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LONDON.- Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art tonight realized £116,699,900 ($230,517,312) – considerably in excess of the pre-sale estimate of £81,090,000 – 112,110,000. The total realized is the highest for any sale ever staged by Sotheby’s in Europe and the highest total in this category this year. Five lots sold for over £5 … Read more
NEW YORK : The Old Master auctions conducted last week at Sotheby’s will be remembered as one of those moments in art market history when the cards are reshuffled and a new deal is served… Read full story in the International Herald Tribune
Sotheby’s and Christie’s together hope to sell up to £500m in artworks during their February auctions in London beginning next week. If realised, the amount would be 20 per cent more than last year, which was itself 50 per cent more than the year before. Read full story in the Financial Times
A predicted star of Sotheby’s evening sale of famous Impressionist and modern art next week is sculptor Henry Moore’s Draped Reclining Mother and Baby, a piece that represents one of the major themes of his work. The monumental bronze was cast in 1983, three years before Moore’s death, and is estimated to fetch… Read full … Read more
At New York sales of Old Master drawings at Sotheby’s and of Chinese porcelain at Christie’s, buyers remained bullish despite uncertainties on Wall Street. The two categories of art appeal to different constituencies. Yet, both were equally successful. Read full story