London holds its own in international picture sales
THOUGH it might no longer be the place where an international vendor would choose to sell a £20m Picasso or Van Gogh, London last week enhanced its reputation as a revenue for selling major-name Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art with a string of major results at Sotheby’s and Christie’s evening sales.
Sotheby’s had the slight edge this time round in terms of pure turnover, aggregating a premium-incl…