NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 16 December auction of Important 20th Century Design in New York is led by the Pratt Desk and Chair by Greene & Greene, the most important work created by the architects and an icon of American furniture. The Desk and Chai…
Britain Halts Export of $48 Million Turner Painting "Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino"
LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain has temporarily halted the export of a record-breaking painting by English master J.M.W. Turner which was sold at auction in July for 29.7 million pounds ($48 million). “Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino” went under the hammer at …
One of the Most Important Works of American Furniture to Come to Auction will Be Offered by Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 16 December auction of Important 20th Century Design in New York is led by the Pratt Desk and Chair by Greene & Greene, the most important work created by the architects and an icon of American furniture. The Desk and Chai…
A New Auction Record for Amedeo Modigliani at Sotheby’s Evening Sale in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art is currently underway in New York and a number of exceptional prices have already been achieved: · A new auction record for Amedeo Modigliani was set tonight when the artist’s …
European Auction Record for an Allosauraus Dinosaur, the T-Rex of the Jurassic Period
PARIS.- The Galerie Charpentier was the setting for a landmark event this evening: Sotheby’s first Natural History sale in Paris. After a five-day viewing that pulled in 4000 visitors, enthusiasm for all the natural marvels, skeletons and fossils …
European Auction Record for an Allosauraus Dinosaur, the T-Rex of the Jurassic Period
PARIS.- The Galerie Charpentier was the setting for a landmark event this evening: Sotheby’s first Natural History sale in Paris. After a five-day viewing that pulled in 4000 visitors, enthusiasm for all the natural marvels, skeletons and fossils …
Cassatt, Picasso and Munch Highlighting Christie’s October Prints & Multiples Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s presents the Prints & Multiples Sale taking place October 26-27, 2010. The two day sale features 454 lots and is expected to realize in excess of $9 million. Works included in the sale span the 19th through the 21st centu…
Sotheby’s October Sale of Contemporary Art to be Headlined by Gursky and Warhol
LONDON.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Art evening auction on Friday, 15 October, 2010, which coincides with the Frieze Art Fair in London, will present for sale 40 artworks that are estimated to realise in excess of £10 million. In addition to the outs…
Sotheby’s October Sale of Contemporary Art to be Headlined by Gursky and Warhol
LONDON.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Art evening auction on Friday, 15 October, 2010, which coincides with the Frieze Art Fair in London, will present for sale 40 artworks that are estimated to realise in excess of £10 million. In addition to the outs…
Multiple Record Prices at Swann Galleries’ Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Seven of the top 10 lots in Swann Galleries’ September 16 auction Scenes of the City: Prints, Drawings & Paintings of New York 1900 – 2000 were by Martin Lewis, and all of them set auction records. Lewis’s Shadow Dance, dr…