LONDON.- Christie’s announced the sale of Property from The Collection of the Late John Appleby, which will be offered from July to November 2010, throughout several specialist sales at Christie’s, as well as a single-owner collection sale to…
Richard Avedon Photos Headed to Paris Auction at Christie’s
NEW YORK (AP).- One of Richard Avedon’s most defining photographs is of a willowy model adorned in a Dior evening gown, a silk sash cascading down her slender leg, striking a dramatic pose against a row of circus elephants. It is signature Avedon. Dram…
Works of Art from the Spencer Collections Go on Public View at Christie’s
LONDON.- A selection of works of art from Althorp and Spencer House (the historic London home of the Spencer family) is to be offered on 6, 7 and 8 July at Christie’s King Street and South Kensington salerooms, with individual estimates from £200…
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction at Christie’s in London Realises $68.6 Million
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction took place this evening at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200 /$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. “We curated this sale very carefully, offering a diver…
Post-War & Contemporary Evening Auction at Christie’s Realises $68.6 Million
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening
Auction took place 30 June at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200
/$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. The top
price
was paid for Silver Liz, 1963, by…
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction at Christie’s Realises $68.6 Million
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction took place this evening at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200 /$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. “We curated this sale very carefully, offering a diver…
Christie’s in Record London Sale, Misses Target and Monet Water-Lily Painting Fails to Sell
LONDON.- Christie’s held London’s biggest ever art auction on Wednesday when its impressionist and modern sale fetched 153 million pounds ($227 million), but the total fell short of expectations of 164-231 million pounds. The big disappointment on the …
Wall Street Sign Goes for $116.5K at Christie’s
NEW YORK, NY.- A vintage sign that once marked an intersection near the New York Stock Exchange has sold for $116,500 at auction. Christie’s said the enamel “Broad St.” and “Wall St.” sign was bought Tuesday by an unidentified phone bidder. The auctio…
William Faulkner Collection Auctioned in New York City
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A rare collection of signed William Faulkner books and personal items, including one of his most acclaimed novels, “Light in August,” sold at auction Tuesday for $833,246. The collection of 90 items was nearly a complete representat…
Sotheby’s Sold Edouard Manet Self-portrait for A Record $33.1 million
LONDON
– The painting, “Self Portrait with a Palette”, was bought for a record
price by
New York dealer Franck Giraud, who was bidding at the Sothebys sale, in
central
London. The Manet was among 51 lots in Sotheby’s sale of Impres…