Schiele, Stella and Degas Among Highlights of Sotheby’s Taubman Sale
The artworks will tour Hong Kong and London first to drum up buyers for the Nov. 4 sale in New York.
View ArticleMapplethorpe Photograph Brings $478,000 at Auction
Robert Mapplethorpe's photograph "Man in Polyester Suit," which helped ignite the culture wars of the 1990s, far exceeded its estimate.
View ArticleEdith Wharton’s Silver Baby Rattle Up for Sale
The rattle, with a coral teething ring, carries a price of $16,500, including commission.
View ArticleQueen Victoria Really Didn’t Like That Biography
Queen Victoria wrote disparaging notes in a copy of a biography of her that is being auctioned in November.
View ArticleSting and Trudie Styler Prepare for Some Decluttering Via Christie’s
Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, are offering more than 200 works from their collection at a Christie's auction.
View ArticleTaubman Sales Sag Again
Martin Johnson Heade's “Great Florida Sunset” sold for $5.9 million, more than double the artist's auction record — but less than the estimate.
View ArticleWith Sotheby’s Sale, Minnesota Museum Reunites Martin Johnson Heade Paintings
"The Great Florida Sunset," which sold for $5.9 million on Wednesday to the museum, will be back together with “View From Fern-Tree Walk, Jamaica,” acquired in 2013. The paintings "were intended to...
View ArticleVast Collection of Second Empire Art to Be Sold by Christopher Forbes
The collection of about 3,000 items, begun by the publishing mogul Malcolm Forbes, will be sold next year.
View ArticleZhang Daqian Painting Sets Record at Sotheby’s Auction in Hong Kong
“Peach Blossom Spring” by Zhang Daqian sold in Hong Kong for $34.7 million, an auction record for the artist.
View ArticleLong-Lost Letter from Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac Headed to Auction (Again)
After some legal wrangling, a letter from Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac will be offered at auction.
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