Various images from concerts, both public and private, and showings of The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art.

 

 

 

 
 

Christian shares with the audience an engraving from the Italian Renaissance, dated 1624, by the famed engraver Giovanni Battista Pasqualini, acquired from Sotheby's on June 24, 2000, lot no. 1CP3. The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art.

   Christian shares the 1821 royal birth announcement signed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, with a quarterfoil paper royal seal and a red wax seal still intact. Acquired from Sotheby's, lot no. 1YJG, April 4, 2000. The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art.

 

Christian shares Pablo Picasso's original 1954, 'Pour Bernard', signed lower right, with a young audience member during an evening concert and showing of art. The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art.

 

An audience member holds a priceless silver-gilt tea-glass spoon made in 1908 by Peter Carl Fabergé, jeweler to the Imperial Court of Russia, for the Czar of Russia and acquired from Sotheby's, on January 27, 2000, lot no. B4R. Maker's mark in full below the Imperial warrant. The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art.

An audience member studies the pipe that belonged to King Edward VIII of England. This piece was acquired from EAC, New York, January 6, 2005, and previously auctioned by Christie's on June 17, 2004, lot no. 57A, The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art.

 

Christian during a private home concert for 48 invited guests.

 

 

Following a private concert, audience members view works of art from The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art. In this photo, audience members closely study an engraving by the great print maker Boetius Bolswert, dated 1620, and acquired from Wilnitsky Fine Art, Vienna, Austria, April 7, 2003, lot no. 10764.

 
Concert guests view select pieces from The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art after an evening concert.

 

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Christian and a young audience member after a concert and a showing of art from The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art.
  

 
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A young audience member holds and studies the pipe of King Edward Vlll of England from The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art, and has an astonishing encounter with history.

Following an evening concert and showing of art, a mother and her son study a tea glass spoon made in 1908 by Peter Carl Fabergé for the Czar of Russia and acquired from Sotheby's, January 27, 2000, lot no: B4R. The pipe was previously auctioned at Christie's on June 17, 2004, lot no: 57A, and subsequently acquired from EAC in New York on January 6, 2005, both pieces from The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art.

 

Following a private concert and a showing of art, audience members take a closer look at the French artist Francois Xavier Fabré's 'Holy Mary,' dated 1811 and acquired from Wilnitsky, Vienna, Austria, September 28, 2004, lot no: 6888, The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art

 

 

After a private concert, Christian shares a bracelet of royal provenance with an audience member.

 

 

 

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