ...)
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This is the 'small' library of a 'small' collector of antique silver. My first purchase of silver was made in 1996, when at an antique fair I bought a briar-wood case with a silver cover.
Silver was hallmarked with the "Fascio" mark. So I understood it was made in Italy, around 1935/1940.
Soon I discovered that collecting silver is an expensive business and that the best way to catch bargains is to have a great knowledge about silver, its hallmarks, its workmanship technique and its history.
To improve my knowledges about silver I began to buy books related to silver (most of them through Amazon) and old silver auction catalogs through e-Bay.
The result is that now I have a great advantage of experience looking for silver on flea and Antique Markets and I may catch many good occasions to improve my collection.
Here below is a list of some of the books in my library

BOOKS
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Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufactures	Dorothy T.Rainwater Judy Redfield	Schiffer Book Ltd Atglen PA USA	1998
Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver	Annelies Krekel - AAlberse	Harry N.Abrams Inc. Publishers New York	1989
Eighteen Century Silver Tea Tongs	Dr.David Shlosberg	limited edition published by the author	2004
The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940	Vanessa Brett	Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd London	1986
Chistie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver	Michael Clayton	Phaidon-Christie's Ltd Oxford	1985
Gold and silver manufacture in Russia XV-XX century	Postnikova-Loseva and others	in Russian language	2003
Splendeurs de Russie - Mille ans d'orfevrerie (Russian silver)		Ed. Musčes de la Ville de Paris - Paris	1993
Argenti Europei (European silver)	Herbert Brunner	Bramante Editrice	1992
Poincons d'argent (silver hallmarks)		Tardy - Paris	1982
Argento (silver)	Joel Langford	Gulliver libri	1998
Bradbury's book of hallmarks	Frederick Bradbury	Robert Hale London	2000
The book of old silver	Seymour B. Wyler	Crown Publishers Inc. New York	1979
Marchi dal XVI al XIX secolo (silver hallmarks)		Edizioni Ubi Major
Marchi dell'argento Inglese e dello Sheffield (English hallmarks)	John Bly	A. Vallardi	1994
Argenti Italiani del '700 e '800 (Italian silver)	Roberto Dabbene Vittorio Donaver	Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori	1998
Viennese Gold and Silversmiths 1781-1921	CD ROM	MAK - Wien	2005
Wiener Werkstaette	Gabriele Fahr-Becker	Angelika Muthesius Cologne	1995
I marchi degli argentieri e orafi di Palermo (Palermo hallmarks)	Silvano Barraja	Publieditor srl Milano	1996
Argenti Italiani dell'Ottocento - vol. 1 (Italian silver of '800)	V.Donaver R.Dabbene	Edizioni Libreria Malavasi Milano	2001
Argenti Italiani dell'Ottocento - vol. 2 (Italian silver of '800)	V.Donaver R.Dabbene	Edizioni Libreria Malavasi Milano	2001
L'oro di Venezia (Venetian silver)	Piero Pazzi	Piero Pazzi Venezia	1996
Fabergé e l'arte orafa alla corte degli Zar (Russian silver)	Fabio Ciofi degli Atti	Edizioni Colombo Genova	1992
Argenti Estensi (Italian silver)	Elisabetta Bartolini Ferrari Giorgio Boccolari	Arti Grafiche Piemontesi Alessandria	1994
Oro di Venezia (Venetian silver)	AA.VV.	Associazione Orafa Veneziana	2002
Silver collection Argenti collezione (Italian silver)	AA.VV.	Inedita Editrice Milano	1992
Argenti del Settecento (Silver of 18th century)	Margherita Gabetti	Istituto Geografico De Agostini Novara	1983
Argenti Sabaudi (silver of Savoy Dinasty)	Farida Simonetti	SAGEP Editrice Genova	1993
Continental Gold and Silver	Gerald Taylor	The Connoisseur London	1967
Argenti Italiani del Settecento (Italian silver of '700)	V.Donaver R.Dabbene	Edizioni Libreria Malavasi Milano	2000
Argenti dell'Ottocento (Silver of 19th century)	Marina Fortunat	Istituto Geografico De Agostini Novara	1984
Oreficeria Barocca (Baroque jewelry)	Angela Griseri	Istituto Geografico De Agostini Novara	1984
Oreficeria del Rinascimento (Jewelry of the Renaissance)	Angela Griseri	Istituto Geografico De Agostini Novara	1984
Collecting silver	Jill Bace	Octopus Publishing Group Ltd	1999
Silver	Gerald Taylor	Penguin Book Ltd	1963
I Marchi dell'argenteria napoletana (Naples silver hallmarks)	Elio and Rosario Catello	Franco Di Mauro Editore Sorrento (NA)	1996
The treasures 2 (silver of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
The treasures 1 (silver of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
Gli argenti inglesi (English silver)	Judith Banister	Fratelli Fabbri Editori Milano	1966
Gli argenti italiani (Italian silver)	Nadia Boschian	Fratelli Fabbri Editori Milano	1966
I marchi negli oggetti d'argento (Silver hallmarks)	Jan Divis	Fratelli Melita Editori La Spezia	1989
Gli Argenti Francia Italia Germania (French, Italian and German silver)	AA.VV.	Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri - Milano	1981 1991
Scatole e tabacchiere (boxes and snuff boxes)	Maria Grazia Branchetti	Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri - Milano	1981 1991
