LONDON.- An extraordinary collection of more than 800 lots from the Madrid home and the Trujillo country house of legendary interior decorator Duarte Pinto Coelho will be offered for sale at Christie’s South Kensington on 20-21 July 2011. The late Mr. …
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…
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Sets Records, Realizes $155,995,500
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale achieved $155,995,500 (£93,597,300/€104,516,985), demonstrating the continuing appeal of this category among collectors worldwide. Three works sold for over the US$20 million …
Christie’s Hong Kong Announces Magnificent Jewels Spring Sale
HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading auction house for the sale of extraordinary jewels will present its spring sale of magnificent jewels on 31 May at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. With a pre-sale estimate exceeding HK…
Robust Sales, Attendance at Japanese Art Exhibitions During Asia Week New York 2011
NEW YORK, NY.- In a week that saw record prices in nearly every field of Asian art, sales of Japanese art were robust and attendance at the numerous gallery exhibitions held by local and out-of-state and foreign dealers was up significantly over Asia W…
Auction Houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s Gear Up for New York Art Sales
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Buoyed by record results amid a dramatic art market recovery and an increasingly global clientele, Christie’s and Sotheby’s are gearing up for spring auctions with nearly $1 billion of art for sale. Last year proved one of the bes…
Vibrant Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art to Be Presented at Christie’s Spring Sales in May
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Art Spring Auction on 30 May, at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, presents distinctive highlights from some of the most vibrant and invigorating voices within Southeast As…
To Fund Scientific Research, Mystery Donor Gives University of Sydney Painting by Pablo Picasso
SYDNEY (AP).- An anonymous American donor has given a Pablo Picasso painting worth millions to the University of Sydney on the condition the school use proceeds from the painting’s sale to fund scientific research, officials said Wednesday. The 1935 pa…
A Magnificent Qianlong Revolving Vase to Be Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong Spring Sale
HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, will present a magnificent revolving vase from the Qianlong period (1736-1795) (estimate on request) at its upcoming Hong Kong Spring Sale of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 1 Jun…
Major Pieces from the Hotz Collection of African Art to Be Sold at Christie’s in Paris
PARIS.- Christie’s African Art department announced the sale of major pieces from the Dennis Hotz Collection. The 25 works of art are expected to fetch together between € 1.5 and 2.2 million euros. Amongst the highlights, the collection includes t…