Femmes Lisant (Deux Personnages) by Pablo Picasso Sotheby’s opened Impressionist and Modern Art Sales week in New York on Tuesday. The sale totaled $170.5 million, against a pre-sale estimate of $159 million to $230 million. Of the 59 works on offer 15, or 25 percent went unsold. Star of the evening was Picasso’s Femmes Lisant [...]
1 May 2011 
Spring Art Auctions Begin This Week
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The major spring art auctions begin this week and will feature many instantly recognizable works by artists like Warhol, Koons and Picasso. The rapidly rebounding art market faces a critical test next week in New York, when auction houses will try to sell a mix of Impressionist, modern and contemporary works valued at nearly $1 [...]
30 April 2011 
Rare Emerald and Diamond Tiara Goes Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
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The Emerald and Diamond Tiara Was Created for Princess Katharina Henckel von Donnersmarck Unique luxury Emerald and Diamond Tiara goes under the hammer on May 17 at one of the most important Magnificent & Noble Jewels auction by Sotheby’s in 30 years. The tiara was created with 11 pear-shaped rare Colombian emeralds that collectively weigh [...]
21 April 2011 
Andy Warhol’s Red-on-black Self-Portrait Could Fetch $40 Million
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Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait A 1986 self-portrait by Andy Warhol that was among the last of his paintings to be exhibited while he was alive is heading for the auction block, where it is estimated to sell for up to $40 million. Painted with acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, this is one of the of two [...]
14 April 2011 
Soviet Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule Sells For $2.9 Million at Sotheby’s Auction
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Soviet Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule A vintage Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule is headed back to its homeland with its new Russian owner, who bought the relic of the early days of human spaceflight for nearly $2.9 million during Sotheby’s auction Tuesday (April 12). Evgeny Yurchenko, chairman of the investment fund AS Popov, bid $2,882,500 (included the Buyer’s [...]
11 April 2011 
A Triptych Oil Painting by Chinese Artist Zhang Xiaogang Sold for $10.1 Million in Hong Kong
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A triptych oil painting by Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang sold for $10.1 million Auction giant Sotheby’s sold $447 million worth of Asian art, wine, watches and jewellery in its Asian spring sales. The centrepiece of auction in Hong Kong was an early triptych oil painting, Forever Lasting Love by renowned Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang sold [...]
24 March 2011 
Sotheby’s Says Hong Kong Spring Wine Auction May Fetch $10 Million
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1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild According to auctioneer Sotheby’s, a sale of fine wines in Hong Kong in April will fetch up to a record $10 million! In the wake of the success that the bottles of luxury are having in this part of the world, Sotheby’s expects a profit higher than for auction held in [...]
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