Trusted by the world's major institutions as well as private collectors, the gallery has made a number of notable sales and discoveries over the last thirty years. The institutions that we have worked with and developed close relationships with include the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Louvre Abu Dhabi, J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Bodleian Library.
Notable Sales
Andalusi Qur'an quarter (rub‘)
Spain, probably Granada?, c. 1300-1325
Private Collection, Ireland (sold 2024)
A Crusader icon with two martyrs of Sebaste
Crusader Kingdom, Acre, c. 1260-1291
Private Collection, U.S.A. (sold 2023)
The Pozzi Gospels, Painted and decorated by the artist Hakob Jughayets’i (c. 1550 - 1613)
Armenia, Keghi, Dated 1586
Toledo Museum of Art (sold 2023)
Juan de Sevilla (active c. 1400-1430), The Juan González de Grajal Retable
Castile, Sigüenza, c. 1420
Private Collection, Italy (sold 2023)
Bahar-i Danesh, ‘The Springtime of Knowledge’, By Shaikh ‘Inayatallah Kamboh
Mughal Delhi, 1695-1725
Private Collection (sold 2022)
Bible, in Hebrew, From II Kings to Malachi With Masora Magna and Parva, lluminated Manuscript on Vellum
Toledo, dated 1456
Private Collection, U.K. (sold 2022)
Simon Bening (1483-1561), The Imhof prayerbook
Southern Netherlands, Antwerp, 1511
Private Collection, U.S.A. (sold 2021)
Jörg Lederer, Saint Sebastian
South Germany, Kaufbeuren, c. 1515-1520
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (sold 2022)
Saint Margaret and Saint Elizabeth presenting a donor
Germany, possibly from the church of Saint Peter, Cologne, c. 1525-30
Houston Museum of Art (sold 2021)
The Astor Virgin
Mosan France, c. 1150
Wyvern Collection (sold 2020)
Jean Bourdichon (1457- Tours 1521), The Flight into Egypt, From the Book of Hours of Louis XII
France, Tours, c. 1500
Private Collection, U.S.A. (sold 2020)
An enamelled orb from the Shrine of Saint Ursula, mounted onto an associated colonnette
Germany, Cologne, c. 1170-80 (orb) and c. 1180-1200 (colonette)
Private Collection, U.S.A. (sold 2020)
Lewis of Caerleon, Collected Scientific Works, The author’s presentation copy
England, probably London, c. 1495
The British Library (sold 2020)
A Highly Important Lacquered and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Casket
India, Gujarat, c. 1525-40
Qatar Museum (Sold 2003)
Simon Bening, Arrest of Christ
Bruges, c. 1530
Art Gallery of Ontario (Sold 2004)
Palimpsest Qur'an leaf in Hijazi script, Western Arabia or Syria, 1st Century AH/ 7th century CE
7th century
Private Collection (Sold 2003)
The Rimini Master, The Good Thief
Southern Netherlands, c. 1430
Private collection (Sold 2004)
Tacuinum Sanitatis: A Guide to Health and Good Living
North Italy, probably Padua, 1450s
Private collection, USA (Sold 2006)
An Anglo-Saxon Chrismatory
England, late 8th - early 9th century
The Wyvern Collection, London (Sold 2007)
Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders receiving the Relic of the Holy Blood from the Patriarch of Jerusalem
Bruges, c. 1480 -1500
Private Collection (Sold 2007)
Annunciate Virgin
France, probably Paris, c. 1350 - 60
The Wyvern Collection, London (Sold 2008)
Diptych with scenes from the life of Christ
Italy, Venice, second quarter 14th century
Private collection (Sold 2009)
Bronze figure of Mary Magdalene from the West Doors of San Zeno
Italy, Verona, before 1135
Private collection (Sold 2009)
The Rochefoucault Grail
Eastern Artois or Western Flanders, 1315-23
Private collection, USA (Sold 2010)
Shahnameh Zal receives Mihrab's homage at Kubul, from the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp
Safavid Iran, c. 1522 - 35
Private collection (Sold 2011)
The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita Sutra), Eastern India, Kondandmanandala
signed and dated 1191 AD
Louvre Abu Dhabi (Sold 2014)
Claus de Werve, Saint Peter,
France, Theuley Abbey, c. 1410 - 1420
Museum Catharijneconvent (Sold 2014)
A Leaf from the 'Blue Qur'an',
North Africa, Spain or Sicily, c. 880 - 950 CE
Louvre Abu Dhabi (Sold 2014)
A lavish silver-gilt and enamelled altarpiece tower
Spain, Barcelona, c. 1460 - 80
Private Collection (Sold 2015)
The Binding of Achior
Strasbourg, Church of St. Thomas, c. 1260 - 1270
Private collection, London (Sold 2016)
The Konstantinos Pendant
Byzantine, late 12th century
The Wyvern Collection, London (Sold 2016)
Tracery arcade from the south window of Canterbury cathedral
England, Kent, Canterbury, 1428
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sold 2019)
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