A. Alfred Taubman’s $500m Art Collection To Be Sold At Sotheby’s
The disgraced Collector and former owner of Sotheby’s, A. Alfred Taubman’s art collection will be sold in a series of… Read More
5 September 2015
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First Sotheby’s Now Phillips Announces eBay Partnership
eBay and Phillips have announced a new partnership that unites the world’s most vibrant online marketplace with the contemporary art… Read More
4 September 2015
Sotheby’s To Launch Full Scale Operation In Mumbai India
Robin Woodhead, Chairman of Sotheby’s International, has announced the strategic appointments in the Company’s Indian business and the opening of an… Read More
31 August 2015
Third Made in Britain Auction Announced For Sotheby’s
The forthcoming Made in Britain auction has been announced by Sotheby’s. It is the third edition of a sale uniquely… Read More
17 August 2015
US Overtakes China As Leading Auction Marketplace For Art
The United States has again overtaken China as the world’s leading marketplace for art at auction. After a record 2015 the… Read More
3 August 2015
Tim Marlow Curates Exhibition Celebrating A Decade Of Sculpture At Chatsworth
In celebration of its tenth annual exhibition of monumental outdoor sculpture at Chatsworth, Sotheby’s has invited respected art historian and… Read More
30 July 2015
Winnie the Pooh Sketch Goes Under The Hammer With £50k Estimate
A lost original drawing by the well known illustrator E H Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet standing beneath Owl’s house, staring at a… Read More
10 July 2015
Sotheby’s Record Breaking Impressionist And Modern Art Sale Achieves £178.6m
Sotheby’s June 2015 Evening Sale Impressionist & Modern Art sale has achieved £178.6m / $ 282.1m / €250.9m. This is the Second-Highest Total for… Read More
24 June 2015
Degas Iconic Little Dancer Sculpture To Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Petite danseuse de quatorze ans by Edgar Degas will feature in the forthcoming Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s in… Read More
11 June 2015
Francis Bacon: First Look At Pope Set For Sotheby’s Auction
A work from of Francis Bacon’s most famous series of paintings, of seated and often screaming popes, is to go… Read More
8 June 2015
Important Gustav Klimt Portrait To Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s London
An important Portrait by the Secessionist artist Gustav Klimt is to go under the hammer following a settlement between the Felsovanyi Heirs… Read More
4 June 2015
Edouard Manet’s Study For Le Bar aux Folies-Bergere Auctioned
A study of ‘Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère’, one of the best known works by the artist Edouard Manet, is to go under… Read More
3 June 2015
Lucian Freud Painting Gifted To Duchess ‘Debo’ For Sotheby’s Auction
The work Four Eggs on a Plate, 2002, was given to the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, affectionately known as… Read More
31 May 2015
Picasso Ceramics Collection Of Granddaughter Marina To Be Sold At Sotheby’s
Unique ceramics by Pablo Picasso belonging to the artist’s granddaughter, Marina Picasso will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this summer…. Read More
25 May 2015
Sotheby’s Reports 127 Percent Increase in First Quarter 2015
Sotheby’s, which has gone through major board changes in the last six months has reported a 127% Increase in First… Read More
11 May 2015
Georgia O’Keeffe: Will White Lily Set Another Auction Record?
In November 2014 the $15 million, or £9.5 million estimate for a Georgia O’Keeffe work was shattered after a rather… Read More
5 May 2015
Francis Bacon Self-Portraits Resurface And Are Expected To Fetch £30m
Two Francis Bacon self-portraits not seen by the public for some time are going on public display after resurfacing in… Read More
27 April 2015
Picasso Sculptures From The Lola Sarnoff Collection To Be Auctioned
The collection of the highly regarded sculptor and philanthropist Lolo Sarnoff will be presented over several several sales in New York and London… Read More
22 April 2015
A. Alfred Taubman Former Jailed Chairman Of Sotheby’s Dies
A. Alfred Taubman, the self-made billionaire/developer of the modern shopping centre, who was jailed for commission fixing and collusion with Christie’s
21 April 2015
Made in Britain Auction At Sotheby’s Creates Ten New World Records
Sotheby’s Made in Britain sale, a dedicated auction celebrating the diversity of British art from 1900 to today has created ten… Read More
27 March 2015
Andy Warhol’s First Studio Lease Up For Auction At Sotheby’s On April 1
On April 1st a piece of art history will be available to purchase for anyone with $12,000 spare; as the… Read More
26 March 2015
Samuel Goldwyn Art Collection Goes Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Modern art masterpieces from The Samuel Goldwyn family Collection will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s, in a series of… Read More
19 March 2015
Sotheby’s Appoints Tad Smith as President And CEO Ending Speculation
After a rocky year with investors, a near coup d’état, and lower than expected profits Sotheby’s has announced Tad Smith… Read More
16 March 2015
Sotheby’s Rembrandt To Warhol, London Print & Multiples Sale For 17 March
From Rembrandt to Warhol, is a veritable roll call of leading artists taking the stage at Sotheby’s London sale of… Read More
16 March 2015
Global Art-marketing: Where The Crowned Kings Of Auctioneering Find Their Sovereignty
In my best Sam the Eagle voice: “Sales is vanity, profit is sanity”. Splashed all over the art newspapers this week were Christie’s
13 February 2015
Gerhard Richter Record Price For Europe’s Top Living Artist At Sotheby’s
Last evening’s Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary Art in Europe was led by Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild which established a new record for the artist
12 February 2015
Misattributed John Constable Purchased for £3,500 At Christie’s Sells At Sotheby’s For £3.4m
We reported on the 9 January that a painting by John Constable misattributed and sold for a fraction of its… Read More
30 January 2015
Claude Monet’s ‘L’Embarcadère’ Up For Auction At Sotheby’s London
Claude Monet’s acclaimed work ‘L’Embarcadère’, 1871, is to be offered at Sotheby’s forthcoming London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale… Read More
26 January 2015
Francis Bacon Rare Double Self-Portrait For Sotheby’s Auction
Sotheby’s London will offer Francis Bacon’s hugely rare Two Studies for Self-Portrait 1977, which is estimated to sell for £13… Read More
22 January 2015
Rauschenberg And Fontana Highlights Of Sotheby’s Auction Of Hoglund Collection
Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale in London on February 10 will feature works by artists like Lucio Fontana, Robert Rauschenberg and… Read More
21 January 2015
Caravaggio Misattribution Lawsuit: Court Clears Sotheby’s Of Professional Negligence
The court case involving a painting by the Italian baroque master Caravaggio, which Sotheby’s sold for a fraction of its… Read More
17 January 2015
Rare Louis Grandchamp Des Raux Collection For Auction At Sotheby’s
The Louis Grandchamp des Raux collection of French 17th and 18th century paintings is to go under the hammer at… Read More
16 January 2015