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…