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Siegfried & Roy

Masters of the Impossible

8 June 2022 | starting at 10:00 PDT | with lot 1

9 June 2022 | starting at 10:00 PDT | with lot 297

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Los Angeles

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A FRENCH JAPONAISE CLOISONNÉ GILT AND PATINATED METAL TURTLE-FORM CLOCKAlmost certainly designed by Émile-Auguste Reiber for L'Escalier de Cristal, Paris, circa 1870-80. Sold for US$21,675 inc. premium

A PATINATED BRONZE, GRANITE, AND RESIN SCULPTURE: ELEPHANT DE L'ESPACESalvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989). Sold for US$15,300 inc. premium

A ROCK CRYSTAL, DIAMOND AND CORAL PENDANT. Sold for US$7,012.50 inc. premium

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Legacy of Las Vegas Performers Lives on with 480 Lots Sold from the Estate of Siegfried & Roy at 100% by Value: Doubling its target hammer, the sale achieved $1,446,327, which will benefit the SARMOTI Foundation. The two-day live sale at Bonhams Los Angeles lasted over 14 hours with nearly 1,000 registered bidders from around the world.

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Bonhams Magazine | Pure Magic They left the ruins of post-war Germany to make a spectacle of themselves in Vegas. Lucinda Bredin celebrates Siegfried & Roy

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Siegfried & Roy

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The Estate of Legendary Entertainers Siegfried & Roy Comes to Auction at Bonhams: Costumes from their four-decade Las Vegas career to custom luxury gifts and home decor from their two estates, Jungle Palace and Little Bavaria, offered on June 8-9, 2022

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Siegfried & Roy

Auction highlights

Lot gallery

1 — CHRISTIAN RIESE LASSEN(B. 1956)Secret Path, Lords of the Millennium, Heritage;

2 — CHRISTIAN RIESE LASSEN(B. 1956)Abstract tiger 30 5/8 x 25in (78 x 63.5cm)

3 — TWO CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD ARMCHAIRS20th century

4 — A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ JARDINIÈRE

5W — A PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI PORCELAIN TEMPLE JARS20th century

6W — A LARGE CARVED HARDWOOD FIGURE OF A BUDDHA

7 — PEDRO GUTIERREZ ZAMORA(20TH CENTURY)Fantasias mágicas 30 1/2 x 21 1/2in (78 x 55cm)

8 — A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE UPHOLSTERED WING CHAIRS20th century

9 — A CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD ARMCHAIR

10 — TWO CHINESE POLYCHROME DECORATED FISHBOWLS

11 — A MATS JONASSON ART GLASS TIGER ORNAMENT

12 — A BACCARAT BLUE GLASS FIGURE: PANTHER THE LEAP

13 — A JAPANESE MEIJI BRONZE FIGURE OF A TIGER

14 — A SWAROVSKI AMBER GLASS TIGER AND THREE-PIECE TIGER AND CUBS SET

15 — TWO SWAROVSKI GLASS PANTHERS

16 — A FABERGÉ BLACK PATE DE VERRE PANTHER

17 — AN AMERICAN POLYCHROME METAL FIGURE OF A TIGERKronheim & Oldenbusch Metal Novelties Company, New York City, late 19th/early 20th century

18 — A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF A TIGER AND CUB

19 — A DAUM PATE DE VERRE AMBER GLASS TIGER

20 — A PATINATED BRONZE, GRANITE, AND RESIN SCULPTURE: ELEPHANT DE L'ESPACESalvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)

21W — A GEORGIAN STYLE FAUX LEOPARD UPHOLSTERED CHAIR

22 — A VICTORIAN GILT METAL AND BRONZE MOUNTED EBONIZED CLOCK

23 — A CLEAR AND CASED IRIDESCENT BLACK GLASS SCULPTURE OF A FIGUREElio Raffaeli (Italian, b. 1936)

24 — TWO CARVED FIGURES OF TIGERS

25 — A BRASS 7 MAN KINETIC CLOCKGordon Bradt, Kinetico Studios

26 — SALVADOR DALÍ(1904-1989)Drawers of Memory

27 — A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A WALKING LIONAfter Antoine-Louis Barye, after a model by Delacroix

28 — SALVADOR DALÍ(1904-1989)Liquid Tornado Bath Tub, from Imaginations and Objects of the Future

29 — Salvador Dalí(1904-1989)Liquid Tornado Bath Tub, from Imaginations and Objects of the Future

30 — A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE: THE SURREALIST ANGELSalvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

31W — A BAROQUE STYLE CARVED AND EBONIZED WOOD THRONE CHAIR

32W — A GROUP OF NINE SOUTHEAST ASIAN PAPER OR FABRIC AND FAUX BAMBOO PARASOLS

33 — A CAST IRON BUDDHA20th century

34 — A PAIR OF CHINESE STYLE PAINTED PETITE LOUNGE CHAIRS AND OTTOMANS

35 — A CHINESE WARRIOR OPERA COSTUME

36 — A CHINESE GILT METAL CENSER

37W — A CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD SETTEE20th century

38 — A NEPALESE KARTIKA RITUAL CHOPPING KNIFE20th century

39 — AN ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER-FOIL CLAD WOOD TEMPLE-FORM SHRINE

40 — TWO EMBELLISHED GILTWOOD BUDDHAS

41 — A FILIPINO PANABAS SWORD

42 — TWO INDIAN POLYCHROME MATCHLOCK RIFLESRajasthan or Lahore, probably 17th/early 18th century

