ISTANBUL.- At Antik A.S. in Istanbul, the sale of Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art totals of $10,230,000 within the presale estimate of $7.2 million. Competition was fierce for many of the top lots, with multiple bidders participating. This result…
Turkish Modern Art Sale at Antik A.S. Totals $ 10.2 Million
ISTANBUL.- At Antik A.S. in Istanbul, the sale of Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art totals of $10,230,000 within the presale estimate of $7.2 million. Competition was fierce for many of the top lots, with multiple bidders participating. This result…
$35 Million Andy Warhol Coke Bottle Lifts Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A black-and-white Coke bottle on canvas by Andy Warhol sold for $35.36 million on Tuesday at Sotheby’s robust contemporary and post-war art auction. The sale of 54 works, an impressive 91 percent of which found buyers, totaled $22…
Sales of Russian Art at Sotheby’s Total $14.4 Million, Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé Sold
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s autumn 2010 auctions of Russian Art in New York brought a total of $14,397,064. The day began with an inaugural sale of Important Russian Paintings that achieved $10.6 million and set several new auction records. The highl…
New Collectors from Russia, India, China and Hong Kong Invigorating Art Auctions
NEW YORK, NY.- Less than two years after a precipitous fall, the art market is flexing its muscles again, emboldened by recent auction records and an influx of determined international collectors rich with cash. With two works breaking the $100 millio…
Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints Sell Strong at Bonhams & Butterfields’ October Auction
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Old Master, Modern & Contemporary prints came to auction at Bonhams & Butterfields on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, bringing more than $1.9-million and setting multiple auction records during a simulcast sale between the auctioneer’…
Swann Galleries Sets World Record Price For Any Print by James A. M. Whistler Sold at Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries’ auction of Whistler and His Influence on Wednesday, October 27 offered approximately 150 prints by James A. M. Whistler and his followers. Nearly 20 of these set world auction records, including the sale’s top …
"Father of Indonesian Modernism" – S. Sudjojono’s A New Dawn Sold for an Impressive US$1.4 Million at Sotheby’s.
HONG KONG.- Following the tremendous success of the Spring sale, Sotheby’s Autumn sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings today commanded a stunning total of HK$78 million / US$10 million (high estimate: HK$45 million / US$5.7 mi…
"Father of Indonesian Modernism" – S. Sudjojono’s A New Dawn Sold for an Impressive US$1.4 Million at Sotheby’s
HONG KONG.- Following the tremendous success of the Spring sale, Sotheby’s Autumn sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings today commanded a stunning total of HK$78 million / US$10 million (high estimate: HK$45 million / US$5.7 mi…
Sotheby’s Sale of Lehman Brothers Collection Totals $12.3 Million
LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of selected works from the distinguished Neuberger Berman and Lehman Brothers Corporate Art Collections brought a total of $12,277,751 today, reaching the high estimate ($8/12 million). Seventeen auction records were set fo…