On March 23rd, Sotheby’s is set to auction off a rare imperial ‘zitan’ stand and base, at a projected $180,000 to $250,000.
Highly regarded as one of the most luxurious materials, zitan was only reserved for the upper ranks of the Imperial court. On this specific item, the artwork is nearly identical to one of the [...]
Beginning March 4 and continuing through the 9th (closed Sunday, March 7th), Sotheby’s will be exhibiting works from their upcoming Russian Art auctions.
Coinciding with the ‘L’année de la Russie en France’, this exhibition will take place in Paris and will feature works that will be sold at the upcoming April New York and June London [...]
A 5.16-carat Pear-Shaped Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond Ring will be the prize piece of Sotheby’s upcoming “Jewels and Jadeite” Spring Sale, taking place on April 7 in Hong Kong.
This rare gem, which is from an Important Private Collection, is the first of De Beers Millennium Blue Diamond Collection to be at auction. Estimated [...]
William Bouguereau’s L’Amour et Psyché will be the crown jewel of Sotheby’s upcoming auction.
Set to be part of the 19th Century European Art sale in New York on April 23, this recently discovered work by the French Academic painter is sold from a Distinguished Private Collection. It’s been off the market for almost fifty years [...]
Sotheby’s has 16 auctions on the docket for March, each one offering up something unique that you can’t find anywhere else.
Featuring sales in New York, Paris, London and Amsterdam, Sotheby’s has some of the most exquisite items for you to bid on. On the 8th, the “Bat Artventure Collection formerly known as The Peter Stuyvesant [...]
Highlighted by Niki de Saint-Phalle’s Lili ou Tony, which is estimated at €200,000-€300,000, Sotheby’s auction house’s sale of the former Peter Stuyvesant Collection (now property of British American Tobacco) is the largest sampling of post-war and contemporary art to go under the mallet in the Netherlands.
Set to take place in Amsterdam on March 8, this sale features [...]
On February 17th, London auction house Sotheby’s will hold this year’s Finest and Rarest Wines & Vintage Port.
One of the items up for auction is a 1982 Chateau Petrus. Estimated to go for between $20,000 and $24,000 (£12,500-£15,000), this bottle sports a sweet “leather” taste, and a soft cinnamon kick at the end. Sotheby’s describes [...]
As part of Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionistic & Modern Art next month, the Alberto Giacometti sculpture L’Homme qui marche I will go under the mallet. Set to take place February 3rd in London, this bronze masterpiece is expecting to fetch between $19-29 Million.
This will be the first time a Giacometti figure of a walking man in [...]
On March 18, Sotheby’s London is expected to fetch more than £2 million for the sale of an exquisite collection of paintings, sculptures and works from the late designer Gianni Versace’s Villa Fontalle, on Lake Cuomo, Italy, comprising of 550 lots.
The house was built by and eccentric visiting Englishman, Lord Charles Currie in 1776 [...]
A lavish villa in St. Barth’s which was just sold by Sotheby’s Int’l Realty for $39 million, setting a new record for the chic French West Indies resort, will be available for rent a few weeks out of the year for pre-qualified individuals. Completed late last year, Villa La Grande Maison des Etoiles, located in [...]
