NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its annual Winter Online Art Auction on December 9, 2010 with strong results that highlight the continued demand for important works with notable provenance. W…
Historic Price Achieved for Arpita Singh’s "Wish Dream" at Saffronart Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its annual Winter Online Art Auction on December 9, 2010 with strong results that highlight the continued demand for important works with notable provenance. W…
Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé & Their Friends at Sotheby’s Sale of Books, Manuscripts & Precious Documents
PARIS.- Sotheby’s announce the sale in Paris on December 15 of an exceptional 180-lot collection of books, manuscripts, photographs and prints. The ensemble majors on three iconic poets – Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé –…
Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé & Their Friends at Sotheby’s Sale of Books, Manuscripts & Precious Documents
PARIS.- Sotheby’s announce the sale in Paris on December 15 of an exceptional 180-lot collection of books, manuscripts, photographs and prints. The ensemble majors on three iconic poets – Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé –…
Imperial Russian Table from the Winter Palace Sells for £916,000 at Bonhams
NEW BOND STREET.- A striking, circular table originally placed in the Golden Drawing Room in the Winter Palace, the main residence of the Russian Imperial family in St. Petersburg, has sold for £916,000 in the Russian Sale at Bonhams New Bond Street o…
Eskenazi to Bring Chinese Treasures to New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Rare and luxurious articles made for emperors, courtiers and scholars are the focus of the fifteenth annual New York exhibition staged by London gallery Eskenazi Ltd, one of the world’s leading dealers in Asian art. Early Chinese M…
Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé from a Private New York Collection at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s New York auction of Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé from a Private New York Collection on 4 November comprises a group of over 80 items painstakingly assembled over decades of collecting. The sale offers several wor…
Court: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston can Keep Work Sold in Nazi Era
BOSTON (AP).- A federal appeals court has ruled that Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts can retain ownership of a 1913 painting by Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka that was sold during the Nazi occupation of Austria. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rule…
Christie’s in London Presents Treasures of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
LONDON.- Christie’s Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds sale on 5 October, presents a wealth of over 400 rare and beautiful treasures of high quality and significant provenance which span the 9th to the 19th century. Setting the tone, the sale be…
Christie’s in London Presents Treasures of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
LONDON.- Christie’s Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds sale on 5 October, presents a wealth of over 400 rare and beautiful treasures of high quality and significant provenance which span the 9th to the 19th century. Setting the tone, the sale be…