Sotheby’s New York, Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale achieved a strong $199,804,500, well within the overall pre-sale estimate of $167.6/229.9 million and eclipsing the total for the same sale in May 2011. The auction was 81.4% sold by lot, and saw a total of 39 works sell for over $1 million. [Read More]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
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Sotheby’s sale of European Paintings on Tuesday, 22 November, 2011 will bring together some 242 works comprising Spanish Painting, The Scandinavian Sale, The Greek Sale and German, Austrian and Central European Paintings, and encompasses prime works by Sorolla, Hammershøi, Peterssen, Egger-Lienz, Moralis, Ralli and Sykora. The auction is estimated to bring in [Read More]
Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale achieved $140,773,500 (£88,687,305/ €102,764,655), with three works of art selling above the $10 million mark. Despite spots of selective bidding throughout the sale, Surrealist works and modern sculpture performed well overall, and buyers competed aggressively for rare works and those offered fresh to the market [Read More]
The one-day fall sale will be held in Matheson’s spacious gallery facility, in Melbourne, Florida. (MELBOURNE, Fla.) – The property of a prominent South Florida collector, plus the antique and modern furnishings from a Ritz-Carlton penthouse in Sarasota, will be sold Sat., Nov. 26, at 11 a.m. (EST), by Matheson’s AA Auctions, [Read More]
The sale will be held in the firm’s spacious gallery at Quantum Town Center in Boynton Beach. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – Nearly 600 lots of top-quality Chinese carvings and works of art will be sold at auction Saturday, Nov. 19, by Elite Decorative Arts, in the firm’s spacious gallery located at the [Read More]
Sotheby’s London announces the sale of a remarkable group of works by British artists on behalf of The Dartington Hall Trust, to be sold as part of Sotheby’s sale of 20th Century British Art on Wednesday, 16th November 2011. The works, comprising paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and ceramics by artists including Ben [Read More]
Christie’s Hong Kong sale of Important Watches of 30 November will offer over 550 rare timepieces valued in excess of HK$85 million/US$11 million. This vast selection features the world’s leading makers, with haute horology examples showcasing the best of fine watchmaking over the last four centuries. In addition to a wonderful selection [Read More]
Christie’s announces it has been selected to present the sale of Property from the Collection of John W. Kluge Sold to Benefit Columbia University, a large and wide-ranging collection of artwork, furniture and decorative arts that will be offered for sale in several major auctions, starting with four important sculptures by Henry [Read More]
Swann Galleries’ auction of Atelier 17, Abstract Expressionism & The New York School on Thursday, October 27 offered approximately 140 prints and other works by Stanley William Hayter and the artists he taught and inspired through his work at the Paris Atelier, and later in New York. Jackson Pollock’s Untitled drypoint and [Read More]
Richard Winterton Auctioneers are enjoying a record Autumn so far with some major collections being sold. September saw the Longdon House sale together with many other large estates and strong results saw the old single auction total, which has stood for 15 years, smashed! This was quickly followed with the exciting single [Read More]
The expected top lot is a gilt bronze work by the sculptor Raoul Larche (est. $20,000-$30,000). (SCHODACK, N.Y.) – Coming on the heels of a successful estate sale on Oct. 29, at which a massive single-owner collection in a variety of categories was sold to a packed house of bidders, Finney’s Auction [Read More]
Bonhams is to sell a treasure trove of material about Orson Welles’ hidden masterpiece regarded by the director as his favourite film. It is estimated at between £60,000-80,000 and will be offered in the Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs Sale in London on 22 November. ‘Chimes at Midnight’, (Falstaff in the [Read More]
Bonhams are to auction one of the only known 14th century instruments, an exceedingly rare equal hour horary quadrant marked with the badge of King Richard II, at its Fine Clocks and Scientific Instrument Sale on 13 December 2011. Dated 1396, this extraordinary British time-telling mathematical instrument, which has come to light [Read More]
ALL THAT GLISTENS….. Matthew Barton Ltd’s largest sale so far and includes section devoted to ceramics A FASCINATING collection of Judaica Silver from The Manchester Great, New & Central Synagogue will be among the highlights of Matthew Barton Ltd’s auction of Silver, Works of Art, Jewellery, Ceramics and Objects of Vertu. The [Read More]
A case of 1982 Lafite-Rothschild sells to Asian buyer for $57,360 as DRC prices move higher (Chicago, IL) – Hart Davis Hart, America’s largest wine auction house, held another immensely successful auction this weekend in Chicago, realizing $4,679,369 against a pre-sale auction estimate of $3,313,920-$4,957,940. The dining room at Chicago’s TRU Restaurant [Read More]
Including Sorolla, Hammershøi, Peterssen, Egger-Linz, Moralis and Sykora SOTHEBY’S SALE of European Paintings on Tuesday, 22 November, 2011 will bring together some 242 works comprising Spanish Painting, The Scandinavian Sale, The Greek Sale and German, Austrian and Central European Paintings, and encompasses prime works by Sorolla, Hammershøi, Peterssen, Egger-Linz, Moralis, Ralli and [Read More]
More than 500 lots of fine and rare Lalique and Art Glass will be the draw on Nov. 19 in Heritage Auctions’ Lalique & Art Glass Signature(r) Auction, in New York, at the Ukrainian Institute of America at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, continuing Heritage’s tradition of conducting an annual auction devoted to art [Read More]
SPECIALIST Sporting Memorabilia auctioneers Graham Budd Ltd (In association with Sotheby’s) is offering Football Fans the opportunity to buy a piece of sporting history for their home – items from the World-Famous Wembley Stadium! The sale will take place on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at Sotheby’s, New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA. [Read More]