Treasures from the Stern banking dynasty, Hotel California artwork, Classic Week highlights, Jürgen Schwarz’s cellar, Tiffany lamps, Couture costume jewellery, and more͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌

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### This week’s stories
Art and objects from the Stern family — titans of banking who became patrons and collectors
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Classic Week highlights: a rare Gospel book, a Turner sketch, a Thracian gold mask and more
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‘Wine as witness to history’: an 1806 Lafite Rothschild leads 60 additional 19th-century vintages
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Photographer David Alexander on shooting the Eagles for their iconic album, Hotel California
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Couture costume jewellery: why designs like these by Cardin and Lagerfeld simply must be worn
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Tiffany lamps: is rewiring OK? How important is the base? Find out in our illuminating guide
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### Editor’s picks
Les Constructeurs is a tapestry from 1993, based on Fernand Léger’s 1950 painting of the same title, a bold grid of dynamic lines and primary colours depicting workers on a building site. Léger died in 1955, but Georges Bauquier — his studio assistant and guardian of his legacy — oversaw the production of the later work, which was woven by the Belgian artist Yvette Cauquil-Prince Estimate: €50,000-70,000 until 4‌ December‌, Online
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For Christopher Nolan’s 2008 movie The Dark Knight, part two of his Batman trilogy, the director wanted to come up with a vehicle to eclipse the Batmobile. The result was the Batpod: a mega-motorbike with a Honda 750 engine and monster tyres, described by special effects supervisor Chris Corbould as ‘a beast of a machine’. This is one of only four fully functioning Batpods used in the film Estimate: £300,000-500,000 11‌ December‌, London
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The mysterious, haunting quality of Gilles Aillaud’s paintings of zoo animals is strongly evident in his 1976 work Bassin avec Otarie, depicting a sea lion pool. At first, it is hard to know what we’re looking at, with a partially concealed polygon surrounded by swirls of blue and green. The image verges on the abstract, until the viewer spots a sleek form gliding through the water to the right Estimate: €60,000-80,000 until 4‌ December‌, Online
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This Patek Philippe wristwatch, made in 1954, is the only one of its kind known to exist. A reference 2526, the company’s first ever automatic watch, it has a rare black enamel dial with luminous gold hour markers, and also carries the name of the prestigious retailer Serpico y Laino, based in Caracas, Venezuela. For collectors in search of unique and beautiful timepieces, this is an extraordinary find Estimate: $250,000-450,000 9‌ December‌, New York
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