LONDON.- National fundraising charity the Art Fund has helped Buxton Museum and Art Gallery acquire an important 18th century painting capturing a local scene. The Art Fund contributed £6,666 towards the acquisition of View of Matlock, Derbyshire by W…
The Garden Comes to Life at Summers Place Auctions
WEST SUSSEX.- An important collection of 17th and 18th Century Italian marble sculpture will be offered in the hugely popular sale of Garden Statuary and Ornament – both antique and modern – at Summers Place Auctions (in association with Sotheby&#…
Offering of The Ullens Collection Sets A Record for a Single-Owner Sale of Contemporary Chinese Art at Auction
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong set a Record for a Single-Owner Sale of Contemporary Chinese Art At Auction when its offering of 105 masterpieces from The Ullens Collection – The Nascence of Avant-Garde China brought HK$427,239,250 / US$54,77…
Rare Work that Sheds Fascinating Light on British Delegation to China in 1954 to Be Shown
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s announces the Hong Kong exhibition, between 1 – 6 April 2011, of a rare work that sheds fascinating light on a little-known British delegation to China in 1954 – just five years after the new People’s Republic …
Earliest Printed Star Charts by Albrecht Dürer to Headline Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Sale of Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, on Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, will present for sale the earliest printed star charts, in the form of a pair of extremely rare woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer depicting A Map o…
Earliest Printed Star Charts by Albrecht Dürer to Headline Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Sale of Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, on Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, will present for sale the earliest printed star charts, in the form of a pair of extremely rare woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer depicting A Map o…
Rifle Belonging to King Edward VII to Be Sold in London Nine Days Before the Royal Wedding
LONDON.- A rifle belonging to Edward, Prince of Wales, before he became King Edward VII will be offered by Gavin Gardiner (in association with Sotheby’s) in a sale of Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns and Rifles on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at…
New Faces Join Third Master Paintings Week to Be Held During July in London
LONDON.- Now in its third year and established as one of the key art events in the summer calendar, Master Paintings Week is a collaboration between twenty-three leading galleries and three auction houses and will take place from 1 to 8 July 2011. Thi…
New Faces Join Third Master Paintings Week to Be Held During July in London
LONDON.- Now in its third year and established as one of the key art events in the summer calendar, Master Paintings Week is a collaboration between twenty-three leading galleries and three auction houses and will take place from 1 to 8 July 2011. Thi…
Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp Exceeds High Estimate to Bring $1.6 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- Old Masters Week opened today at Sotheby’s New York with the dedicated auction of Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp, which exceeded its high estimate in achieving $1,628,727 (est. $800,000/1.2 million*). Many bidders c…