SOTHEBY’S SALE OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE TOTALS $87,006,200 SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL EVER FOR A SALE OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS
EDWARD HICKS’ PEACEABLE KINGDOM WITH THE LEOPARD OF SERENITY ACHIEVES $9,673,000, A RECORD FOR A WORK OF AMERICAN FOLK ART AND A RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
14 ARTIST RECORDS WERE SET, INCLUDING WILLIAM MERRITT […]
Christie’s Important English, Continental and American Silver
New York - Thursday, 22 May 2008
Sale no: 2004 - Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold:
$3,733,888
£1,895,375
€2,363,220
Lots Sold: 231
Lots Offered: 271
Sold by Lot: 85%
Sold by $: 92%
Exchange Rate: £ = $1.97 / € = $1.58
Lot
Description
Estimate ($)
Purchase Price
Buyer
235
A Gold Table […]
PARADOX OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP EXPLORED AT WATCH AND CLOCK MUSEUM
COLUMBIA, PA: The National Watch and Clock Museum is hosting guest speaker Dr. Roger Lane to speak on “Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Paradox of Leadership” on June 28 at 2:00 p.m. Some FDR timepieces are part of the Time in Office Presidential Timepiece exhibit currently […]
Designed to inspire at Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Museum is showcasing the latest in contemporary Australian design with the launch of two new design exhibitions, Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award Exhibition 2007 and Design Now!, opening on 24 July 2008.
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE DESIGN DISCOVERY AWARD EXHIBITION 2007
Selected from over sixty of Australia’s finest contemporary designers, […]
TWO-DAY SALE AT PHILIP WEISS AUCTIONS REALIZES A RECORD $5.2 MILLION AS RARE STAMPS, PEANUTS COMIC STRIPS AND MORE BRING DIZZYING PRICES
The top lot was an exceptionally rare vertical coil pair of 1908 2-cent stamps that brought $644,100
(Oceanside, N.Y.) - Rare stamps, original “Peanuts” comic strips, rare books, autographs and more combined for a dizzying […]
NEW PEAKS REACHED IN THE AMERICAN ART MARKET AT CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK
$72.6 Million Sale Total The Highest For The Category At Christie’s
Monumental $17.74 Million Thomas Moran Wyoming Landscape More Than Doubles The Previous Auction Record For A 19th Century American Painting
Re-Discovered $6.31 Million Marsden Hartley Masterwork Sets New Record For American Modernism
$41.47 Million American Western […]
Christie’s Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
New York - Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Sale no: 2003 - Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold:
$72,598,750
£36,852,157
€46,537,660
Lots Sold: 111
Lots Offered: 140
Sold by Lot: 79%
Sold by $: 88%
Exchange Rate: £ = $1.97 / € = $1.56
Lot
Description
Estimate ($)
Purchase Price
Buyer
26
Thomas Moran, Green River of […]
SOTHEBY’S LONDON TO OFFER EXCEPTIONALLY RARE STUDY FOR HEAD OF GEORGE DYER BY FRANCIS BACON
– COMPELLING PORTRAIT OF THE LOVE OF THE ARTIST’S LIFE –
– IN THE SAME COLLECTION FOR OVER 40 YEARS –
SOTHEBY’S is delighted to announce that it will offer Study for Head of George Dyer, 1967 by Francis Bacon (1909-92) in its […]
The 2008 Antiquarian Book Fair is a bumper year for international exhibitors, with 160 major booksellers taking part, more than at any time this century. As always the Fair boasts something for everyone, no matter what your interest, there is bound to be a book about it.
Nineteenth century English literature is very […]
What’s On at Immigration Museum May to August 2008
We’re 10! Come Celebrate!
The Immigration Museum is celebrating its 10th birthday in 2008, with a special program of exhibitions and activities. For more information as the year progresses, watch this space and the website: museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum
Kimono: Osaka’s Golden Age
Discover breathtakingly beautiful kimono and accessories from the glory days […]
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