Sotheby’s To Offer Claude Monet Work Estimated At £20-30 Million
An exceptionally rare and important view of Venice by Claude Monet, Le Grand Canal of 1908, will lead Sotheby’s forthcoming… Read More
9 January 2015
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Sotheby’s Achieves Record Year With Women The Unexpected Power Players
Sotheby’s has seen a notably intensified focus on the emergence of female power players in the art market in 2014…. Read More
23 December 2014
Sotheby’s Sets New World Record With Photography Auction
“175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation” auction held at Sotheby’s New… Read More
17 December 2014
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Nude Watercolour Sets Auction Record At Sotheby’s
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s watercolour painting, Venus Verticordia has sold this afternoon at Sotheby’s for £2,882,500 / $4,522,931, soaring above its… Read More
10 December 2014
Turner Masterpiece Sells For £30.3 million At Sotheby’s London Auction
Last night, at Sotheby’s London, one of the last great Turner masterpieces remaining in private hands set a world auction… Read More
4 December 2014
Privately Owned Turner Masterpiece Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London 3rd December 2014 Evening sale of ‘Old Master & British Paintings’ is set to be a major highlight… Read More
2 December 2014
Outgoing Sotheby’s Chief William F. Ruprecht Gets $4 Million Severance
Following the announcement by Sotheby’s on Thursday November 19th that William F. Ruprecht, their chairman and chief executive of Sotheby’s… Read More
26 November 2014
Henri Matisse Portrait Of Famous Muse Could Fetch £12 Million At Sotheby’s
An exquisite portrait by Henri Matisse depicting Princess Nézy-Hamidé Chawkat, the great granddaughter of the last Sultan of Turkey, Odalisque… Read More
25 November 2014
Sotheby’s Chief William F. Ruprecht Resigns After Pressure From The Board
It was announced by Sotheby’s on Thursday (November 19) that William F. Ruprecht, their chairman and chief executive of Sotheby’s… Read More
23 November 2014
Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4m Painting Sets New Record Price For A Female Artist At Sotheby’s
The $15 million or £9.5 million estimate for Georgia O’Keeffe’s work was shattered after a rather intense bidding war between… Read More
22 November 2014
Rediscovered Epic Masterpiece By Makovsky Up For Auction At Sotheby’s
This November, Sotheby’s Russian Art auctions will commence with Konstantin Makovsky’s last great masterpiece: a monumental six-metre canvas which celebrates… Read More
20 November 2014
Early Bird’s Eye Landscape Up For Auction At Sotheby’s Old Masters Sale
Sotheby’s London will offer the earliest known bird’s-eye view painting of a British garden for $950,000 or £600,000 at its… Read More
13 November 2014
Jasper Johns’ Flag Fetches $36 Million At Sotheby’s And Sets New Auction Record
Co-Head of Sotheby’s Global Contemporary Art Department Alexander Rotter, commented to Art Daily: “It has been a wonderful start to… Read More
12 November 2014
Sotheby’s Bunny Mellon Auction Sells Out With £100 Million Haul
Sotheby’s placed under the hammer the prestigious collection of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon on Monday night, the auction houses experts called… Read More
11 November 2014
Leading Artists In Sotheby’s Charity Auction For Elton John AIDS Foundation
A large number of leading contemporary artists have very generously donated no less than 12 artworks, all of which will… Read More
10 November 2014
Alberto Giacometti $101m Chariot Sculpture Leads Sotheby’s Modern Sale
Sotheby’s Autumn Impressionist and Modern sale in New York has realised $422 million, against presale expectations of $316.5–424.9 million. This… Read More
5 November 2014
Sotheby’s And Christie’s In Egon Schiele Restitution Roulette
On November 5th, Christie’s is auctioning a 1910 Schiele watercolor ‘Town on the Blue River’. The auction house is doing… Read More
28 October 2014
Sotheby’s In High Court Over Alleged Misattribution Of Caravaggio
A highly contentious dispute has some of the world’s most prominent Caravaggio experts lining up to take sides in high… Read More
27 October 2014
Giacometti And Rothko On View At £500 Million Sotheby’s Show
Alberto Giacometti’s painted bronze ‘Chariot’, which was one of six that the Swiss artist created in the 1950s, is expected… Read More
13 October 2014
Andy Warhol: Iconic Superstar Women Auctioned At Sotheby’s New York
Sotheby’s is presenting a large selection of ‘Warhol’s Women’, portraits of iconic superstars and muses, November 11-12, as part of… Read More
11 October 2014
Effie Gray: Sensual Rossetti Masterpiece Venus Verticordia Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s will be offering Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s watercolour version of Venus Verticordia in London on 10 December 2014. The Pre-Raphaelite… Read More
9 October 2014
Jeff Koons Sculpture Opens The Bidding War At Christie’s and Sotheby’s
Two major sculptures by the American artist Jeff Koons will go under the hammer at Christie’s and Sotheby’s this Autumn…. Read More
3 October 2014
Vincent Van Gogh Still Life Could Realise £50m At Sotheby’s Auction
A stunning still-life painting by the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh could realise £50m when it goes under the hammer… Read More
27 September 2014
Beyond Limits 2014: Sotheby’s Annual Selling Exhibition At Chatsworth House Announced
This years Beyond Limits, Sotheby’s selling exhibition, held in the historic grounds of Chatsworth, ancestral seat of the Duke and… Read More
4 September 2014
Sotheby’s Announces 22% Rise In Half Year Sales Figures
Auction sales at Sotheby’s during the first half of 2014 have grown faster than any other international house. With a… Read More
16 July 2014
Sotheby’s Lands £100m Paul And Bunny Melon Estate Sale
This Autumn, a series of sales at Sotheby’s will offer for sale one of the most important single owner collections… Read More
1 July 2014
Record Price For Francis Bacon Triptych And Peter Doig At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London was again breaking records this evening when a rare Francis Bacon triptych of George Dyer attracted bids from… Read More
1 July 2014
Claude Monet Water Lilies Achieves £31m At Sotheby’s Evening Sale
Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London has achieved a total of £121,957,000 / $207,875,707 / €152,555,889… Read More
24 June 2014
Impressionism To Street Art Leads Summer Sales At Christies, Sotheby’s And Bonham’s
The Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s 23rd June 2014 combines an outstanding level of quality across the… Read More
19 June 2014
Claude Monet Water Lilies Set To Fetch £20-30m At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London is offering as a highlight of the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on Monday 23rd June 2014… Read More
12 June 2014
Sotheby’s Appropriate Banksy For Unauthorised Retrospective Exhibition
It may sound like an unsuitable coupling but Sotheby’s S|2 is to present the first, unauthorised, retrospective exhibition of works… Read More
2 June 2014
Christie’s And Sotheby’s Impressionist And Modern Sales Soar In NY
Christie’s NY Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on Tuesday, May 6, has realised $285,879,000 (£168,668,610/€205,832,880), selling 89% by… Read More
8 May 2014