NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art have concluded, bringing the overall total for the series of auctions to $71,320,518 (est. $17.5/25.1 million), the highest total ever achieved anywhere in New York. All three au…
Chinese Ceramics from the Celebrated New York Dealer J.T. Tai & Co. Total $36.3 million at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Asia Week auctions began in New York today with the much anticipated sale of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from J.T. Tai & Co. The auction brought a stunning total of $36,312,493 and was nearly 94% sold by lot. The sal…
Sotheby’s to Offer a Selection of Magnificent Imperial Porcelain from ‘The Meiyintang Collection’
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’’s announced that it will offer in Hong Kong on the 7th April 2011 selections from one of the grandest collections of Chinese Art formed in the last century, The Meiyintang Collection. Assembled over a period of more than 50 ye…
Sotheby’s to Offer a Selection of Magnificent Imperial Porcelain from ‘The Meiyintang Collection’
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’’s announced that it will offer in Hong Kong on the 7th April 2011 selections from one of the grandest collections of Chinese Art formed in the last century, The Meiyintang Collection. Assembled over a period of more than 50 ye…
The Ptarmigan Vase: A Unique Treasure Enters National Gallery of Canada’s Collection
OTTAWA.- Thanks to a generous contribution from the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Movable Cultural Property Program, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has acquired a unique and highly-significant vase for its international art collection. The Pt…
The Ptarmigan Vase: A Unique Treasure Enters National Gallery of Canada’s Collection
OTTAWA.- Thanks to a generous contribution from the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Movable Cultural Property Program, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has acquired a unique and highly-significant vase for its international art collection. The Pt…
Newly Acquired Grayson Perry Works to Be Shown in Manchester
MANCHESTER.- Two striking works by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry will go on display in a new show at Manchester Art Gallery next week. A vase entitled Jane Austen in E17 (2009) and an etching, Print for a Politician (2005), were recently bo…
Comfortably Above Low Estimate, Sotheby’s Americana Week Brings $14.4 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Americana Week concluded with a 3-day auction total of $14.4 million, comfortably above the cumulative low estimate of $11.5 million. The sales brought significant prices for American furniture, silver and folk art, led by…
Comfortably Above Low Estimate, Sotheby’s Americana Week Brings $14.4 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Americana Week concluded with a 3-day auction total of $14.4 million, comfortably above the cumulative low estimate of $11.5 million. The sales brought significant prices for American furniture, silver and folk art, led by…
Derek Eller Gallery Opens Shows by Adam Marnie and Tom Thayer, and Ruby Sky Stiler
NEW YORK, NY.- Derek Eller Gallery presents Adam Marnie and Tom Thayer in the Main Gallery and Ruby Sky Stiler in the North Room. In a sequence of intimate photo collages and a large-scale wall installation, Adam Marnie uses flowers as flexible signif…