LONDON (REUTERS).- British author and former parliamentarian Jeffrey Archer expects to raise over 5 million pounds ($8 million) when he sells works from his art collection including paintings by Claude Monet and Andy Warhol. “I recently celebrated my 7…
Giant Silk China Scroll Goes for $30 Million Plus to Anonymous Hong Kong Collector
PARIS (AP).- A giant 18th-century Chinese silk scroll painting of a military troop review has been sold at auction for more than euro22 million ($30.8 million), the highest auction price for a Chinese work in France. The work, found in a Paris attic a…
French Auction House Binoche Et Giquello Insists $4 Million Maya Statue is Real
MEXICO CITY (AP).- The Mexican government argued Wednesday that a Mayan-style statue auctioned for a record $4 million (2.9 million euros) this week is a fake. Auctioneers insisted it is genuine and charged Mexico wants to quash legal sales of pre-His…
Bidder Pays $460K for Roughly 8-Pound Gold Nugget
SACRAMENTO (AP).- A bidder has paid $460,000 for a roughly 8-pound gold nugget found in Northern California’s Gold Rush country. Spectrum Numismatics came away with the nugget on Wednesday after a feverish two minutes of bidding at the Golden West Auc…
Late Queen Juliana’s Attic Sale Draws Crowds of Royal Fans at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM (AP).- From threadbare armchairs to marble mantel clocks, garden furniture to a silver pocket knife, thousands of the late Dutch Queen Juliana’s possessions are going under the hammer in an attic sale fit for a king. The four-day auction by S…
Late Queen Juliana’s Attic Sale Draws Crowds of Royal Fans at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM (AP).- From threadbare armchairs to marble mantel clocks, garden furniture to a silver pocket knife, thousands of the late Dutch Queen Juliana’s possessions are going under the hammer in an attic sale fit for a king. The four-day auction by S…
Small Auction House Wins Major Estates
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Property from the Estate of computer billionaire Max Palevsky and works from the collection of James Byrnes, the first curator of Modern Art at LACMA, will trade hands for the first time on March 6, 2011 at the upcoming LAMA auction. …
Rembrandt Portrait, Which Sold at Christie’s in 2009, to Be Offered for $47 Million
LONDON (REUTERS).- A Rembrandt portrait, one of the last works from the Dutch master’s late career still in private hands, will be offered for sale at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair later this year for $47 million. “Portrait of a Man With Arms Akimbo” w…
Rembrandt Portrait, Which Sold at Christie’s in 2009, to Be Offered for $47 Million
LONDON (REUTERS).- A Rembrandt portrait, one of the last works from the Dutch master’s late career still in private hands, will be offered for sale at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair later this year for $47 million. “Portrait of a Man With Arms Akimbo” w…
Rare Andy Warhol Self Portrait to Go Under Hammer a Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A rare Andy Warhol self portrait in stark white and red, which had been in private hands for over 30 years, will go on sale at Christie’s in London next month, anchoring the auctioneer’s post-war and contemporary art offering. The …