Cui Ruizhuo, Wu Guanzhong Lead Poly HK Spring Sales
HONG KONG — Poly Auction’s two-day series of spring sales in Hong Kong, held from April 6-7, 2015, achieved a grand total of HK$1.1 billion (US$140 million).Headlining this series of sales was Cui...
View ArticleHighlights of Christie’s 2015 Islamic Art Week London Sales
Auction house Christie’s is celebrating Islamic Art Week 2015 in London with a series of three sales at its two London salerooms from April 21-24.Featuring a fine selection of treasures from across the...
View ArticleIleana Sonnabend Trove Heads to Christie’s
In what may prove to a be a record breaking week of Postwar and Contemporary sales at auction next month, Christie’s has quietly announced a single-owner highlight coming to market on May 13 with...
View ArticleSotheby’s Presents Chen Yiming in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery opens the first large-scale solo show of Shanghainese painter Chen Yiming in Hong Kong on April 15.Entitled “The World Of Mortals: Dreamland,” this selling...
View ArticleSotheby’s London Launches 2015 Orientalist and Islamic Week
Sotheby’s is celebrating its Orientalist & Islamic Week with an Orientalist Sale on April 21 and an Arts of the Islamic World sale on April 22.This paintings in this year’s Orientalist sale span...
View ArticleInterview: Bonhams’ Claire Penhallurick on Tipu Sultan Collection
At the Bonhams auction of Islamic and Indian art at New Bond Street, London, tomorrow (April 21), one of the most sought after items will be the lots from Tipu Sultan’s weaponry.Any treasure bearing...
View ArticleMasterpieces of Meiji Craft at Bonhams: May 2015
LONDON — Bonhams’ May 14 sale of Fine Japanese Art at New Bond Street will lead with a selection of five rare and exquisitely crafted pieces dating from the Meiji period (1868-1912), ranging from...
View ArticleSaffronart’s Dinesh Vazirani On His One-Year Old Baby StoryLTD
It’s been a year since Saffronart’s baby concern, StoryLTD, was launched to sell collectibles and art at a much lesser price than what was available on the former platform. Co-founder and CEO Dinesh...
View ArticleTiancheng International Appoints Beijing Representative
HONG KONG — Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited has appointed Caroline Wang as its Representative of Beijing.With this new appointment, Tiancheng International hopes to expand its client base in...
View ArticleLord Poltimore to Conduct Major Sotheby’s Australia Art Sale
Sotheby’s Australia’s April 28 art auction comprises 111 works and has a total estimate of $9.08 million to $12.3 million, making it one of the most significant sales of art to have ever been held in...
View ArticlePiasa's Jun 3 Auction to Include Rare Camille Claudel Work
For the occasion of Piasa’s sale of 19th-21st Century Sculpture on June 3, the courtyard of the Paris townhouse occupied by the auction house will be transformed into a sculpture garden showcasing the...
View ArticleIt's A Rare Amrita, Again
After a rare Amrita Sher-Gil self-portrait sold for an unprecedented $2.92 million (approx. Rs 18.28 crore) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on March 18, surpassing pre-auction estimates of $1.2...
View ArticleSotheby’s London to Auction Carbisdale Castle Collection of Sculptures May 20
Sotheby’s London will auction the Carbisdale Castle Collection of sculptures May 20, a collection that has been off the market for more than a century.The collection of 17 Victorian marble sculptures...
View ArticleSotheby's Shatters Record with Sale of Louis XVI's Japanese Porcelain Vases
Sotheby’s London has sold a pair of Japanese porcelain vases once owned by Louis XVI for £1,985,000 ($3,024,544) at 10 times the estimated price of £150,000-250,000 ($229,938-383,231).Sold as part of...
View ArticleNewson’s Lockheed Lounge Soars (Again) at Phillips London
Phillips London scored a major hit Tuesday evening when Marc Newson’s already iconic, aluminum and pop riveted “Lockheed Lounge” chair from circa 1990 sold for a record busting £2,434,500 ($3,700,400)...
View ArticleBling Ring: Important Watches Go To Auction
All eyes will be on the glittering prizes in Switzerland this month. Phillips marks its entry into the international watch field on May 9, with an auction dedicated to Rolex Day-Dates in consultation...
View ArticlePreview: Sotheby’s “Boundless” Sale, June 11, 2015
HONG KONG — Sotheby’s popular “Boundless: Contemporary Art” sale of genre-crossing modern and contemporary Western and Asian art and classic 20th century design returns for its fifth edition on June...
View Article“The Art of Luo Zhongli” at Christie’s Shanghai
Christie’s will host a solo show of “The Art of Luo Zhongli,” its first one-person exhibition for an Asian artist, in Hong Kong and Shanghai this summer.Featuring a selection of some 40 works that...
View ArticleZero Group Works to Lead Ketterer Kunst Sale in Munich June 11-13
A collection of over 120 works by artists associated with the German art group Zero will lead Ketterer Kunst’s upcoming Munich sale of classical modern, post-war, and contemporary art from June 11-13....
View ArticleHugo Weihe to Join Saffronart as CEO
It's a surprise, and at the same time, not a surprise actually. Hugo Weihe, the affable former International Director of Asian Art at Christie's, is set to join Saffronart as CEO with effect from July...
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