Another Contemporary Evening Sale … Hot Hot Hot
Tonight Sotheby’s presented their Contemporary sale in London and the results were even stronger than the competitions. Top lot tonight was Francis Bacon’s Portrait of George Dyer Talking at £42.2M ($70M – about twice what they expected). Second place was … More…
Contemporary Sales in London Continue
Tonight saw the second of several sales featuring art from the Contemporary side of the coin and as usual, the results were impressive. The sale featured 57 works, of which 47 found buyers (82.5%) and the total take was £87.97M ($144.6M). … More…
Richter Painting Leads Phillips’s $17 Million London Sale
Richter Painting Leads Phillips’s $17 Million London Sale – rthe contemporary auction action has started in London. On Monday Phillips started the show and some of the results were pretty good. A Lucien Smith painting brought £195K ($319K -during his first … More…
Another trove of art found in 2nd home of Nazi-era art dealer’s son
In addition to the 1,406 works that were recovered by German authorities in 2012 from Cornelius Gurlitt’s home in Munich, 60 more pieces have been found in Gurlitt’s residence in Salzburg, Austria. The newly found collection includes some major artists, … More…
Judge blocks plans to move Picasso painting from Four Seasons
Judge blocks plans to move Picasso painting from Four Seasons for fear that it will ‘crack like potato chips’ if not handled properly. A painted curtain by Pablo Picasso, which has hung in the hallway of the Four Seasons Restaurant … More…