Journal

Beyond the auction room

Auctions

Announcing The Horological Season: highlights preview

Sixteen lots spanning a 1928 Tank Cintrée to a 1978 Nautilus 3700 headline our flagship autumn watch sale. Previews in Geneva and Dubai precede the Monaco sale weekend.

Essay

Collecting time: why provenance now leads the market

Condition once ruled every catalogue description. Today the story a piece carries — who owned it, where it surfaced, what papers follow it — increasingly sets the pace at the rostrum.

Results

Inside the summer sale: the ten results that defined the season

From a pigeon's-blood ruby that tripled its low estimate to a quiet Victorian rivière that found a determined new home, ten results from Important Gems & Jewels tell the story of the season.

Guide

How to read an estimate

Estimates are neither prices nor predictions. A short guide to what the printed range actually tells you, and how to use it when planning your bidding.

Essay

The cabinet reopens: collecting objects with a working life

Trunks that travelled, pens that signed, cameras that framed a century — the collectibles market rewards objects that did something, and still can.