{"id":12541,"date":"2022-07-08T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesandantiques.com\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2022-07-08T11:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T09:26:22","slug":"buying-and-collecting-antique-busts","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/rss_feed\/buying-and-collecting-antique-busts\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying and collecting antique busts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Joe Feehily\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 08 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Three-dimensional portraits \u2013 busts \u2013 are so much more lifelike than a painting and make an intriguing and dramatic statement in the home. These detailed sculptures of a person\u2019s head, shoulders and chest date back as far as ancient Egypt and originally had a funerary context \u2013 they were a way of commemorating the dead.<\/p>\n

The way in which the male sitter was portrayed often signified his professional or aristocratic status. Women were more rarely depicted, although this changed later on (there were many busts made of Queen Victoria).<\/p>\n

Busts tend to be fashioned from materials used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta, plaster, stone, alabaster and wood. Antique busts portrayed various subjects, including royalty, politicians, popes, Roman emperors, poets, composers and characters from antiquity, from Napoleon Bonaparte to Honor\u00e9 de Balzac (the famed bust by Auguste Rodin<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As with many antiques, prices depend on material, age, condition, maker and provenance. In the case of busts, their value also depends on the person who is depicted. A bronze portrait bust of Lady Thatcher by Neil Simmons sold for \u00a315,000 at Christie\u2019s<\/a> last December against a \u00a3100 to \u00a3700 estimate, and Philip Mould<\/a> is currently selling a mid to late 18th-century portrait bust of Alexander Pope for \u00a318,500.<\/p>\n

There are, of course, more affordable options on the market and some of these are Victorian, which often come up at auction and in fashionable antiques shops these days.<\/p>\n

Best Antique Busts<\/h2>\n
19th Century Bronze Bust Of Diane De Houdon, Signed Bulio<\/h3>\n
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Buy 19th Century Bust from Selling Antiques (\u00a33,800)<\/a><\/p>\n
Antique Parian Bust c1860<\/h3>\n
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Buy Antique Parian Bust from The Hoarde (\u00a3595)<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cCesare Ottaviano\u201d Bust in Terracotta Italian School, Early 20th Century<\/h3>\n
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Buy Terracotta Bust from 1st Dibs (\u00a32,543.80)<\/a><\/p>\n
Parian Bust Of Marie Antoinette Of Very Large Proportion<\/h3>\n
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Buy Parian Bust of Marie Antoinette from Selling Antiques (\u00a32,200)<\/a><\/p>\n
Majolica Bust c1865<\/h3>\n
$\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
Buy Majolica Bust from The Hoarde (\u00a3845)<\/a><\/p>\n
Best Modern Busts<\/h2>\n
Veiled Lady Bust<\/h3>\n
$\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
Buy Veiled Lady Bust from Etsy (\u00a3181.96)<\/a><\/p>\n
Athena Bust Statue<\/h3>\n
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Buy Athena Bust Statue from Etsy (\u00a343.99)<\/a><\/p>\n
Theo Greek Bust<\/span><\/h3>\n
$\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
Buy Theo Greek Bust from Where Saints Go (\u00a337)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
Black & White Bust Bookends<\/span><\/h3>\n
$\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
Buy Black & White Bust Bookends from Rockett St George (\u00a345)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
Diana Bust Sculpture<\/h3>\n
$\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
Buy Diana Bust Sculpture from The Ancient Home (\u00a3137)<\/a><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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