Carved from a single piece of jade. Estimated to be worth upwards of $100 million.

Agate bird with rose-cut diamond legs, gold & guilloché scales, and gold & opal chest of drawers. Once belonged to Alexander III.

 

Nephrite jade pickled cucumber, encrusted with a 72K gold ring, set with rose-cut diamonds.

 

 

 

 

 

  The Column (Christ’s Ruff)

 

  Inuit Knife w/ walrus ivory. Northern Canada, 1890. Corsican Vendetta Knife. Che la mia ferita sia mortale : May my wound be fatal.

  Designed for drinking while smoking w/ sound off, apparently

 

 

Cactus Jack’s fast food, Terminator 2: Judgment Day Clemanza’s meatballs, The Godfather Poison mushrooms, Phantom Thread Prison Italian dinn...

An indelible mark.

What if, after years of trial, a love should come and lay a hand upon you and say, this late, your life is not a crime — Joseph Fasano

   (for John)         We wake as if surprised the other is still there,     each petting the sheet to be sure.       How have we managed our...

 

As subject to the Salon Exhibition standards of 1875, this work was denied a place and reassigned instead to the Impressionist Exhibition in...

fresh-water pearls. coral beads.