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A large collection of paintings, furniture and collector’s items from Valdemar’s Castle on the island of Tåsinge is sold at auction at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers on 21 September in Copenhagen.

Historic Collection from Valdemar’s Castle up for Auction

You now have the chance to bring home a piece of Danish history, when a large collection of paintings, furniture and collector’s items from Valdemar’s Castle on the island of Tåsinge is sold at auction at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers on 21 September in Copenhagen.

The Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen can present art and antiques that tell us stories about the close connections between Russian and Danish culture.

Stories of Imperial Russo-Danish Connections at Auction

The Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen can present art and antiques that tell us stories about the close connections between Russian and Danish culture. The auction at 3 pm on 2 December takes a long and interesting journey through history: from miniature portraits of the Russian Imperial family, through modern art made during the post-war period to unique antiques from Fabergé.

Two rare portraits of Grigori Rasputin, where he personally sat as a model, are up for auction at Bruun Rasmussen's Russian Live Auction on 2 June in Copenhagen.

Russia's Infamous Grigori Rasputin up for Auction

The Danish auction house, Bruun Rasmussen, can now present two rare portraits of the infamous Grigori Rasputin, where he personally sat as a model, at their upcoming Live Auction on 2 June in Copenhagen.

A drawing by a then 15 year-old Vilhelm Hammershøi sold at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers for DKK 190,000 (€33,179 including buyer’s premium).

V​aluable Drawings from Vilhelm Hammershøi’s Childhood Sold at Auction

On Tuesday afternoon, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art sold five drawings and paintings made by a very young Vilhelm Hammershøi. So, save your children's drawings; they might end up being worth quite a lot, especially if one of your offspring turns out to become a world-renowned artist.

Vladimir Donatovich Orlovsky: Russian landscape with peasants at a farmer's house in the forest outskirts. Estimate: € 13,500-20,000

Russian Art Objects from Danish Families

Bruun Rasmussen focuses in on art, antiques and jewellery from Russia at a Live Auction in Copenhagen on 10 June. The highlights include a number of art objects that truly lets you experience a piece of history and the strong Danish-Russian relations.

C.W. Eckersberg: The Aqueduct in Arcueil, 1812. Sold for DKK 5.6 million (€ 975,000 including buyer’s premium)

New World Record Achieved at Bruun Rasmussen

World Record: The auction house made (art)history with the hammer price on a painting by “The Founding Father of the Danish Golden Age of Painting”, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg.

C.A. Jensen: Hans and Bolette Puggaard's three children. 1827. Signed. Oil on canvas. 82 x 64 cm. Estimate: DKK 400,000-600,000 / € 53,500-80,000.

Children of the Danish Golden Age and French Gilt Bronzes

This week, Bruun Rasmussen will hold the year's first Live Auction in Copenhagen. The first week of auctions includes a portrait by the Danish Golden Age painter C.A. Jensen, which depicts three children from one of the influential families of the time, as well as gilt bronzes from the 18th-19th century France.

G.C. Oeder: Flora Danica. Copenhagen 1761–1883. Complete with 3240 original hand-coloured plates. Estimate: DKK 300,000-400,000 / € 40,000-54,000.

The World's Largest and Most Beautiful Work on Flora up for Auction

The year's first Live Auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen includes a copy of the Flora Danica work. It is extremely rare to see complete versions of this botanical work on the market. The project all began in 1761 with a plate depicting a cloudberry and a prospectus supported by the Danish King Frederik V. More than 120 years later, the magnificent Flora Danica was finally completed.

Jesper Bruun Rasmussen sells the 12 dragon dishes for DKK 1 million (€175,000 including buyer’s premium).

Chinese Dragon Dishes Sold for DKK 1 million

The summer's international auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen has begun. This time around we started out with Asian art, where we managed to achieve the auction's first million kroner hammer price with twelve Chinese dragon dishes from the period between 1723 and 1735.

Pieter Claesz: Breakfast piece (1625). Sold for DKK 4.8 million (€ 840,000 including buyer’s premium).

A Meal Worth 4.8 Million Danish Kroner

At Tuesday evening's international auction of fine art at Bruun Rasmussen, a breakfast piece by Dutch artist Pieter Claesz was sold for DKK 4.8 million (€ 840,000 including buyer’s premium). The sale of the painting is a bit of a sensation since Claesz' early works from the 1620s are very rare on the auction market.

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Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers

Bruun Rasmussen has since 1948 sold art, design, jewellery, wristwatches, antiques and collectibles such as wine, books, coins and stamps. As the leading auction house in Denmark, we sell over 75,000 items every year at our Online Auctions at bruun-rasmussen.dk and at Live Auctions at the auction house in Lyngby.

Our specialists are the most experienced and competent in the industry. The work in the auction house places great demands on our knowledge of art and trends on the market. This way, we can provide valuations and advice of the highest quality – which has become our trademark – and thereby offer the best lots from all categories and achieve high hammer prices for the benefit of our customers.

At Bruun Rasmussen, we are one of Europe's most modern and digital auction houses, and it is only natural for us to adapt to changes in the market. Innovation is part of our DNA, while we are also deeply rooted in our history.

In 2022, after having been family-owned through three generations, we became part of the international “Bonhams Network”, expanding our global reach and access to specialists all over the world. We strategically present and sell art where it makes the most sense in relation to potential buyers.

Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers

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