LONDON.- Today, Sotheby’s London established a new record for an Islamic work of art at auction when an illustrated folio from the Shahnameh made for Shah Tahmasp of Persia, universally acknowledged as one of the supreme illustrated manuscripts of…
Sotheby’s Sets Record for an Islamic Work of Art at Auction with the £7.4 Million Achieved for the Shahnameh
LONDON.- Today, Sotheby’s London established a new record for an Islamic work of art at auction when an illustrated folio from the Shahnameh made for Shah Tahmasp of Persia, universally acknowledged as one of the supreme illustrated manuscripts of…
Sotheby’s To Offer Another Masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Following the record-shattering price of $35,922,500 achieved at Sotheby’s New York in November 2010 by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s The Finding of Moses (est. $3/5 million), Sotheby’s announces that the 5 May 2011 sale of …
Sotheby’s Sales of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Totals US$13.8 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Spring 2011 sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings today fetched a stunning total of HK$108 million / US$13.8 million, tripling pre-sale estimate (HK$36 million / US$4.6 million*). The sale set the world re…
Sotheby’s To Offer Another Masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Following the record-shattering price of $35,922,500 achieved at Sotheby’s New York in November 2010 by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s The Finding of Moses (est. $3/5 million), Sotheby’s announces that the 5 May 2011 sale of …
Sotheby’s HK Spring 2011 Sales of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Totals US$13.8 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Spring 2011 sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings today fetched a stunning total of HK$108 million / US$13.8 million, tripling pre-sale estimate (HK$36 million / US$4.6 million*). The sale set the world re…
Zhang Xiaogang Sets Record Auction Price of $10 Million at Sotheby’s
HONG KONG — A three-panel painting by artist Zhang Xiaogang has set a record auction price for Chinese contemporary art, selling for 79 million Hong Kong dollars ($10 million). Sotheby’s, which ran the Hong Kong auction, said the triptych, “Forever…
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…
Dogancay, Ceylan and Orhon Headline Sotheby’s Sale of Contemporary Turkish Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London will be staging its annual London Sale of Contemporary Turkish Art on Thursday, April 7th, 2011. The auction will present 102 works by among the leading Modern and Contemporary Turkish artists, including Mubin Orhon, Burhan Do…
Sotheby’s to Offer Property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that it will offer Property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans in a series of auctions in New York through January 2012. Mrs. Rosekrans was an influential figure in San Francisco, Paris and Venice, known for …