The Rolex of Steve McQueen sold by Antiquorum 234,000 dollars
June 11 in New York, the Rolex Submariner of the American actor Steve McQueen was sold by the House Antiquorum for the sum of 234,000 dollars (about 168,000 euros. As his TAG Heuer Monaco, she moved to 87,600 dollars (about 63,000 euros).
Two fetish watch Steve McQueen ignited these NYC auction.
Thus, his Rolex Submariner ref 5512, 1967, that door actor onscreen in the film entitled the hunter was sold for the equivalent of 168,000 euros (twenty times its estimate and a record price for this type of Rolex).
During this session, Antiquorum also proposed the famous TAG Heuer Monaco Steve McQueen wore during the filming of the film Le Mans in 1971.
This Monaco Replica Watches (which also this year celebrates its 40th anniversary) has found a buyer for the equivalent of 63,000 euros (more than ten times its estimate).
"This auction is confirmation that in the current market, collectors are looking for rare timepieces whose provenance is indisputable. It is also the case of the Rolex and Heuer of Steve McQueen. The craze met during this sale reflects the desire of lovers of watches to have access to exceptional pieces that will spend ages and which offer investment opportunities» indicated on this occasion Evan Zimmermann, president and CEO of Antiquorum.
Note that the last sale of the season will take place on 27 June next in Hong Kong.
Rolex of artistic mentorship program: mentors choose their protégés
Six young talent from Australia, Africa of South of Jordan, the United States and the Lebanon were chosen by their respective mentors, Brian Eno, Anish Kapoor, Trisha Brown, Zhang Yimou, and Peter Sellars to share a year of cooperation within the framework of the Rolex mentoring artistic.
Six young artists selected are:
Music / Ben Frost (Australian resident in Iceland) chosen by mentor Brian Eno (United Kingdom)
Composer, producer and old Australian musician for 30 years, Ben Frost graduated in fine arts in Melbourne, before moving to the other end of the world, in Reykjavik in Iceland, where he co-founded the label Bedroom Community.
His work, influenced by punk rock and heavy metal, classical minimalism includes three albums: Steel Wound (2003), Theory of Machines (2007) and By The Throat (2009). Among his many transdisciplinary collaborations, Ben Frost has worked with choreographers Gideon Obarzanek and Wayne McGregor, as well as with artists also known as Björk. Currently, he composed the score of the game world of darkness online.
Visual Arts / Nicholas Hlobo (South Africa), chosen by mentor Anish Kapoor (United Kingdom)
34-Year-old Nicholas Hlobo was born in Cape Town in 1975. He lives in Johannesburg, where, in 2002, he obtained a diploma of Visual arts at the Witwatersrand Technikon. His works were presented in individual and collective exhibitions organized Cape in Rome through Boston. The use of evocative materials characterized sculptural installations and performances of the artist, which are rooted in its culture and language, xhosa.
In 2008, Nicholas Hlobo exhibited four works under the title of Uhambo at Gallery Level 2 at the Tate Modern in London, which promotes young international artists. Among its most recent successes, he was named winner of the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award for the Visual arts in 2009.
Dance / Lee Serle (Australia), chosen by mentor Trisha Brown (United States)
Dancer and 28 years old Australian choreographer, Rolex Replica Lee Serle received a Bachelor degree in dance at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, in 2003. He participated in productions of several companies, mainly Melbourne - as Lucy Guerin Inc. and Chunky Move, for which he danced in Australia and abroad. He is the choreography for I'm in Love for the Next Wave Festival in Melbourne, and a 'reduced room for space', A Little Murky, which highlights the subtlety of its interpretation and its powerful and theatrical style.
Films / Annemarie Jacir (Palestinian residing in Jordan) chosen by mentor Zhang Yimou (China)
Annemarie Jacir, 36 years, filmmaker and Palestinian poet living in Jordan, was designated in 2004 by Filmmaker magazine as one of the twenty-five new figures of independent cinema, a year after graduating in Visual arts at Columbia University in New York. Co-founder of project Dreams of a Nation, to promote Palestinian cinema, Annemarie Jacir has directed Like impossible twenty (2003), official selection of the Cinéfondation in Cannes.
His debut in the feature film the salt of this sea (2008), which is also the first feature film ever shot by a Palestinian Director, has been selected for an Oscar for the best foreign language film. He also won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize. Annemarie Jacir is currently working on a new film.
Literature / Tracy K Smith (United States) chosen by mentor Hans Magnus Enzensberger (Germany)
Tracy K. Smith, 38, is a graduate of Harvard and Columbia universities, she was a fellow at Stanford and held several teaching positions. Since 2005, she is an Assistant Professor of creative writing at Princeton. His two collections of poems hailed by critics, The Body's Question (2003), which earned him the Cave Canem Prize for the best first book of African American poetry and Duende (2007), was awarded the James Laughlin of the Academy of American poets award, will be followed by Life on Mars in 2011, a new book that she has just completed.
Theatre / Maya Zbib (Lebanon), chosen by mentor Peter Sellars (United States)
For more than a decade, actress, author and young director Lebanese Maya Zbib, aged of 29 years, impresses reviewers with its subtle interpretations of roles very various. After obtaining a master's degree in arts from the scene at the University of London Goldsmith, she created and performed solos, including The Music Box, a performance-installation carried out in private and presented at international festivals interiors. She currently co-directs the company and cultural association Zoukak in Beirut, that e.
