The group of jewelry made by Alexander Calder, valued at nearly $300,000, has stayed in private hands for almost 70 years.

Key TakeawaysFive pieces of jewelry Alexander Calder made for his sister, mother and niece go up for auction at Bonhams on ...

The five custom pieces, gifted to his sister, mother, and niece, are expected to collectively hammer down for $300,000.

Alexander Calder was famous for his large, colorful (often humorous) mobiles. Only on very rare occasions would the sculptor handcraft jewelry—and only for his most near and dear. One such rarity is a ...

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“Nobody could believe I got all these Calders for the auction,” says Tiffany Dubin—Sotheby’s artist jewelry specialist and head of sale—of the pieces she procured for Art as Jewelry as Art, the ...

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PHILADELPHIA -- Think of Alexander Calder, and the first thing to come to mind probably would be the suspended abstract sculptures that silently orbit above the heads of museumgoers around the world.

Alexander Calder’s jewelry creations—which make up only about a tenth of the late sculptor’s 15,000-work oeuvre—are considered something of a white whale among his devoted followers. But it’s a ...

Expect bracelets, brooches, earrings, pendants, rings, tiaras, and more by the likes of Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and Salvador Dalí. Madelle Hegeler wears jewelry by Salvador Dalí in 1959: a ...

In 1930, Alexander Calder sent his mother a birthday present: a necklace, fashioned from brass wire, string and bits of broken pottery. His note said, "I have been making wire jewelry — and think I'll ...