Fine Art

Sotheby’s Paris Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art realised a total of €14,437,900/$19,332,204 (Estimate €11,184,000-15,705,000/$14,975,264-21,028,838). The sale established sell-through rates of 74% by lot and 85.7% by value. The sale was highlighted by strong prices achieved by surrealist works and an auction record was set for a watercolour by Man Ray. [Read More]

An early 19th century watercolour showing two boys playing golf on the Old Links of Musselburgh, where the game has been played continuously for 550 years, made £85,250 at Bonhams 19th and 20th Century Pictures and Prints sale in Edinburgh on 8 December. It had been estimated at between £20,000-30,000. William Douglas [Read More]

A previously unknown Portrait of a gentleman by the Spanish artist Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660) sold for £3million today (Wednesday 7th December 2011) in the Old Master Paintings auction at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. The sale total was £6,329,500. Portrait of a gentleman by Diego Rodriguez de [Read More]

A wonderfully evocative painting of a typically Scottish winter scene by the distinguished Scottish painter, James McIntosh Patrick, is for sale at Bonhams Pictures sale in Edinburgh on 8 December. The picture, estimated at £20,000 – 30,000, shows the snow-strewn Sidlaws from Birkhill, Angus just west of Patrick’s native Dundee. Patrick was [Read More]

Sotheby’s global auctions of Russian Art in 2011 concluded this week realising a combined worldwide total for Russian Art sold by the company of $95.5 million, an increase of 16%($13.5 million) on our 2010 global total for sales in this field. This total of $95.5 million confirms Sotheby’s position as global leader [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York report that their American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture brought $24,557,750, above a low estimate of $22.3 million* and with 71.2% percent of the lots sold. Martin Johnson Heade, Orchids and Hummingbirds, signed M.J. Heade, l.l. Oil on canvas, 15 by 20 in. Painted circa 1875-90. Est. $500/700,000. Sold for [Read More]

Two rare works by the celebrated Russian artist Vasili Polenov, He that is Without Sin and He is Guilty of Death have sold on November 30 in the Russian Sale at Bonhams, setting a new world record for works by the artist sold at auction. Considered masterpieces of the golden age of [Read More]

Gary Nader announces his next Latin American, Modern and Contemporary Art Auction. The Auction artworks will be on display from Thursday, November 17th, 2011. The Auction will take place on Thursday, December 1st, 2011 during the celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. Full color printed and online catalogues will be available. [Read More]

A beautiful painting of Kirkby Lonsdale Churchyard by Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851) will be on view at Bonhams Leeds office, on Friday 2nd, Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th December prior to its sale as part of the 19th Century Paintings sale on Wednesday 25th January 2012, at Bonhams New Bond [Read More]

At a time of serious economic instability around the world, the art market is often vulnerable to the wider financial pressures. Bonhams’ auctions of Chinese art in Hong Kong on November 28 sent a strong message that the market for top-quality Chinese objects and paintings remains stable, and fine-quality objects presented with [Read More]

Sotheby’s London Important Russian Art evening auction brought £5,597,000/$8,657,999 (est. £5,755,000-8,415,000). The sale achieved sellthrough rates of 66.7% by lot and 74.6% by value, and established two new artist records for Alexander Golovin and Pavel Kovalevsky. Petr Konchalovsky, Tatar Still Life, 1916, sold for £914,850/$1,415,181. Photo: Sotheby’s. The top-selling lot of this [Read More]

Sotheby’s is exhibiting selected highlights of the London Sale Series of Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary Art at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong from 25 to 27 November (Friday to Sunday) 2011. The exhibition offers an early viewing of important highlights from the major London sales of Impressionist & Modern Art which take [Read More]

Mademoiselle Dryden, a portrait by the Scottish Colourist J.D. Fergusson, painted in Paris in the golden period before World War I, leads Bonhams 19th and 20th Century Pictures and Prints sale in Edinburgh on 8 December. It is estimated at £50,000-70,000. Paris before the First World War was the centre of the [Read More]

Christie’s will present an auction, in London offering the strongest selection of Russian paintings and works of art on the market this season, on 28 November. The sale will offer rediscovered treasures by many of the most celebrated artists in the field, including Natalia Goncharova, Vasily Vereshchagin, Boris Grigoriev, Filipp Maliavin and [Read More]

Sotheby’s Important Russian Art Evening Auction on Monday, 28 November 2011 will feature exceptional paintings by artists including Konstantin Makovsky, Petr Konchalovsky, Konstantin Korovin, Natalia Goncharova and Niko Pirosmani, as well as the superb Collection of Arthur Ferdinand Hamann. The Important Private Collection of Works by Alexander Benois on Tuesday, 29 November [Read More]

Important works by the printmaker and Father of British Pop-Art, Richard Hamilton, who died earlier this year, lead Bonhams Print sale on 29 November in London. Richard Hamilton (British, 1922-2011), I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas (Lullin 82). Screenprint on collotype with collage, 1971, on Schoeller Elfenebein-Karton, signed and numbered 67/150, printed [Read More]

Some of Washington DC’s most elegant homes were the sources for Quinn’s Auction Galleries’ upcoming sale of international fine and decorative art, with an afternoon session dedicated to Asian art and antiquities. The Dec. 10 event includes 750 lots led by a selection of French paintings whose overall quality surpasses that of [Read More]

Carl Barks the Sport of Tycoons (1974), a classic image of Scrooge McDuck taking a dip in his money bin, finished the auction of The Kerby Confer Collection of original Disney art, comics and memorabilia with a world-record-setting $262,900 price realized. The painting was the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ $5.375+ million [Read More]