Auction Preview: Auctionata’s Showroom of Modernism: Design, Berlin, December 27
This auction offers designs by well-known workshops and manufacturers from the 20th century to the present day. The auction features timeless pieces such as a watering can from Werkstätte Hagenauer, a...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s Frozen Moment: Sculptures, Berlin, December 27
This auction offers a wide range of three-dimensional works of art from different eras. Émille Gaudissard’s 1897 sculpture ‘Un Geste,’ is demonstrative of his great expressive ability in the field of...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s City - Country - River: Works of Art of the...
This auction, centered around the theme of city, land and rivers, offers a delightful selection of landscapes by establish artists from the 17th to 20th century. In addition to early Dutch landscapes,...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s Conception of Man: 16th - 21st Century, Berlin,...
This auction is all about the depiction of the human form. Highlights of the sale include a painting by Pail Preyer entitled ‘Portrait with Cat,’ as well as a print by Schmidt-Rotluff. Furthermore,...
View ArticleMarket Masters
Closing out the year with classics and Old Masters sales, the leading auction houses offer top-tier lots this month.Christie’s hosts From Ancient to Modern: A Distinguished Private Collection on...
View ArticleGaitonde on Top, Records for Meera Mukherjee & Hemendranath Mazumdar at...
Two canvases by V.S. Gaitonde and another by Tyeb Mehta crossed the Rs 10 crore mark, and a work each by Hemendranath Mazumdar and Meera Mukherjee set auction record for the artists at Christie’s 4th...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Drouot’s Antique and Modern Books, Letters & Autographs,...
This auction by Drouot, for Muizon - Rieunier, brings together a range of the written material from antiquity to more recent times. What: Drouot’s auction of Antique and Modern Books, Letters &...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s Tête-à-Tête: Portraits from the 19th to 21st...
Especially in the present ‘selfie era,’ portraits have gained a new dimension of significance, and that is the focus for this auction. Selfies, also known as self-portraits, have long been a favorite...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s Asian art: Treasures of China & Japan, Berlin,...
Featuring everything from a 9th century Tang ‘Changsha’ green-glazed ewer, to a cast iron head of Buddha from the Song Dynasty, and an 18th century red lacquered food container Ryukyu, immerse yourself...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s Treasures of Fascinating Cultures, Berlin,...
Discover treasures of fascinating cultures in this rich auction of art heralding from Nigeria, Nepal, India, Persia and more. Highlights include an early fragment of a stupa base, a 20th century marble...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s From Joseph Beuys to Henry Moore: Prints and...
This auction offers a series of graphics by famous 20th century artists. Highlights include the offset print ‘Heidelberg’ by Joseph Beuys from 1970, and Robert Longo’s evocative 2005 pigment print...
View ArticleStory LTD’s Sale of Raghu Rai Photos of Indian Music Maestros
Story LTD, the affordable art arm of the international auction house Saffronart, is offering rare photographs of select Indian music maestros by one of country’s most well-known lensmen, Raghu Rai....
View ArticleAuction Preview: Artcurial’s Jacques Majorelle and his Contemporaries III,...
The auction brings 82 lots of Modern and Contemporary Art featuring the works of Jacques Majorelle and his Contemporaries.What: Sale of Modern and Contemporary ArtWhere: Artcurial, 7 Rond-Point des...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s Nudes from 20th and 21st Century, Berlin, Dec 29
What: Sale of 'Naked: Nudes from the 20th and 21st Century'Where: Online. Visit www.auctionata.com/en When: December 29, 11:00 pm CETTop Lots of the Sale:*Elvira Bach (b. 1951), In Afrika,...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s Animals, Flowers & Still Life From Four...
What: Sale of Art of Nature: Animals, Flowers and Still Life from four CenturiesWhere: Online. Visit www.auctionata.com/enWhen: December 29, 10pm CETTop Lots of the Sale:This auction focusses on...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Auctionata’s Post-War Art, Berlin, Dec 29
What: Sale of Abstractionism: Post-War ArtWhere: Online. Visit www.auctionata.com/enWhen: December 29, 9pm CETTop Lots of the Sale:Bidders will get to choose and bid from carefully selected prints,...
View ArticleSotheby’s Credits Online Innovations with Driving Results
Sotheby’s has revealed the positive effects that its embrace of social media and digital technology has had on both sales and client attraction.In 2016 the auction house launched apps for iPhone, iPad,...
View Article2016 in Review: A Look at the Top 25 Artworks Sold at Auction
This year’s correction in the art market was expected, given the overheated climate of 2015. The top end of the market remained relatively strong despite the shakeup, but no single lot crossed the...
View ArticleAuction Preview: Sotheby’s ‘Boundless: Contemporary Art,’ Hong Kong, Jan 19
Sotheby’s inaugurates the 2017 auction season with Americana Week in New York, but in Hong Kong, it’s first auction in the new year is dedicated to contemporary art. Titled “Boundless: Contemporary...
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