43 — A CARVED HARDSTONE FIGURE OF A WATER BUFFALO

44 — AN EMBELLISHED GILTWOOD SEATED BUDDHA20th century

45W — A THAI GILTWOOD STANDING FIGURE OF A BODDHISATVA

46 — A LAPIS LAZULI MINERAL SPECIMEN

47 — A THAI LACQUERED CARVED WOOD FRAGMENT OF A MONK IN PRAYER19th century or later

48 — A THAI STYLE GILTWOOD SEATED BUDDHA

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News and stories

Bonhams Magazine | Pure Magic They left the ruins of post-war Germany to make a spectacle of themselves in Vegas. Lucinda Bredin celebrates Siegfried & Roy

Siegfried & Roy

The Estate of Legendary Entertainers Siegfried & Roy Comes to Auction at Bonhams: Costumes from their four-decade Las Vegas career to custom luxury gifts and home decor from their two estates, Jungle Palace and Little Bavaria, offered on June 8-9, 2022

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1 —
CHRISTIAN RIESE LASSEN
(B. 1956)
Secret Path, Lords of the Millennium, Heritage;

2 —
CHRISTIAN RIESE LASSEN
(B. 1956)
Abstract tiger 30 5/8 x 25in (78 x 63.5cm)

3 —
TWO CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD ARMCHAIRS
20th century

4 —
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ JARDINIÈRE

5^W —
A PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI PORCELAIN TEMPLE JARS
20th century

6^W —
A LARGE CARVED HARDWOOD FIGURE OF A BUDDHA

7 —
PEDRO GUTIERREZ ZAMORA
(20TH CENTURY)
Fantasias mágicas 30 1/2 x 21 1/2in (78 x 55cm)

8 —
A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE UPHOLSTERED WING CHAIRS
20th century

9 —
A CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD ARMCHAIR

10 —
TWO CHINESE POLYCHROME DECORATED FISHBOWLS

11 —
A MATS JONASSON ART GLASS TIGER ORNAMENT

12 —
A BACCARAT BLUE GLASS FIGURE: PANTHER THE LEAP

13 —
A JAPANESE MEIJI BRONZE FIGURE OF A TIGER

14 —
A SWAROVSKI AMBER GLASS TIGER AND THREE-PIECE TIGER AND CUBS SET

15 —
TWO SWAROVSKI GLASS PANTHERS

16 —
A FABERGÉ BLACK PATE DE VERRE PANTHER

17 —
AN AMERICAN POLYCHROME METAL FIGURE OF A TIGER
Kronheim & Oldenbusch Metal Novelties Company, New York City, late 19th/early 20th century

18 —
A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF A TIGER AND CUB

19 —
A DAUM PATE DE VERRE AMBER GLASS TIGER

20 —
A PATINATED BRONZE, GRANITE, AND RESIN SCULPTURE: ELEPHANT DE L'ESPACE
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)

21^W —
A GEORGIAN STYLE FAUX LEOPARD UPHOLSTERED CHAIR

22 —
A VICTORIAN GILT METAL AND BRONZE MOUNTED EBONIZED CLOCK

23 —
A CLEAR AND CASED IRIDESCENT BLACK GLASS SCULPTURE OF A FIGURE
Elio Raffaeli (Italian, b. 1936)

24 —
TWO CARVED FIGURES OF TIGERS

25 —
A BRASS 7 MAN KINETIC CLOCK
Gordon Bradt, Kinetico Studios

26 —
SALVADOR DALÍ
(1904-1989)
Drawers of Memory

27 —
A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A WALKING LION
After Antoine-Louis Barye, after a model by Delacroix

28 —
SALVADOR DALÍ
(1904-1989)
Liquid Tornado Bath Tub, from Imaginations and Objects of the Future

29 —
Salvador Dalí
(1904-1989)
Liquid Tornado Bath Tub, from Imaginations and Objects of the Future

30 —
A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE: THE SURREALIST ANGEL
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

31^W —
A BAROQUE STYLE CARVED AND EBONIZED WOOD THRONE CHAIR

32^W —
A GROUP OF NINE SOUTHEAST ASIAN PAPER OR FABRIC AND FAUX BAMBOO PARASOLS

33 —
A CAST IRON BUDDHA
20th century

34 —
A PAIR OF CHINESE STYLE PAINTED PETITE LOUNGE CHAIRS AND OTTOMANS

35 —
A CHINESE WARRIOR OPERA COSTUME

36 —
A CHINESE GILT METAL CENSER

37^W —
A CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD SETTEE
20th century

38 —
A NEPALESE KARTIKA RITUAL CHOPPING KNIFE
20th century

39 —
AN ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER-FOIL CLAD WOOD TEMPLE-FORM SHRINE

40 —
TWO EMBELLISHED GILTWOOD BUDDHAS

41 —
A FILIPINO PANABAS SWORD

42 —
TWO INDIAN POLYCHROME MATCHLOCK RIFLES
Rajasthan or Lahore, probably 17th/early 18th century

43 —
A CARVED HARDSTONE FIGURE OF A WATER BUFFALO

44 —
AN EMBELLISHED GILTWOOD SEATED BUDDHA
20th century

45^W —
A THAI GILTWOOD STANDING FIGURE OF A BODDHISATVA

46 —
A LAPIS LAZULI MINERAL SPECIMEN

47 —
A THAI LACQUERED CARVED WOOD FRAGMENT OF A MONK IN PRAYER
19th century or later

48 —
A THAI STYLE GILTWOOD SEATED BUDDHA