LONDON (REUTERS).- An auction record for British painter Laurence Stephen Lowry was set on Thursday when his “The Football Match” from 1949 fetched 5.6 million pounds ($9.2 million) at Christie’s in London. The previous record for the artist best known…
Prismatic Glass Facade for World Trade Center Tower Scrapped After It Broke in Tests
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- The owners of the World Trade Center have nixed plans to cover the first 20 stories of its signature skyscraper with decorative glass after it broke in testing. The glass was expected to help 1 World Trade Center look more open at i…
Sotheby’s May 2011 African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Sales Bring $21.8 million
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art auctions today brought a combined total of $21,846,692, well over the high estimate (total est. $8.3/12.6 million).* The single owner sale of the Robert Rubin Collection of African Ar…
Prismatic Glass Facade for World Trade Center Tower Scrapped After It Broke in Tests
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- The owners of the World Trade Center have nixed plans to cover the first 20 stories of its signature skyscraper with decorative glass after it broke in testing. The glass was expected to help 1 World Trade Center look more open at i…
Top Prices Paid Once Again for Works of Art by Japanese Artist Shibata Zeshin at Bonhams
LONDON.- Considered one of Europe’s most important and comprehensive private collections of Japanese Gentleman’s accessories, Bonhams announces that Part Two of the Edward Wrangham collection realised £1.6 million on 10th May. Top prices wer…
Top Prices Paid Once Again for Works of Art by Japanese Artist Shibata Zeshin at Bonhams
LONDON.- Considered one of Europe’s most important and comprehensive private collections of Japanese Gentleman’s accessories, Bonhams announces that Part Two of the Edward Wrangham collection realised £1.6 million on 10th May. Top prices wer…
Sotheby’s London to Offer The Bordeaux Winebank Collection Part III
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London is to offer The Bordeaux Winebank Collection Part III in the sale of Finest and Rarest Wines on Wednesday, 25 May, 2011. This follows Sotheby’s sale of Part I in New York in November 2010, and Part II in Hong Kong in Janu…
Highlights of Bonhams & Butterfields $1.6 Million Fine Prints Auction
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On May 3, 2011, Bonhams & Butterfields presented its $1.6-million Fine Prints auction, marked by strong surrealism sales: the exceptional $134,000 purchase of Salvador Dalí – La Divine Comédie, a complete signed portfolio of 1…
Dali, Warhol, Chagall Highlight Bonhams & Butterfields $1.6 Million Fine Prints Auction
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On May 3, 2011, Bonhams & Butterfields presented its $1.6-million Fine Prints auction, marked by strong surrealism sales: the exceptional $134,000 purchase of Salvador Dalí’s La Divine Comédie, a complete signed portfolio of 100 col…
Record Setting Chinese Rarities Top $9.6+ Million CICF Event in Rosemont, Illinois
DALLAS, TX- A 1928 Chinese “Auto Dollar” Year 17 KM-Y428, L&M-609, AU58 PCGS brought $74,750 – a record price for the type – as one of the top lots in Heritage Auctions’ $9.6+ million April 14-18 Rosemont, IL Signature(r) World & Ancient Coins Auction,…