Out of This World
Natural History, Space Exploration, Entertainment Memorabilia
A contemporary cabinet of curiosities
Cabinets of curiosities, also called ‘Wunderkammer’, were popular among the European royalty, aristocracy and scholars since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. They contained a wide variety of fantastic objects and artefacts, with an emphasis on the rare, eclectic and esoteric. Through the vast selection of objects, these collections told a particular story about the world and its history.
Today it is still possible to start or expand such a collection of fascinating and unique objects. An exciting new department at Koller presents items from a modern cabinet of curiosities: meteorites, dinosaur fossils, geological wonders, as well as momentos from the history of space exploration and rare memorabilia from the film and music industries.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 17 JUNE AUCTION
'ARTEMIS' THE FOREST DWELLER
A 150-million-year-old sprinting herbivore
Christian Link and Yolanda Schicker-Siber present this astonishingly complete and beautiful skeleton of a Dryosaurus, and discuss how it may have actually looked back in the Jurassic period.
EXISTS TO DESTROY, DESTROYS TO EXIST
TWO AUTHENTIC H. R. GIGER 'ALIEN' ARTEFACTS
In the 'Out of This World IV' auction, a vintage 1978 'Alien' hand and a 2017 'Alien' puppet will be offered. Christian Link tells their stories.
A REAL PIECE OF THE MOON
GIANT LUNAR METEORITE
This moon meteorite of over 2 kilos is a rare and fascinating piece of Earth's only natural satellite.
TINY TEETH, BIG BITE
DIPLOCAULUS SKULL
Yolanda Schicker-Siber examines the 270-million-year-old skull of one of the most successful predators of the late Permian period.
LIGHTNING TURNED TO GLASS
FORKED FULGURITE
When lightning strikes sand, it very rarely turns it into glass, in a shape which the ancients called 'Zeus's beard'. Yolanda Schicker-Siber and Christian Link discuss a piece that is extremely rare due to its large size.
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Next Auctions
Auction: 17 June 2024, catalogue online circa 21 May.
Auction: 25 November 2024, consignments accepted until late September 2024.
If you wish to consign to one of our auctions, we will value your artworks free of charge. Please send us photos if possible, or call us. We will arrange an appointment to view your property at your home or in one of our offices in Zurich, Geneva, Genoa, Munich or Düsseldorf. You will then receive our auction estimates so that you can make your decision.
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Ausgewählte Resultate 世外桃源
‘ARTEMIS’, THE FOREST DWELLER DRYOSAURUS ALTUS
CHF 219 700
IRIDESCENT AMMONITE
CHF 35 000
MOON METEORITE
CHF 175 000
PORSCHE 356SC PAINTED BY ALFREDO HÄBERLI
CHF 187 500
FOSSIL CROCODILE
CHF 200 000
CALLISTO' THE TRICERATOPS
CHF 450 000
DUCATI 750S
CHF 50 000
ICHTHYOSAUR IN MATRIX
CHF 75 000
GIANT TIGER IRON
CHF 112 500
PTEROSAUR FOSSIL
CHF 122 300