ASPEN, CO.- Over 350 of the world’s top art collectors, wine connoisseurs, artists, gallery owners, museum directors, curators, and global business leaders came together in Aspen for three days of striking events to celebrate the Aspen Art Museum&…
Winner of Historic Houses Restoration Award 2010 Announced
LONDON.- The Historic Houses Association (HHA) and Sotheby’s announced that the winning entry of their Restoration Award for 2010 – an award now in its third year – is Wilton House near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Wilton’s winning project is its …
An Exceptional Allosaurus: First-Ever Specimen to Be Offered at Auction
PARIS.- On 5 October 2010 Sotheby’s will stage their first Paris sale devoted to Natural History, comprising 86 lots selected for their quality and rarity, consigned from private collections in Europe and the United States. Sotheby’s were one…
Agnew’s to Open New Premises at Albemarle Street in Early September
LONDON.- Agnew’s, one of London ’s leading international art dealers, has confirmed that its new premises at 35 Albemarle Street will open in early September. Founded in 1817, the UK ’s oldest family-owned art dealership has created a ga…
Paintings from the Former Collection of Madame Antenor Patiño to Be Sold
PARIS.- On September 22 & 23, to mark the opening of the Autumn auction season in Paris, Sotheby’s will bring to a conclusion the story of the legendary collection begun by Antenor Patiño (1894-1982) and continued with supreme elegance and refine…
16th Century Table, Sold in 1989 for 6,000 Pounds, Estimated Now to Sell for 1 Million
LONDON.- On Tuesday 6th July 2010, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale a remarkable example of 16th-century craftsmanship – an Italian rosewood table, inlaid with ivory and finely engraved. In 1989 this same piece sold at auction for £6,000…
Getty Acquires Letters from Surrealist René Magritte
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Research Institute (GRI) announced today that it has acquired an important group of letters and postcards from the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. The group of over forty autograph letters and postcards to the Belgian Sur…
Series of Over 40 Letters Written by René Magritte Realizes $218,500
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s on Friday sold the most significant group of Magritte correspondence to appear at auction in more than 20 years for the sum of $218,500 (£147,356), against a pre-sale estimate of $200,000-400,000*. The collection was acqu…
Opening Session of Photographs from the Polaroid Collection 100% Sold
NEW YORK, NY.- Tonight at Sotheby’s, bidding began for Photographs from the Polaroid Collection with the opening session bringing a remarkable $7,197,439, well-above expectations (est. $2.9/4.5 million) and with every lot finding a buyer. With mor…
Mark Twain’s Unpublished Manuscript, ‘A Family Sketch’, Sets Auction Record
NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s New York, the second offering of rare books and manuscripts from The James S. Copley Library achieved a total of $2,783,347, bringing the total for the first four auctions of the Library to $7,146,231. The Mark Tw…