LONDON.- Christie’s offered a selection of
works
from the Spencer Collections this week at their London salerooms. The
auctions
realized a total of £21,076,288 / $31,989,353 / €25,360,494. The top
price was
paid for A Commander being armed for Battle by Sir Peter Paul Rubens
(1577-1640)
which sold for £9,001,250 / $13,663,898 / €10,846,506 at the evening
auction of
Old Master & 19th Century Art on 6 July. The Trustees of Althorp
Estate:
“For the sales this week we carefully chose a selection of works from
Althorp
that could be offered at public auction while maintaining the breadth
and
integrity of the core Spencer collections.