John Lennon’s ‘Love Me Do’ Guitar Found, and Is Up for Sale
The guitar that John Lennon used in "Love Me Do" has mysteriously ended up in Los Angeles.
View ArticleSteven A. Cohen Was Buyer of Giacometti’s ‘Pointing Man,’ for $141 Million
Mr. Cohen, a hedge-fund billionaire, bought another Giacometti work last year for $101 million.
View ArticleRare Klimt Portrait Brings $39 Million at Auction
The full-length “Portrait of Gertrud Loew,” painted in 1902, exceeded its high estimate at a Sotheby's auction in London.
View ArticleBeatles’ First Recording Contract Up for Auction
The Beatles' first recording contract, signed in Germany in 1961, is up for auction in September.
View ArticlePhillips and Sotheby’s Announce Strategic Moves
Phillips has appointed Hugues Joffre its new worldwide head of 20th century art, and Sotheby’s said it was opening its first office in India.
View ArticleSotheby’s S.E.C. Records Confirm Taubman Sale Guarantee
The company has confirmed that it has guaranteed roughly the full $500 million it expects to take in from its sale of the art collection of A. Alfred Taubman, its former chairman who died in April.
View ArticleSotheby’s Sale Includes Rare Early English Books (and Early English Dogs)
Sotheby's is selling the rare-books collection of Robert S Pirie, which is estimated to be worth more than $15 million.
View ArticleSchiele, 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.
View ArticleSchiele, 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.
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