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Alberto Giacometti Sculpture Hopes to Sell for at Least $19 Million

By timbaysinger • Jan 8th, 2010 • Category: Collect, News & Noteworthy

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 [...]



Gianni Versace Auction Expected to Fetch Upwards of £2 Million

By Affluent Page Editor • Feb 26th, 2009 • Category: Collect, News & Noteworthy

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 [...]



Rent the Record-Breaking $39 Million St. Barth’s Villa

By Jared Paul Stern • Oct 5th, 2008 • Category: News & Noteworthy, Travel

   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 [...]



Cubist Masterpiece by Picasso to be Sold by Sotheby’s

By Affluent Page Editor • Sep 26th, 2008 • Category: Collect, News & Noteworthy

Picasso’s Cubist Harlequin Withdrawn From Sotheby’s Sale “A Picasso Cubist painting that was to have been a star of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern art sale on Nov. 3 has been abruptly withdrawn from the auction. … It had been rumored for weeks that the work would be taken off the market because of fears that [...]



Sotheby’s to Auction Rare Indian and Southeast Asian Art

By Affluent Page Luxury Index • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Collect, News & Noteworthy

On September 19, Sotheby’s will auction 118 lots of rare (and rarely at auction) Indian and Southeast Asian paintings, miniatures and objects. The group is expected to fetch a total of between $2.3 and $3.2 million. Sotheby’s has experienced unusually high prices for traditional Indian art in recent years, as economic growth in India appears [...]