LONDON.- Tonight, in Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Important Russian Paintings a group of works by renowned Russian master Vasily Vasilievich Vereschagin of Russian, Indian and Balkan scenes brought the well above-expectations combined total of £3.7 …
Sotheby’s February 2011 Contemporary Art Evening Auction Realises $71,051,252
LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening sale realised £44,359,900 /$71,051,252 /€52,965,613 – above the high estimate (£30.4-£43 million/$48.7-$68.9 million**). With ‘Looking Closely’, this sum brings the total for S…
Picasso’s La Lecture Sells at Sotheby’s for £25.2 Million in Sale Totalling £68.8 Million
LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening sale was led by Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1932 painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter, La Lecture, which sold to a round of applause for £25,241,250 /$40,711,612 / €29,744,296, more th…
Jewels & Objects Formerly in the Collection of The Duchess of Windsor Sell for Double-Estimate
LONDON.- Tonight at Sotheby’s, a group of 20 exceptional jewels and precious objects formerly in the collection of The Duchess of Windsor were presented for sale, some 23 years after they were last auctioned in the legendary auction of “The J…