LONDON.- On May 31, 2011, Sotheby’s presents for sale Part II of the Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Arts of India. This follows the outstanding total of £20.9 million achieved last month for Part I of the Stuart Cary Welch Collection Arts of the I…
Vlaminck Crowned with New World Auction Record Paysage de Banglieue Realizes $22.5 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- A new world auction record was set for the French artist Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), at Christie’s New York tonight. The vividly-hued 1905 landscape, a fitting tribute to springtime in New York, sold for $22,482,500 (£13,489,5…
Bonnard’s Le Petit Déjeuner to Highlight Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced its upcoming Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4 will include Pierre Bonnard’s Le petit déjeuner, an important interior scene from the artist’s last decade, a significant period of mode…
Record for Any Paul Gauguin Print Sold at Auction Established Today at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s in London , ten prints by Paul Gauguin from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, sold for £1.54 million ($2.47 million), almost four times the pre-sale low estimate for the group. A new auction record for a prin…
Record for Any Paul Gauguin Print Sold at Auction Established Today at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s in London , ten prints by Paul Gauguin from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, sold for £1.54 million ($2.47 million), almost four times the pre-sale low estimate for the group. A new auction record for a prin…
Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art Auction at Antik A.S. Totals $ 9.5 Million
ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S. in Istanbul, the sale of Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art totals of $9,500,000 within the presale estimate of $6 million. Competition was fierce for many of the top lots, with multiple bidders participating. Erol Akyavas’s…
Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art Auction at Antik A.S. Totals $ 9.5 Million
ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S. in Istanbul, the sale of Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art totals of $9,500,000 within the presale estimate of $6 million. Competition was fierce for many of the top lots, with multiple bidders participating. Erol Akyavas’s…
Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art Auction at Antik A.S. Totals $ 9.5 Million
ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S. in Istanbul, the sale of Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art totals of $9,500,000 within the presale estimate of $6 million. Competition was fierce for many of the top lots, with multiple bidders participating. Erol Akyavas’s…
Francis Bacon, Salvador Dali Works Boost Bumper Sotheby’s "Looking Closely" Sale
LONDON.- A triptych of British painter Lucian Freud by his friend Francis Bacon fetched 23 million pounds ($37 million) on Thursday at a Sotheby’s auction in London, more than double its high estimate. Combined with a new auction record for any surrea…
Auction Record Set for Titian at Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings Sale in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings in New York, a new auction record was established for the Renaissance master Titian when his A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Al…