Sotheby’s to Offer 250 Works by Natalia Goncharova in London
Sotheby’s will offer more than 250 works by the Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) during its sale of Russian Art in London on December 1, 2015. Formerly owned by the...
View ArticleSotheby's $377M "A. Alfred Taubman: Masterworks” Sale
The big fall auction season in New York got off to a glitzy yet tentative start at Sotheby’s with “The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman: Masterworks” hauling in $377,034,000. The tally squeaked by the...
View ArticleA Solid Showing at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale
Sotheby’s New York delivered a solid and art market-reassuring Impressionist and Modern Art evening auction on Thursday, which brought $306,712,000 for the 36 works that sold.The tally — goosed by the...
View ArticleMarie-Antoinette’s Collection Meets Selective Demand at Christie’s
Queen Marie-Antoinette is, along with Napoleon 1, the historical figure who fascinates the most collectors in France.There was some selective buying at a Christie’s sale this week devoted to a...
View ArticleViews from the Top: Bonhams' Colin Sheaf Talks About the State of Chinese...
Since he first entered the auction world in 1976 as a specialist in Chinese ceramics and hardstones, Colin Sheaf has seen the market grow in leaps and bounds, as waves of new Asian collectors have come...
View ArticlePhillips’s Steady 20th-Century and Contemporary Art Sale
Phillips staged the lead-off and unprecedented Sunday evening sale in New York, marking a crowded week of hopefully high-yield 20th-century and beyond auctions, turning in a decent though hardly...
View ArticleLed by Modigliani, Christie's Brings in Half a Billion With "The Artist's Muse"
Powered by two record-setting 20th century masterworks, by Amedeo Modigliani and Roy Lichtenstein, Christie’s “Artist’s Muse: A Curated Evening Sale” realized $491,352,000 for the 24 lots that sold....
View ArticleSoftening Warhol Market Vexes Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Sale
Spurred on by a number of high-performing entries, but held back by a softening Warhol market, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale on Tuesday tallied $331,809,000 for the 53 lots that...
View ArticleSotheby’s Reassuring $294M Contemporary Evening Sale
The contemporary art market settled down to a steadier pace at Sotheby’s New York Wednesday evening, turning in a solid and respectable $294,850,000 sale for the 44 lots that sold. Ten of the 54 lots...
View ArticleWang Zineng on Christie’s “Convergences: A Special Sale of Singapore Art”
A landmark inaugural sale of Singapore art at Christie’s is slated to take place later this month on November 29, as part of the autumn auction week in Hong Kong.Showcasing a selection of some 40...
View ArticleEvening Auctions End on a Modestly Cheery Note at Christie's Imp/Mod Sale
The two billion dollar-plus evening auction season ended on a relatively high note on Thursday at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art sale, which tallied $145,545,000 for the 49 lots that sold. The...
View ArticleDatebook: Latin American Auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's
With Latin American auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s scheduled November 19 through 21, Art+Auction’s Sara Roffino checked in with private dealer and appraiser Carmen Melián, formerly a Sotheby’s...
View ArticleDatebook: The Bernheimer Collection at Sotheby's
After nearly four decades at the helm of Bernheimer, his family’s venerable gallery in Munich, Konrad Bernheimer is liquidating the assets of the 151-year-old firm and selling Burg Marquartstein, the...
View ArticleLéger Still Life to Join Rousseau’s Lion in Tajan’s December Auction
A Fernand Léger still life; an Andy Warhol portrait of an ice-hockey player and a painting by Henri Rousseau of a lion eating a boa constrictor are among the varied top lots to be offered by Tajan in...
View ArticlePreview: Tokyo Chuo Auction Hong Kong Autumn 2015 Sales
Tokyo Chuo Auction’s autumn sales at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong on November 25-26 will feature some 400 lots across multiple categories: Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Fine...
View ArticleRecord Price of $2.48 Million Set for Portrait by L.S. Lowry at Sotheby’s
L.S. Lowry’s “Father and Two Sons” has sold for £1.63 million ($2.48 million), setting a record for a portrait by the artist at auction.Sotheby’s sale of Modern & Post-War British in London was led...
View ArticleSotheby’s Puts Spotlight on Nudes in London Selling Exhibition
Sotheby’s has chosen the theme of the naked human body for a new exhibition.It is an obvious leitmotif for a selling show of name artists, when so many have worked with nude figurature throughout...
View ArticleChristie's Auction of Modern & Contemporary Indian Art to Include Classical...
The highly anticipated Christie’s annual auction of Indian art in India will be held at The Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai on December 15. The third annual sale will present a tightly curated...
View ArticleSPONSORED: Around the World in 11 Days on Auctionata’s "Art Journey"
Beginning on November 27, the online auction house Auctionata will be taking bidders around the world in 11 days. Auctioning off 2,000 works of art from 20 different countries in regionally themed...
View ArticleSPONSORED: First Look at Auctionata’s "100 Masterworks"
Imagine virtually canvassing the world’s top museums, and with a click of a mouse, adding your favorites to a shopping cart. This is, more or less, the Auctionata experience.On December 7, the online...
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