NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, announced today worldwide sales of £1.71 billion ($2.57 billion) for the first six months of 2010, up 46% by £ on last year’s figure of £1.2 billion ($1.8 billion) for the s…
Stolen Portinari Painting Recovered in Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP).- Police have recovered a painting by one of Brazil’s most famous painters two weeks after it was stolen from a museum. Authorities say Candido Portinari’s “O Enterro,” or “The Burial,” was found with a suspect in Rio de Janeiro on Satu…
‘Conan’ Painting by Late Artist Frank Frazetta Goes for $1.5 Million
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- A 1971 painting by fantasy artist Frank Frazetta has sold for $1.5 million, two months after the Pennsylvania artist’s death. Frazetta’s managers said this week that a private collector bought “Conan the Destroyer” from a family t…
Exhibition of Power and Propaganda of Maps at British Library
LONDON (REUTERS).- Rare cartographic gems mapping the world from 200 B.C. to the present go on display at the British Library in London. “Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art,” showcases some of the finest wall-maps in the British Library’s 4.5 …
Portinari Painting Stolen from Brazil Museum
SAO PAULO (AP).- Police say a painting by Candido Portinari, one of Brazil’s best-known painters, has been stolen from a museum. Inspector Manoel Martins says the 1959 painting “O Enterro,” or “The Burial,” is worth about 1.5 million reals ($850,000). …
Sotheby’s Sales of Old Master & British Pictures Bring a Total of $94.5 Million
LONDON.- Sotheby’s summer sales series of Old Master & British pictures (paintings and drawings) concluded yesterday, having realised a total of £62,473,325 / $94,514,064 / €75,094,059 – a figure that is above pre-sale expectations (overall …
UK Treasure Hunter Finds 52,000 Roman Coins Worth $5 Million
LONDON (AP).- A treasure hunter has found about
52,500 Roman coins, one of the largest such finds ever in Britain,
officials
said Thursday. The hoard, which was valued at 3.3 million pounds ($5
million), includes hundreds of coins bearing …
The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles at Sotheby’s New York
LONDON.- One of the highlights of Sotheby’s fall 2010 Asia Week sales in New York will be a single owner offering of the Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles on 14 September 2010. The bottles date from as early as the beginning of the …
United Kingdom Treasure Hunter Finds 52,000 Roman Coins
LONDON (AP).- A treasure hunter has found about 52,500 Roman coins, one of the largest such finds ever in Britain, officials said Thursday. The hoard, which was valued at 3.3 million pounds ($5 million), includes hundreds of coins bearing the image of…
Sotheby’s Sets Record for English Silver – Cooler Sells for 2.5 Million Pounds
LONDON.- The most important piece of English silver to come to the market in 50 Years, a monumental silver wine cooler, weighing 168 pounds (11 ½ stone or 2597 oz.) and measuring well over a meter across, sold this evening at Sotheby’s for £2,50…