Perhaps the most exciting piece of furniture in the auction world's wonderful realm is undoubtedly the cabinet of curiosities. A piece filled with compartments and drawers where one would place fascinating, astonishing, exotic, amusing, beautiful, ugly, and sometimes even grotesque objects from near and far. The cabinet became an encyclopedia, a museum, and a showpiece whose doors one could triumphantly throw open when festivities approached.
And now, Crafoord Auctions Stockholm has unlocked its cabinet to present over 100 lots in the Cabinet of Curiosities theme. It contains so much that can tempt an antique lover, a collector, or an interior decorator with a taste for the peculiar. Alongside asymmetrical wine glasses, baroque silver spoons, and paintings with many centuries behind them, you'll encounter icons, Chinese ceramics, a pink camel (it's true!), peculiar figurines, a walnut jewelry box, and a sharp-nosed race car. Among other things. Listing everything here isn't feasible, but we can promise that a review of the catalog is well worth your time.
So welcome all hobby archaeologists, amateur Egyptologists, and Indiana Jones enthusiasts to the Cabinet of Curiosities!
