AMSTERDAM.- The sale of the world-renowned BAT ArtVenture Collection, formerly known as The Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two, realised a total of €2,941,725 / £2,582,732/ $4,198,489, a figure well above the pre-sale expectations of €1 m…
A Glittering Result: Bonhams Jewellery Sale Tops £3.2 Million
LONDON.- A full sale room, busy telephone lines and fierce bidding resulted in a sale total of £3.2 million at the Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale in New Bond Street yesterday (13th April). The top lot of the sale was an impressive pair of brilliant- cut …
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale 2011 Achieves US$9.4 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale 2011 held yesterday achieved an impressive total of HK$73,086,250 / US$9,370,032 (Est. HK$46 -92.3 million / US$5.9 – 8 million*), achieving the Highest Ever Total For A Various-Owner S…
Sotheby’s Spring 2011 Sales of Two Private Wine Collections Achieve a Combines Total of US$17.5 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong concluded today the two-day sale of The Ultimate Cellar with triumphant results of HK$96.8 million / US$12.4 million, well in excess of high estimate (HK$77.4 million / US$9.9 million*). The top lot, a case of Roman…
Sotheby’s New York Sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Total a Record $71,320,518
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art have concluded, bringing the overall total for the series of auctions to $71,320,518 (est. $17.5/25.1 million), the highest total ever achieved anywhere in New York. All three au…
A Major Mexican Mayan Culture Seated Deity Sells for Record at Drouot in Paris
PARIS.- On Monday, March 21, 2011 at Drouot Richelieu, the auction house sold a very important collection of Pre-Columbian art. The items belonged to the collection of Mr. H. Law, who has been collecting for 25 years beautiful “stone figures” from the…
Christie’s to Hold Spring Sale of Outstanding Swiss Art at the Kunsthaus Zurich
ZURICH.- Christie’s spring sale of Swiss art at the Kunsthaus Zurich on 21 March 2011 will bring together outstanding works from famous artist fathers and their equally famous sons. The top lot of the sale, which comes from a Swiss private collect…
Regional Unrest Inspires Artists at Dubai’s Four-Day Contemporary Art Show
DUBAI (REUTERS).- Stirring canvasses inspired by the unrest sweeping the Arab world feature in a four-day contemporary art show, Art Dubai, running this week through Saturday. Most of the artists from Artspace Gallery in the Dubai International Financi…
One of the Most Important Letters by Gandhi to Come to the Market in Thirty Years for Sale
LONDON.- A fascinating letter from Mahatma Gandi, estimated to sell for £8,000 to £10,000 at Bonhams in London on March 29th, makes reference to his belief in passive resistance and the need for unity between Hindus and Muslims. Lot 441 in the Paper…
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art to Be Offered at Sotheby’s in New York
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On 23 March 2011 Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale will offer superb examples of Chinese painting, jades, furniture, ceramics and other works of art. The 200 lot sale will be part of the Asia Week series of auct…