Million Dollar Bouquet Of Roses?
The original high estimate of $46,000 for this Henri Fantin-Latour “Bouquet of Roses” painting could border on the ridiculous. Some independent experts are predicting it will sell for $775,000, or...
View ArticleRare J.M.W. Turner Watercolor At Bonhams
Some 127 years have passed since J.M.W. Turner’s watercolor of Kirkby Lonsdale Churchyard last came to auction. Previously in the collection of an English shipping titan who owned 57 of Turner’s...
View ArticleJuan Gris–And Elizabeth Taylor–Lead Impressionist Sale
Of the 51 lots that Christie’s will offer at its Impressionist & Modern Art auction in London on February 7th, the standout is “Le livre (the book), ” a transitional work by Juan Gris that the...
View ArticleRare Complete Audubon Octavo Offered
Most original octavo editions of Audubon’s famous Birds of North America were broken up as individual pictures were extracted and sold separately. The Waverly Auction house of Virginia is selling a...
View ArticleCezanne “Card Player” Leads Christie’s Sale
All the big guns will be represented at Christie’s Impressionist & Modern art sale on May 1st, which kicks off their spring series of art auctions in New York. Works by Monet, Matisse, Picasso, and...
View ArticleRenoir Found At Flea Market For Sale
It is the kind of story that drives a million flea market dreams. For a few dollars, a woman in West Virginia bought a box of doodads including a small painting in a nice gold frame. She liked the...
View ArticleJP Morgan’s Jewel Collection Catalog For $130,000?
Collectors are accustomed to paying for glossy catalogs but nothing like the $130,000 Christie’s estimates will be bid just for a catalog, that is prints of JP Morgan’s jewelry and objets d’art...
View ArticleMaritime Art At Bonhams
In the mid-19th century, when sailing vessels ruled the seas, stormy voyages were a favorite theme of maritime artists. One of the most accomplished was James Edward Buttersworth, whose masterpiece may...
View ArticleRare Pissarro Leads Bonhams Impressionist Sale
Impressionist Camille Pissarro painted just two depictions of the Normandy coastline, and the whereabouts of only one is known. That would be “Falaises aux Petites-Salles,” which will be the highlight...
View ArticleCraven Heifer Portrait Sells For Fat Price
She was, in fact, just a fat cow, but this “Craven Heifer” was England’s heftiest heifer ever. She weighed 4,368 pounds, was 11-feet long, stood 7-feet tall and became famous as she toured England for...
View ArticlePre-Raphaelite Record In London
Victorian and British Impressionist Art isn’t a huge category, but today in London it was an exceptionally lucrative one. The $22.4m that a buyer paid at Christie’s for a work on paper by Sir Edward...
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