HONG KONG.- Christie’s concluded its Spring season with a total of HK$4bn (US$515m), including the off-season sale of fine wines in March and April, the Spring sale series from 27 May to 1 June, and the Beijing sales by Christie’s brand licen…
Bonhams Hong Kong Sales Reach HK $200 Million (£15.6M) Milestone with 2011 Spring Auctions
HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong 2011 Spring Auctions held from 23 to 26 May at the Island Shangri-La Hotel came to a successful conclusion with exceptional results achieved at every sale. The seven sales rang up a total of over HK$212 million (16.5 milli…
Villa Grisebach in Berlin to Offer Modern and Contemporary Photographs for Spring Sale
BERLIN- Villa Grisebach’s spring auctions in Berlin begins, May 26, 2011, with the 190-lot auction of modern and contemporary photography. Two photo albums from a Swiss private collection are auctioned that include, among other photographs, rare i…
Bonhams Spring Auctions Offer Snuff Bottles, Soapstone Figures & Chinese Works of Art
HONG KONG.- Following on from the extraordinary results of Part I and Part II, in which every snuff bottle from the celebrated Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles has sold, with world records broken in eleven different categories,…
Bonhams Spring Auctions Offer Snuff Bottles, Soapstone Figures & Chinese Works of Art
HONG KONG.- Following on from the extraordinary results of Part I and Part II, in which every snuff bottle from the celebrated Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles has sold, with world records broken in eleven different categories,…
Sale of Chateau Latour Presented by Christie’s Hong Kong 2011 Spring Auctions
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong 2011 Spring Sale of Finest and Rarest Wines – Rarities from the Cellar of Château Latour will offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire a tremendous range of vintages from the legendary Château Latou…
Auction Houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s Gear Up for New York Art Sales
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Buoyed by record results amid a dramatic art market recovery and an increasingly global clientele, Christie’s and Sotheby’s are gearing up for spring auctions with nearly $1 billion of art for sale. Last year proved one of the bes…
Christie’s Announces an Exhibition of Iconic Works by Zeng Fanzhi to Be Held in Hong Kong in May
HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, and the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai’s leading contemporary art museum, will present “BEING” (界線的共鳴), an exhibition featuring about 3…
Christie’s Announces an Exhibition of Iconic Works by Zeng Fanzhi to Be Held in Hong Kong in May
HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, and the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai’s leading contemporary art museum, will present “BEING” (界線的共鳴), an exhibition featuring about 3…
Chinese Collectors Smash Estimates At Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art Auction In Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- After strong showings at this year’s spring auctions in Hong Kong, we expected new Chinese collectors to dominate at Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art auction today in Hong Kong as they have at other recent wine, jewelry and jade s…