NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A black-and-white Coke bottle on canvas by Andy Warhol sold for $35.36 million on Tuesday at Sotheby’s robust contemporary and post-war art auction. The sale of 54 works, an impressive 91 percent of which found buyers, totaled $22…
Sotheby’s Sells Magnificent Yuan Dynasty Blue and White ‘Peony’ Jar For $4.1 Million
LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s London a rare and magnificent Yuan Dynasty Blue and White ‘Peony’ Jar, Guan sold for the exceptional sum of £2.6 million/$4.1 million, more than six times pre-sale expectations (estimate: £400,000-600,000), in …
$35 Million Andy Warhol Coke Bottle Lifts Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A black-and-white Coke bottle on canvas by Andy Warhol sold for $35.36 million on Tuesday at Sotheby’s robust contemporary and post-war art auction. The sale of 54 works, an impressive 91 percent of which found buyers, totaled $22…
Sotheby’s to Offer a Rare Interior of Furniture by French Art Deco Atelier Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
NEW YORK, NY.- On 16 December in New York, Sotheby’s will hold a dedicated sale of an interior of furniture by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, the legendary French Art Deco atelier. The nine masterworks were commissioned by an American family, and this a…
Sotheby’s to Offer For Sale The Celebrated Collection of Stuart Cary Welch
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that in 2011 it will offer for sale the outstanding and scholarly collection of Islamic and Indian Art assembled by the late Stuart Cary Welch. This celebrated collection, which is estimated to realise in excess of £6…
Sotheby’s Announces Sales of Russian Paintings, Icons, Fabergé and Works of Art
LONDON.- In the wake of the healthy sum of £22.3 million achieved for Sotheby’s Sales of Russian Art this Summer, the forthcoming London auctions in this category will feature a broad selection of highly desirable 19th and 20th century Russian pa…
Sotheby’s Announces Sales of Russian Paintings, Icons, Fabergé and Works of Art
LONDON.- In the wake of the healthy sum of £22.3 million achieved for Sotheby’s Sales of Russian Art this Summer, the forthcoming London auctions in this category will feature a broad selection of highly desirable 19th and 20th century Russian pa…
Sotheby’s London Sales of Russian Paintings, Icons, Fabergé and Works of Art to Take Place on November 30 and December 1
LONDON.- In the wake of the healthy sum of £22.3 million achieved for Sotheby’s Sales of Russian Art this Summer, the forthcoming London auctions in this category will feature a broad selection of highly desirable 19th and 20th century Russian pa…
Sotheby’s to Offer For Sale The Celebrated Collection of Stuart Cary Welch
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that in 2011 it will offer for sale the outstanding and scholarly collection of Islamic and Indian Art assembled by the late Stuart Cary Welch. This celebrated collection, which is estimated to realise in excess of £6…
Fifteen Classic Prints by Eugène Atget and Weston/Modotti Mexico Ensemble at Sotheby’s
PARIS.- On 19 November 2010, Sotheby’s Paris will offer for sale an exceptional ensemble of photographs by leading masters of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. This third photography sale in Paris, scheduled to coincide with the Paris Photo fair,…