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…