Acquavella’s Francis Bacon’s Works Steal the Sale at Sotheby’s in London
Francis Bacon’s Works Steal the Sale at Sotheby’s in London – Here is Carol Vogel’s take on the recent Contemporary sales in London. Like I said in my reports, there was very little ‘fire’ in these sales … too much mediocre … More…
Final For Tonight’s Sale – Crickets Are Chirping
Well, the balance of this sale was rather lackluster … in fact, at times the bidding was so quiet (or nonexistent) that you could hear the crickets chirping outside! Hopefully is was a good lesson for the salerooms that it … More…
More on Tonight’s Sale – Having Trouble
The action continues to move at a very slow pace, with couple of exceptions (prices shown are hammer) – Soulages Peinture, 21 novembre 1959 made £3.8M (est. £2-£3M) and Gursky’s Chicago Board of Trade III made £1.8 ( est. £600-£800) while … More…
Officials Seize a Picasso Offered for Sale in New York
Picasso’s Compotier et Tasse was seized by federal officials last week at the request of the Italian government. The owner of the work, Gabriella Amati, used schemes “to embezzle Naples’ (Italy) tax revenue.” The work, valued at $11.5 million, was offered … More…
Tonight’s Post-War & Contemp Sale In London – The Beginning
So the competition offered their selection of works tonight and the question on my mind was … would it do better than last night’s? Things seemed to be moving along through lot 6 works (all selling); but then Grotjahn’s Untitled … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Joseph Caraud’s “The Pet Canaries”
The Pet Canaries. Here is a great paintings by Joseph Caraud (1821-1905) that we had the pleasure of selling twice. The painting is titled The Pet Canaries and was done in 1875 … the quality, condition, subject matter and period … More…
Duchess Portrait Missing Since WWII Returns to Her Heirs
Duchess Portrait Missing Since WWII Returns to Her Heirs – It is always nice to read when another ‘missing’ work of art turns up and is returned to the rightful owner’s family. This Angelica Kauffmann went missing in Poland during WW … More…
Basquiat Sells for $29 Million, Contemporary Sales Start
Basquiat Sells for $29 Million, Contemporary Sales Start – here is Scott Reyburn’s take on last night’s Contemporary sale in London. Like I said yesterday, the sale was very selective; but when the right work appeared it made a strong price … More…
Final Post for Tonight’s London Sale
Lots 54 – The End: More of the same for the remainder of the sale. In this group the top lot was the Chillida at £3.6M (it carried one of those ‘estimate on request’ estimates) and only one of the … More…
More on The Post-War & Contemp Sale in London
Lots 26 – 42 saw some ups and downs. A de Kooning hit the upper end of its estimate at £2.5M, while a little Lucien Freud blew past its estimate of £120K-£180K to sell for £420K. on the flip side an Auerbach and … More…
Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale – So Far
The action started off real strong with the first 11 lots either meeting or beating their estimate — Peter Doig’s Jetty made £6.5M (hammer – est £4-£6M) and de Stael’s Marseille bringing £2.7M (est. £1-£1.5M). Then the water began to … More…
Louis Aston Knight – Alain Fleischer | Normandy Impressionist Festival
Louis Aston Knight – Alain Fleischer | Normandy Impressionist Festival. The Louis Aston Knight exhibition opened this week at the Musee d’Art, Historie et Archeologie, Evreux. The gallery was able to secure 10 works for this exhibition — 6 from … More…
Bacon Model, $23 Million Basquiat Top Contemporary Sales
Bacon Model, $23 Million Basquiat Top Contemporary Sales – yes, the auction action in London continues this evening with the Contemporary sales. The press has noted that another $1B worth of art may change hands in the UK this month … … More…
Hedge Fund Nomad (Kashya Hildebrand) Turns Art Dealer, Opens Her U.K. Gallery
Hedge Fund Nomad Turns Art Dealer, Opens Her U.K. Gallery – After you make BIG bucks in the financial world what else is there to do? I know, become an art dealer … as we all know, these days you need … More…