LONDON.- Moments ago, in a crowded saleroom in Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries in London, a magnificent, rare, copy of John James Audubon’s Birds of America sold for £7,321,250, establishing a new world record price for any printed book …
Works from the Collection Besselaar Lead Sotheby’s Amsterdam Sale of 19th Century European Paintings
AMSTERDAM.- Sotheby’s Amsterdam sale of 19th Century European Paintings on 13th December 2010 will feature Twelve Master Paintings from the Collection Besselaar. The selection, which is expected to bring in excess of €1,5 – 2 million, re…
A Masterpiece by Félix Vallotton Sells for $2,478,584 at Sotheby’s Swiss Art Auction
ZURICH.- Tonight’s “Swiss Art” Auction at Sotheby’s Zurich realised CHF 10,665,188 under the hammer of Dr. Claudia Steinfels, Director of Sotheby’s Zurich – within the pre-sale estimate of CHF 9,3-12,9 million. Félix Vall…
Sotheby’s London To Hold a Sale of Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings
LONDON.- On 7th December Sotheby’s London will hold a sale of ‘Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh, The Property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh’s Will Trust’. The …
Works from the Collection Besselaar Lead Sotheby’s Amsterdam Sale of 19th Century European Paintings
AMSTERDAM.- Sotheby’s Amsterdam sale of 19th Century European Paintings on 13th December 2010 will feature Twelve Master Paintings from the Collection Besselaar. The selection, which is expected to bring in excess of €1,5 – 2 million, re…
Sotheby’s London To Hold a Sale of Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings
LONDON.- On 7th December Sotheby’s London will hold a sale of ‘Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh, The Property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh’s Will Trust’. The …
Sotheby’s to Sell Property from the Estate of the Late Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
AMSTERDAM.- In the spring Sotheby’s Amsterdam will offer 1500 lots from the Estate of Queen Juliana on the instructions of the Executors on behalf of her four heirs, Her Majesty the Queen and Their Royal Highnesses Princess Irene, Princess Margr…
Newly-Discovered Works to Lead Sotheby’s Sale of Old Master Drawings in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Three major discoveries will lead Sotheby’s sale of Old Master drawings in New York on 26 January 2011: a newly discovered drawing by Sir Peter Paul Rubens; and two exceptionally rare composition studies by Rembrandt van Rijn and Pe…
Highlights from Sotheby’s Old Masters Week in New York Exhibited in London
LONDON.- Highlights from Sotheby’s Old Masters Week sales in January 2011 in New York will be exhibited alongside our London auctions of old master paintings, sculpture and works of art from 4-8 December. Rare paintings and drawings by iconic arti…
Newly-Discovered Works to Lead Sotheby’s Sale of Old Master Drawings in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Three major discoveries will lead Sotheby’s sale of Old Master drawings in New York on 26 January 2011: a newly discovered drawing by Sir Peter Paul Rubens; and two exceptionally rare composition studies by Rembrandt van Rijn and Pe…