Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp Exceeds High Estimate to Bring $1.6 Million

NEW YORK, NY.- Old Masters Week opened today at Sotheby’s New York with the dedicated auction of Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp, which exceeded its high estimate in achieving $1,628,727 (est. $800,000/1.2 million). Many bidders competed in the room and by phone for drawings, furniture and decorations from Mr. Ryskamp’s private residences in New York City and Princeton, New Jersey, which resulted in several works greatly surpassing their pre-sale estimates. Mr. Ryskamp served as Director of The Pierpont Morgan [...]

Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp to Be Offered During Old Masters Week

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer drawings, furniture and decorations from the private residences of museum director and art collector Charles Ryskamp on 25 January 2011, as a highlight of Old Masters Week in New York. Mr. Ryskamp served as Director of The Pierpont Morgan Library, now The Morgan Library & Museum, and the Frick Collection for a combined total of nearly 30 years, helping to make both institutions among the most prestigious museums in New York City. He began [...]

Armenian Church Sues Getty Museum over Bible Pages

LOS ANGELES (AP).- The Armenian church has sued the J. Paul Getty Museum to demand the return of seven pages ripped from a sacred Armenian Bible dating back to 1256. The Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles. The lawsuit alleged the church had the Bible authenticated in 1947 or 1948 and it was returned with the pages missing. It states the identity of the thief was never determined. A spokeswoman [...]