Bonhams are offering selected pieces from the Jennifer Berry Collection, a truly exceptional array of dog pictures and related objets d’art amassed over 50 years of collecting. On offer will be nearly 20 lots of early photography, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes — considered highly desirable to both photography collectors as well as dog art lovers.

The sale also boasts an impressive, encyclopedic collection of nearly 100 dog collars, one of the largest seen at auction and rivaling the famed collection within Leeds Castle. Included are examples of German 16th century spiked iron collars - worn to protect the throat of working dogs - and a notable group of five leather collars, some with inscribed nametags, which graced the necks of pugs belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

The sale will take place in Bonhams New York saleroom. Highlights of the sale will be on view at Bonhams in London, in New Bond Street, Sunday January 20th - Tuesday January 22nd.

Posted: 02|7|08 at 10:51 am. Filed under: US News.