Leading Indian Modernists at Saffronart’s 24-Hour Auction ’99 Modern Paperworks’

MUMBAI.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase a significant selection of works on paper by 22 Modern Masters at its next 24-Hour Auction. The selection includes works by leading Indian artists Tyeb Mehta, V.S. Gaitonde, F.N. Souza, Nasreen Mohamedi, Arpita Singh, Jogen Chowdhury and more. The auction, which begins on July 20, 2011 at 8.00 pm (IST), will take place online at www.saffronart.com. The aesthetic quality of the lots in this auction, coupled with their competitive estimates, offers [...]

Saffronart to Offer an Exceptional Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art at Auction

MUMBAI.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase an important selection of works by modern masters and contemporary artists at its annual Summer Online Art Auction. With a total of 65 lots, the auction includes a wide variety of paintings, sculptures and installations by leading artists including S.H. Raza, Tyeb Mehta, Jogen Chowdhury, Manjit Bawa, G. Ravinder Reddy, Bharti Kher and Jitish Kallat. The auction will take place online at www.saffronart.com on June 15-16, 2011. Saffronart’s 2011 [...]

Christie’s Sets Ilya Repin Record at the Start of Russian Art Week Sales in London

LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s claimed a new auction record for Russian artist Ilya Repin on Monday when his 1875 canvas “A Parisian Cafe” fetched 4.5 million pounds at the start of Russian art week in London. The large-scale canvas, depicting a bustling cafe crowded with well-heeled customers, had been expected to fetch 3-5 million pounds and fetched one of the highest prices of any painting at a specialist Russian sale. President of Christie’s Europe Jussi Pylkkanen delivers a speech beside a [...]

Historic Price Achieved for Arpita Singh’s “Wish Dream” at Saffronart Auction

NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its annual Winter Online Art Auction on December 9, 2010 with strong results that highlight the continued demand for important works with notable provenance. With a total of 80% of the 100 lots on offer selling, the auction brought an impressive $7.1 million. As anticipated, the lot illustrated on the catalogue’s front cover, a stunning mural made up of sixteen individual canvas panels by one of India’s most [...]

Saffronart Offers an Exceptional Collection of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art

NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase the works of 43 modern and contemporary Indian artists at its annual Autumn Online Art Auction. With a total of 90 lots, the sale offers collectors a broad selection of works including paintings, drawings, installations and sculptures, and will take place online at www.saffronart.com on September 8-9, 2010. Highlights of this sale include a wide range of paintings by modern masters like S.H. Raza, Jehangir Sabavala and [...]

Bonhams Appoint James Service as Senior Business Consultant in East Anglia

LONDON.- James Service has been appointed Senior Business Consultant in East Anglia by Bonhams, the international fine art auction house. His brief is to develop client business across the region from Bonahms regional headquarters at Bury St. Edmunds. Matthew Girling, Bonhams CEO Europe and the Middle East, commenting on the appointment, says: “We are delighted to welcome James Service to Bonhams. He will add significantly to our strength in East Anglia where he has spent most of his professional life [...]

Owston Collection Sale by Bonhams Raises AUS$13.1 Million

LONDON.- International fine art auction house Bonhams completed the sale of the Owston Collection (June 25 & 26) in Sydney, Australia, with a total of AUS$13.1 million. The two-day sale held in Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal attracted 1,400 people registered to bid. Australian bidders purchased over 80% of the collection, with overseas bidders buying the rest. Highlights of the sale included: • A rare set of twelve George III collector’s cabinets in which the great British naturalist Sir Joseph Banks [...]

Bonhams Appoints Dalia Stanley as Senior Specialist to New Australian Team

LONDON.- Bonhams announced today (24.6.10) that Dalia Stanley will join its Australian team as a Senior Specialist, an appointment that adds greatly to the company’s local strength. Bonhams is relaunching its business in Australia with the Owston Collection sale on June 25 and 26, to be followed by its first sale of Collectors Cars in the Spring. With the appointment of Dalia Stanley the company shows that its commitment to growing its Australian business with leading specialists continues apace. Dalia [...]

World-Record Price for Jehangir Sabavala at Saffronart Auction

MUMBAI.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its Summer Online Auction on June 17th, 2010 with impressive results, including a world-record price in auction for Jehangir Sabavala. With 81% of the lots on offer selling, the auction achieved a remarkable total of Rs 30 crores (USD 6.7 million), re-confirming the upward trajectory in the Indian art market. Within the first day of the two-day auction of Modern and Contemporary Indian art, several of the lots crossed their [...]

Painting of Haiti Capital to Sell at Bonhams to Aid Damaged Country

NEW YORK, NY.- An oil painting of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, by Louis Aston Knight (American, 1873-1948), is estimated to sell for $6,000-9,000 at Bonhams in New York and will aid AmeriCares, the nonprofit global health and disaster relief organization currently working in Haiti. Born in Paris, Louis Knight studied there under Robert-Fleury Lefebvre and his father, Daniel Ridgway Knight. He is known chiefly as a landscape painter and was the recipient of numerous awards during his lifetime. The [...]

Sale of Masterworks from Band Estate Carries Heffel Auction to $20.8-Million Sale

TORONTO.- Fifteen masterworks from the collection of Helen E. Band estate brought in a combined $10,494,024, and with the other 84 lots in Heffel’s second session of Fine Canadian Art, totaled $17.5-million. The first session featuring Canadian Post-War and Contemporary Art that occurred between 4 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. brought in $3.3-million. The two sessions combined totaled $20.8-million – the second highest total for a Canadian fine art auction. This sale also set a record for the most million dollar [...]