Sotheby’s sales of Russian art concluded this week bringing $95.5 million

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s global auctions of Russian Art in 2011 concluded this week realising a combined worldwide total for Russian Art sold by the company of $95.5 million, an increase of 16%($13.5 million) on our 2010 global total for sales in this field. This total of $95.5 million confirms Sotheby’s position as global leader in the market for Russian Art, for the ninth consecutive year. Discussing the results of Sotheby’s Russian Art Sales in 2011, Jo Vickery, Senior Director and Head [...]

One of the Greatest Venetian View Paintings by Francesco Guardi to Lead Sotheby’s Sale

LONDON.- On 6th July 2011, Sotheby’s London Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale will offer a selection of newly discovered and important works of exceptional quality and rarity, many of which have remained in private collections for decades. Estimated to reach a total in excess of £31 million, the auction of 73 paintings, led by a monumental Venetian view painting by Francesco Guardi, will feature masterpiece works by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Correggio, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, John Constable, Giovanni [...]

Pop! Christie’s Sets New World Auction Record for Lichtenstein Achieving $42.6 Million

NEW YORK, NY.- The Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art realized $272,873,000/£169,181,260 /€199,197,290, selling 93% by lot and 92% by value. The sale had a pre-sale estimate of $239.2 to $348.6 million with 75 lots. Buyer geography by lot was 63% American, 20% European, 4% Asian, and 13% other. Marc Porter, Chairman of Christie’s Americas, commented: “We welcomed an enthusiastic response from the global collecting community this evening, giving Christie’s the week’s highest total for Post-War and Contemporary Art evening [...]

Collectors Snap Up Museum-Quality Works by Established Artists at 41st Edition of Art Basel

BASEL.- This year, the 41st edition of Art Basel takes place in Basel, Switzerland, from June 16 through June 20, 2010. As the world’s premier art show, Art Basel marks the annual summer reunion of the international artworld, hosted by the city of Basel, which has been a cultural capital for centuries. More than 300 galleries from 37 countries on all continents show works by over 2,500 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Furthermore, our exhibitors present major works [...]

Sotheby’s Sells a Masterpiece by Ferdinand Hodler for CHF 4 Million

ZURICH.- Last night Sotheby’s Zurich sale of Swiss Art, held at its premises in Talstrasse 83, brought CHF 15,854,400, € 11,385,923, within the pre-sale estimate of CHF 13.5 million to 19.1 million, and featured masterpieces by Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti and Felix Vallotton, leading representatives of the innovative and avant-garde style in 20th century Swiss art. Discussing the sale, Urs Lanter, Sotheby’s Director and Swiss art expert, said: “We are extremely pleased that this evening´s sale achieved such solid results, [...]

Swiss Art Sale Features a Group of Paintings from a Swiss Private Collection

ZURICH.- On Monday, 14 June 2010, Sotheby’s in Zurich will be holding a spring auction under the heading of ‘Swiss Art’ at its premises in Talstrasse 83. 114 works representing Swiss artistic creativity of the early 20th century will come under the hammer. With an estimate of 13 million Swiss francs, the auction includes masterpieces by 57 artists, among them Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti and Cuno Amiet, a trio of leading representatives of the innovative and avant-garde style in 20th [...]