NEW YORK.- On 9 March 2011 Sotheby’s mid-season Contemporary Art Auction will include carefully selected works by artists from the Post-War period through the present day. All of the works go on view this weekend at Sotheby’s York Avenue head…
Highlights from Sotheby’s Mid-Season Contemporary Art Auction Go On View in New York
NEW YORK.- On 9 March 2011 Sotheby’s mid-season Contemporary Art Auction will include carefully selected works by artists from the Post-War period through the present day. All of the works go on view this weekend at Sotheby’s York Avenue head…
James Naismith’s Original Rules of Basket Ball to Be Shown at the Nelson-Atkins
KANSAS CITY, MO.- James Naismith thumbtacked the freshly typed 13 rules for his new game, Basket Ball, to a gymnasium bulletin board in December 1891. Now nearly 120 years later, the public will have a rare chance to see the landmark document that laun…
James Naismith’s Original Rules of Basket Ball to Be Shown at the Nelson-Atkins
KANSAS CITY, MO.- James Naismith thumbtacked the freshly typed 13 rules for his new game, Basket Ball, to a gymnasium bulletin board in December 1891. Now nearly 120 years later, the public will have a rare chance to see the landmark document that laun…
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…
Francis Bacon, Salvador Dali Works Boost Bumper Sotheby’s "Looking Closely" Sale
LONDON.- A triptych of British painter Lucian Freud by his friend Francis Bacon fetched 23 million pounds ($37 million) on Thursday at a Sotheby’s auction in London, more than double its high estimate. Combined with a new auction record for any surrea…
Sotheby’s to Auction 106 Monumental Early Works by Contemporary Chinese Artists
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong announces the sale of an important private collection of contemporary Chinese Art on 3 April: The Ullens Collection – The Nascence of Avant Garde China, offering 106 masterpieces from the legendary Collection, …
Sotheby’s Announces the Dedicated Auction of What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announces the dedicated auction of What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald, to be held on 10 March 2011 in New York. The sale offers works assembled over the full span of Mr. McDonald’s impressive career as an…
Sotheby’s Announces the Dedicated Auction of What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announces the dedicated auction of What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald, to be held on 10 March 2011 in New York. The sale offers works assembled over the full span of Mr. McDonald’s impressive career as an…
U.S. Returns Stolen Impressionist Painting to France
WASHINGTON (AP).- A stolen painting by French Impressionist Edgar Degas was formally returned to France at the residence of the French ambassador to the United States on Friday after it surfaced at an auction in New York. The small painting “Blanchisse…