Gli argenti Inghilterra e altri paesi Europei (English and European silver)	High Honour A.R.E. North	Fratelli Fabbri Editori Milano	1988
Capolavori di oreficeria (Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection)		Electa Milano	1989
Argenti (silver)	Sergio Coradeschi	Arnoldo Mondadori Editore - Milano	1992
Argenti Italiani del XX secolo (Italian silver of 20th century)	Tersilla F. Giacobone	Electa Milano	1993

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AUCTION CATALOGS
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1968	MAY 27	Sotheby	London	Fine gold snuff boxes and objects of vertu
1977	NOV 8	Christie	Geneva	The Kingston tureen
1982	JUN 8	Finarte	Bari	Asta di un'importante collezione di argenti italiani
1985	OCT 9	Sotheby	New York	Fine English, Continental & American silver
1986	APR 8	Sotheby	New York	Fine silver
1986	DEC 10	Finarte	Milano	Argenti antichi
1987	NOV 19	Sotheby	London	Important English silver
1988	APR 12	Christie	New York	Fine English and Continental silver
1988	APR 13	Sotheby	New York	Important silver
1988	JUN 27	Christie	New York East	English, Continental, and American silver
1988	OCT 24	Duran	Madrid	Gran subasta extraordinaria
1988	OCT 25	Christie	New York	Fine English and Continental silver and Objects of vertu
1988	OCT 27	Sotheby	New York	Fine silver
1988	NOV 22	Semenzato	Roma	Importanti argenti Italiani ed Europei Objets de vertu
1988	DIC 3	Sotheby	Monaco	Argenterie Européenne Objets de vitrine
1988	DEC 19	Christie	New York East	English, Continental, and American silver
1989	NOV 2	Sotheby	New York	Important silver
1989	NOV 15	Semenzato	Milano	Argenti antichi Scatole d'oro
1989	DIC 4	Sotheby	Monaco	Argenterie Européenne Objets de vitrine
1990	APR 27	Sotheby	New York	Fine English, Continental and South American silver
1990	MAG 16	Semenzato	Milano	Importanti argenti antichi
1990	OCT 12	Sotheby	New York	Fine English and Continental silver
1990	OCT 17	Semenzato	Milano	Rari argenti Italiani ed Europei
1990	NOV 20	Finarte	Milano	Argenti d'epoca
1990	DEC 12	Christie	Roma	Importanti argenti
1991	JAN 10	Christie	New York	Magnificent silver
1991	MAR 27	Butterfield	San Francisco	American and European silver, Russian works of art and vertu
1991	APR 19	Sotheby	New York	Important English and Continental silver
1991	MAY 23	Sotheby	London	Silver and objects of vertu
1991	MAY 21	Sotheby	Milano	Mobili, Argenti, Ceramiche, Oggetti d'arte e Tappeti
1992	APR 27	Sotheby	New York	Important English and Continental Silver
1992	OCT 28	Sotheby	New York	FineEnglish and Continental Silver
1992	NOV 4	Finarte	Milano	Argenti - Tappei - Arredi
1992	OCT 22	Sotheby	New York	The Meech Collection - Elizabeth I to Queen Anne silver
1993	APR 21	Christie	New York East	Silver
1993	APR 23	Sotheby	New York	Fine English and Continental Silver
1993	MAY 24	Sotheby	Geneva	European Silver
1993	OCT 22	Sotheby	New York	Fine English and Continental Silver and Gold
1993	NOV 15	Sotheby	Geneva	European silver
1994	APR 12	Sotheby	New York	Fine English and Continental silver
1994	MAY 16	Sotheby	Geneva	European silver
1994	JUN 19	Sotheby	Monaco	Orfevrerie Européenne
1994	OCT 21	Stadion	Milano	Argenti Antichi
1994	OCT 19	Sotheby	New York	The Gary gold dinner service by Tiffany & Co.
1994	DEC 14	Finarte	Milano	Argenti Orologi Gioielli d'Epoca
1994	OCT 19	Sotheby	New York	Important silver and gold
1994	NOV 8	Christie	New York South K.	Silver and plate
1995	MAR 21	Christie	New York South K.	Silver and plate
1995	APR 11	Christie	New York	Important silver property of a California Charitable Institution
1995	APR 12	Sotheby	New York	Important English and Continental silver
1995	MAY 15	Christie	Geneva	The Odiot service
1995	JUN 12	Sotheby	London Colonnade	Ceramic & Glass Silver Furniture Tribal Art
1995	OCT 19	Sotheby	New York	Important English and Continental silver
1995	DEC 4	Finarte	Milano	Argenti antichi e gioielli d'epoca
1996	APR 16	Sotheby	New York	Important English, Irish and Continental silver
1996	OCT 16	Sotheby	New York	Important English and Continental silver
1996	NOV 25	Sotheby	Amsterdam	Fine Dutch and European silver
1997	APR 9	Finarte	Milano	Arredi Argenti Dipinti Antichi
1997	JUN 9	Sotheby	New York	Russian works of art
1997	OCT 20	Christie	New York	The Hanover cister and fountain
1998	MAY 26	Christie	Edinburgh	Silver - including the Ross Collection of Scottish silver
1998	OCT 21	Sotheby	New York	Important English and Continental silver and silver gilt
1999	APR 14	Sotheby	New York	Important English and Continental silver and gold
1999	NOV 22	Christie	London	Important gold boxes, Objects of Vertu and Portrait Miniatures
1999	DEC 17	Christie	New York East	Cigars, Silver and Lalique
1999	DIC 17	Sotheby	London	The Moritzburg treasure
2000	APR 20	Christie	New York	Important silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian works of art
2000	JUN 1	Sotheby	London	Important Gold, Silver, Objects of Vertu and portrait Miniatures
2000	DEC 16	Semenzato	Venezia	Argenti antichi