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Amritsar, Mar 29: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today passed a resolution seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to halt the proposed auction of a piece of body armour of tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh by the Sotheby’s in London. Read full story
The late Ileana Sonnabend had a great eye, but no estate can outrun the taxman, and now her art collection is being readied to go on the block to allow her executors to pay taxes on her $400 million estate. Manhattan-based Sotheby’s and London-based Christie’s International are reportedly competing for the collection, which includes well-known … Read more
There may be a Stairway to Heaven, but for Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, there’s no wall space for his Holy Grail tapestry. Page, founder of the iconic rock band behind the mega-hit from 1971, is reportedly putting up for auction his mammoth pre-Raphaelite tapestry depicting the Holy Grail… Read full story
A study of a nude by Anglo-Irish artist Francis Bacon and self-portraits by Andy Warhol were among top lots at a record-breaking contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s in London. The auction house recorded a sale total of STG95 million ($A199.48 million), which represented the highest total for any Contemporary Art sale ever staged in Europe, … Read more
Contemporary-art sales in London rose more than 50 percent to 245.7 million pounds ($487.2 million) in February from a year earlier, figures from auction houses show, a sign the market is weathering a worldwide economic slowdown. Sotheby’s, Christie’s International and Phillips de Pury & Co. said they sold 56.4 percent more contemporary art than… Read … Read more