Two fetish watch Steve McQueen ignited these NYC auction.
Thus, his Rolex Submariner ref 5512, 1967, that door actor onscreen in the film entitled the hunter was sold for the equivalent of 168,000 euros (twenty times its estimate and a record price for this type of Rolex).
During this session, Antiquorum also proposed the famous TAG Heuer Monaco Steve McQueen wore during the filming of the film Le Mans in 1971.
This Monaco Replica Watches (which also this year celebrates its 40th anniversary) has found a buyer for the equivalent of 63,000 euros (more than ten times its estimate).
"This auction is confirmation that in the current market, collectors are looking for rare timepieces whose provenance is indisputable. It is also the case of the Rolex and Heuer of Steve McQueen. The craze met during this sale reflects the desire of lovers of watches to have access to exceptional pieces that will spend ages and which offer investment opportunities» indicated on this occasion Evan Zimmermann, president and CEO of Antiquorum.
Note that the last sale of the season will take place on 27 June next in Hong Kong.
Rolex of artistic mentorship program: mentors choose their protégés
Six young talent from Australia, Africa of South of Jordan, the United States and the Lebanon were chosen by their respective mentors, Brian Eno, Anish Kapoor, Trisha Brown, Zhang Yimou, and Peter Sellars to share a year of cooperation within the framework of the Rolex mentoring artistic.
Six young artists selected are:
Music / Ben Frost (Australian resident in Iceland) chosen by mentor Brian Eno (United Kingdom)
Composer, producer and old Australian musician for 30 years, Ben Frost graduated in fine arts in Melbourne, before moving to the other end of the world, in Reykjavik in Iceland, where he co-founded the label Bedroom Community.
His work, influenced by punk rock and heavy metal, classical minimalism includes three albums: Steel Wound (2003), Theory of Machines (2007) and By The Throat (2009). Among his many transdisciplinary collaborations, Ben Frost has worked with choreographers Gideon Obarzanek and Wayne McGregor, as well as with artists also known as Björk. Currently, he composed the score of the game world of darkness online.
Visual Arts / Nicholas Hlobo (South Africa), chosen by mentor Anish Kapoor (United Kingdom)
34-Year-old Nicholas Hlobo was born in Cape Town in 1975. He lives in Johannesburg, where, in 2002, he obtained a diploma of Visual arts at the Witwatersrand Technikon. His works were presented in individual and collective exhibitions organized Cape in Rome through Boston. The use of evocative materials characterized sculptural installations and performances of the artist, which are rooted in its culture and language, xhosa.
In 2008, Nicholas Hlobo exhibited four works under the title of Uhambo at Gallery Level 2 at the Tate Modern in London, which promotes young international artists. Among its most recent successes, he was named winner of the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award for the Visual arts in 2009.
Dance / Lee Serle (Australia), chosen by mentor Trisha Brown (United States)
Dancer and 28 years old Australian choreographer, Rolex Replica Lee Serle received a Bachelor degree in dance at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, in 2003. He participated in productions of several companies, mainly Melbourne - as Lucy Guerin Inc. and Chunky Move, for which he danced in Australia and abroad. He is the choreography for I'm in Love for the Next Wave Festival in Melbourne, and a 'reduced room for space', A Little Murky, which highlights the subtlety of its interpretation and its powerful and theatrical style.
Films / Annemarie Jacir (Palestinian residing in Jordan) chosen by mentor Zhang Yimou (China)
Annemarie Jacir, 36 years, filmmaker and Palestinian poet living in Jordan, was designated in 2004 by Filmmaker magazine as one of the twenty-five new figures of independent cinema, a year after graduating in Visual arts at Columbia University in New York. Co-founder of project Dreams of a Nation, to promote Palestinian cinema, Annemarie Jacir has directed Like impossible twenty (2003), official selection of the Cinéfondation in Cannes.
His debut in the feature film the salt of this sea (2008), which is also the first feature film ever shot by a Palestinian Director, has been selected for an Oscar for the best foreign language film. He also won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize. Annemarie Jacir is currently working on a new film.
Literature / Tracy K Smith (United States) chosen by mentor Hans Magnus Enzensberger (Germany)
Tracy K. Smith, 38, is a graduate of Harvard and Columbia universities, she was a fellow at Stanford and held several teaching positions. Since 2005, she is an Assistant Professor of creative writing at Princeton. His two collections of poems hailed by critics, The Body's Question (2003), which earned him the Cave Canem Prize for the best first book of African American poetry and Duende (2007), was awarded the James Laughlin of the Academy of American poets award, will be followed by Life on Mars in 2011, a new book that she has just completed.
Theatre / Maya Zbib (Lebanon), chosen by mentor Peter Sellars (United States)
For more than a decade, actress, author and young director Lebanese Maya Zbib, aged of 29 years, impresses reviewers with its subtle interpretations of roles very various. After obtaining a master's degree in arts from the scene at the University of London Goldsmith, she created and performed solos, including The Music Box, a performance-installation carried out in private and presented at international festivals interiors. She currently co-directs the company and cultural association Zoukak in Beirut, that e.