Sotheby’s lead Imps & Mods week with £17.5m Monet 20 June 2013 A painting of a Venetian palace by Claude Monet (1840-1926) led the latest round of Impressionist and Modern art auctions in London.
£440,000 Russian record set in South London 18 June 2013 Setting a major house record at South London auctioneers Rosebery’s, this oil painting by Léon Bakst (1866-1924) drew eight interested parties at the West Norwood saleroom last week.
Major Fragonard portrait at Bonhams 17 June 2013 Bonhams have announced that they have secured potentially the most valuable lot among the works being sold from the Dr. Gustav Rau collection.
Cyril Power leads Bloomsbury prints sale 14 June 2013 A rare linocut by Cyril Power (1874-1951) leads the sale of Modern & Contemporary prints at Bloomsbury Auctions in London on June 27.
Rare painting of occult magician takes £7500 in Nottingham 13 June 2013 A large depiction of a magician commanded significant attention at Mellors & Kirk’s sale in Nottingham earlier today.
£7m Madonna helps Russian art to reach a five-year high 07 June 2013 The latest series of Russian art auctions in London set a combined hammer total of £42.7m to make it the most lucrative since the market peaked in June 2008.
Regatta drawing sails to new high for Lowry work on paper 31 May 2013 A pencil drawing by LS Lowry (1887-1976) set an auction record for a work on paper by the artist this week, selling for £175,000.
Museums announce major purchases 28 May 2013 The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has purchased the self-portrait by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-69) which is now known as Rembrandt Laughing.
Christie’s toast ‘highest total in auction history’ 16 May 2013 Christie’s evening sale of Contemporary art in New York last night posted a hammer total of $435.5m (£294.2m).
Contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s posts $250m total 15 May 2013 Barnett Newman (1905-70) and Gerhard Richter (b.1932) starred at Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary art last night as the run of strong performing sales in this sector showed little sign of abating.
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