A Booklover’s Dream: Rare Hermann Hesse Documents at Ketterer Kunst
A booklover’s dream come true could be the motto for the Ketterer Kunst's rare books sale on May 18th/19th in Hamburg, featuring a recently discovered trove of Hermann Hesse documents that had been...
View ArticleChristie’s to Auction Eight Crowd-Sourced Artworks in London
Christie’s and ArtStack have announced that eight artworks selected from the first crowd-sourced auction initiative will be offered in the First Open/LDN auction on March 26 at Christie’s South...
View ArticleTop 10 Lots at Christie’s Asia+ Sale in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Christie’s Hong Kong presents the second edition of Asia +/First Open at the James Christie Room at Alexandra House on March 15.Showcasing more than 130 works ranging from works on paper to...
View ArticleSkulls and Bears in Sotheby’s “Bear Witness” London Sale
Sotheby’s describes the eclectic “Bear Witness” collection as one of the most extraordinary collections to have ever been assembled. Comprising objects and artworks acquired over decades of travel by a...
View ArticleFoundation Frieder Burda to Sell Blue Chip Rothko Painting at Christie’s
BADEN-BADEN, Germany—Baden-Baden’s Museum Frieder Burda is parting with one of its collection’s most valuable treasures: Mark Rothko’s painting “No. 36 (Black Square),” 1958, which is to be auctioned...
View ArticleAuctions Steer The Tectonic Shift
Asian art is the highlight of all major auctions in New York this month. While each auction is bringing something absolutely fantastic to the table, some unique masterpieces on offer by Bonhams from...
View ArticleIndia Belongs Only To Me, Amrita Had Said
Once upon a time, there lived a girl called Amrita. She was pretty, vivacious, bold, and loved to paint. Sadly, she died young, before she could turn 29.Amrita didn’t live to see what a phenomenon she...
View ArticleChristie's Auction: The Ellsworth Collection
Some auctions are like watching a Francis Coppola film. You can’t quite tell who the real protagonist is. Really, was it Marlon Brando or Al Pacino?The Christie’s landmark collection that goes under...
View ArticleSneak Peek: Largest-Ever Sale of Southeast Asian Art at Sotheby’s Hong Kong
For its Spring 2015 auctions in Hong Kong, Sotheby’s will be offering more than 250 lots of modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art worth in excess of HK$90 million / US$11.5 million, its largest...
View ArticleEllsworth's Asian Art Collection Soars Past Expectations at Christie's
On March 17, Christie’s hosted its first-ever evening sale dedicated to Asian art in New York. The occasion was the first offering from the prized Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection, regarded as the...
View ArticleBonhams to Auction Rare Mao-Era Snuff Bottles in Sydney
The Lumsden Family Collection of Chinese Snuff Boxes is being auctioned by Bonhams in Sydney on March 22. The private collection of more than 350 exquisitely decorated Chinese snuff bottles was...
View ArticleKetterer to Showcase the Zero Group in Berlin and Dusseldorf
German galleries and institutions are celebrating the work of art collective Zero with a series of exhibitions and events this year, most prominently the major retrospective “Zero: Countdown to...
View ArticlePhillips Scores Single Owner Collection
Boutique-scaled Phillips has scored a pre-springtime auction coup with the announcement of a $35 million single owner contemporary art collection of some 100 works that will be sold in its New York and...
View ArticlePreview: Modern Asian Art at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, April 2015
HONG KONG — Sotheby’s Hong Kong will present a selection of some 150 works by modern Chinese masters worth more than HK$260 million (US$33 million) at its Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Evening Sale...
View ArticleEye on the Market: Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips Plan Photography Sales
“The success of our December auction, celebrating 175 years of photography, showed that there is a real appetite for top images from any era, so we are coming into March with a strong group of...
View ArticleeBay Is Sotheby's New Venue For Auctions
Beginning this morning, 10 am EDT (or Eastern Daylight Time for those not clued in about North American time zones), the first Sotheby's sales on eBay will be live streamed at ebay.com/sothebys from...
View ArticleRoundup: Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring 2015 Sales
HONG KONG — Sotheby’s concluded the first two days of its four-day series of spring 2015 sales yesterday.The Modern and Contemporary Asian Art evening sale on April 4 fetched a total of HK$603.7...
View ArticleSotheby’s to Offer Old Masters from Castle Howard in July
LONDON — Sotheby’s will offer selected pieces from the renowned collection of Castle Howard at its Old Masters and Treasures Sales in London on July 8.Widely considered to be the finest example of...
View ArticleHighlights of Phillips’ April 13 “Under the Influence” Sale
Auction house Phillips has compiled another tantalizing catalogue of contemporary artworks for its April 13 “Under the Influence” sale in London. As the title suggest, the “Under the Influence” offer...
View ArticleBonhams Announces World’s First Auction of Iraqi Modernism
Bonhams has announced that it will hold the world’s first auction of Iraqi modernism on April 21 at its New Bond Street saleroom in London. Titled “A Century of Iraqi Modernism,’’ the sale will...
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