Wednesday brings online access to dozens of luxury precious jewels, with prices to suit any budget, from €100 to €25,000. The exceptional pendant brooch in red gold is a vintage appearance, set with three diamonds, approx. 1900. Located in the original box, the piece is currently priced at 700 euros. A few decades later, another piece de resistance was made: a rose-shaped brooch in two-tone gold and platinum decorated with diamonds, around 1960.

Tennis bracelets and necklaces top off the contemporary jewelry chapter. Registering the highest starting price in Wednesday’s auction, 25,000 euros, a valuable tennis necklace in white gold decorated with 88 diamonds stands out.

Emeralds make a spectacular fusion with diamonds in three exceptional lots, including a complete set of earrings, pendants and rings, estimated between 8,000 and 12,000 euros. Another auction treasure is a superb gold ring, centrally decorated with a large emerald, surrounded by 48 diamonds, which starts at 15,000 euros.

The most affordable piece of jewelry in Wednesday’s timed online auction is a silver ring decorated with topaz and multi-coloured tourmalines at just 100 euros.

Next, Thursday’s auction features designer jewelry, such as the much-coveted Cartier Love bracelet in gold, which has gained global must-have status, or the iconic Van Cleef & Arpels four-leaf clover Alhambra model, launched in 1968 – present in the auction from 1,500 euros.

During Thursday’s auction at Palatul Cesianu-Racoviță, the collection of jewels is doubled by a selection of ladies’ watches, which demand admiration and good taste. Among the world’s most celebrated watch brands, Patek Philippe is up for auction with a 1975 white gold, diamond-studded watch with a starting price of €8,000, while the list price is almost double that in the profile market.

The elegance collection is complemented by the French sophistication of fashion houses Hermès, Christian Dior, Chanel and Lanvin, present in the auction with a selection of designer purses, scarves and gloves – royal accessories that cannot be missing from a clothing collection.

A rare appearance is the selection of Lalique perfumes – bearing the stamp of the extraordinary creations of the famous René Lalique, the genius of jewelry and crystal design from the Art Nouveau era – who revolutionized the design of perfume bottles. An example in the auction is the Deux Cœurs perfume, the limited edition dedicated to the eternity of shared destinies, from 2004, which can represent a perfect gift for the person you love. The perfume has a starting price in the auction of 900 euros. The 20th-anniversary edition launched in 2012 – Lalique, Sillage, is an essential specimen of the brand’s history.

The variety of the offer recommends the two auctions next week as an ideal marketplace for luxury gifts. The A10 by Artmark Auction House also offers the opportunity to try on the jewelry in the exhibition at the Cesianu-Racoviță Palace.

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The most valuable pair has a starting price of EUR 10,000 and is born from the collaboration between Keith Hufnagel and Nike. “HUF x Nike Dunk Low, Unique Piece: #KeithForever” is a unique pair in the world, cast in resin, and specially designed in HUF’s memory, keeping details that refer to the person of the famous skater.

The result of urban fashion and luxury collaboration is the pair of Louis Vuitton Nike Air Force 1 Low by Virgil Abloh White Royal sneakers. The copy has a starting price of 5,000 euros, is made of premium leather, and has been worn by legends of world urban culture, such as LeBron James or Eminem, representing a “grail” for any collector.

Another first for the auction is the pair of “Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG” sneakers, which bear the holographic signature of the artist Selly. The model in the auction, with a starting price of EUR 250, is one of the newest declines of the legendary Air Jordan 1.

Pairs of sneakers with an unconventional, lovely look reminiscent of technology were created from the collaboration between Nike and Fear of God through designer Jerry Lorenzo. The pair in the July 11 auction – the “Nike Air Fear of God 1 String Off-Noir Friends & Family” has a starting price of EUR 2,500 and was created in a limited edition of just 100 pieces, which usually are distributed to the circle of relatives or those who participated in the project.

The “Jordan 1 Retro High Union Los Angeles Black Toe” is one of the most worn models by Michael Jordan in his NBA career. The model put up for auction for the starting price of 1,500 euros is made in collaboration with the Los Angeles branch of the Union brand and perfectly reinterprets the classic line. The original Black Toe model became essential, transforming the sneaker silhouette into contemporary iconography.

The triple collaboration between Nike, the Japanese brand Fragment Design and the American rapper Travis Scott produced the pair of sneakers, “Nike Air Jordan x Travis Scott Fragment Design 1 Low”, with a starting price of 2,000 euros in the auction. Pairs signed Fragment usually become the object of collections in limited editions. Only 4,800 pairs can be found under this model, the vast majority reserved only for the most famous streetwear stores in the world. Among the celebrities spotted wearing this pair is former NBA MVP Kevin Durant.

During the event, “Toyz. Contemporary Collectibles” will also be auctioned two Harley Davidson motorcycles. The Harley VL model which was made in 1930-1936, almost 100 years ago! – has a starting price of 15,000 euros, and the Harley XLH 1000 model, produced in 1981, has a starting price of 8,000 euros. Also making a special appearance is the 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera, a classic Porsche gem. It is the first Porsche 911 Turbo to feature the 3.3-liter 286 hp engine, with a starting price of €50,000. The car had three owners in the U.S. and was brought to Romania in 2017 in good working order.

“Toyz. Contemporary Collectibles” will take place next week, Tuesday, July 11, at noon. The auction will be held exclusively online, on artmark.ro, in the new Timed Online Auction format. Pairs of sneakers and collectibles – from figurines inspired by comic book superheroes, from sports memorabilia to old games and gaming collectibles, from comics to jewelry inspired by the beloved Walt Disney universe, are exhibited at the Cesianu-Racovița Palace and can be admired from Monday to Sunday between 10:00 and 20:00.

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