LONDON (REUTERS).- Portraits of three different lovers of 20th century master Pablo Picasso fetched the three highest prices at a London auction at Christie’s on Tuesday, the first in a key series of art sales over the coming weeks. Top lot on the nigh…
LONDON (REUTERS).- Billions of dollars of art will be on show in Basel at the annual fair this week and in London ahead of a big series of sales, with experts cautiously optimistic that buyers are set to snap up rare treasures. Art Basel, described as …
LONDON.- Treasured by 19th century connoisseurs, prided by the Rothschild’s, snatched by the Nazis, and subsequently lost behind layers of dirt, a hugely valuable Van Dyck painting recently re-discovered in a Parisian auction house will go on disp…
LONDON (REUTERS).- They have been gathering dust in a basement for more than 40 years, but now U.S. photographer Mike Mitchell has decided to auction a group of pictures which capture the moment the Beatles became a worldwide phenomenon. Mitchell, now …
Rare Offering from Benjamin Franklin to Highlight Christie’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- On June 23, Christie’s will offer an extremely rare, finely bound collection of Benjamin Franklin’s privately printed “bagatelles”– light essays, witty dialogues and satirical sketches — printed by Franklin himself at hi…
Rare Offering from Benjamin Franklin to Highlight Christie’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- On June 23, Christie’s will offer an extremely rare, finely bound collection of Benjamin Franklin’s privately printed “bagatelles”– light essays, witty dialogues and satirical sketches — printed by Franklin himself at hi…
NEW YORK, NY.- A Park Avenue Interior by Mark Hampton realized $1,595,988/£973,163/€1,093,142 and was sold 94% by lot and 91% by value at Christie’s New York. The top lot was An Italian bronze ecorche model of a pacing horse, possibly attributed…
LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s claimed a new auction record for Russian artist Ilya Repin on Monday when his 1875 canvas “A Parisian Cafe” fetched 4.5 million pounds at the start of Russian art week in London. The large-scale canvas, depicting a bustlin…
