Watch as Grégoire Billault dissects Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 'Black' and 'Jazz', exceptional artworks created at the height of his success. Both works are on offer from the estate of celebrated collector Enrico Navarra in our Contemporary Art Evening Auction https://bit.ly/31EHJyP
Watch as our own Michael Macaulay explores the origins of 2 monumental works by titans of abstraction: Brice Marden & Clyfford Still. On offer from the Baltimore Museum of Art, the works are highlights of our Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 28 October. https://bit.ly/34pUeAh
Heritage Auctions' #PowellMillerT206Collection event finally came to a close, the successful bidders paid $3,588,409 — almost $1 million more than pre-auction estimate.
This T206 Eddie Plank @PSAcard EX-MT 6 sold for $312,000!
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Learn the fascinating history behind the Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica Concepts, a trio of incredible automotive & sculptural design that will be offered in partnership w/ @rmsothebys as a single lot in our Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 28 Oct https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/efficiency-equals-beauty-the-soft-spoken-stylist-behind-the-stunning-alfa-romeo-b-a-t-concepts?cmp=social____twitter_rm_alfa_bats_ctp_eve_23-oct-2020
Crisp air, falling leaves, pumpkins galore - it must be Fall!
But this is one pumpkin you may not want to mess with. Here we have THE prop pumpkin bomb from Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film! #spiderman https://bddy.me/3omwYuY
November 14 Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Sale
Uncover the Crex Collection, an institutional model of groundbreaking Minimal and Conceptual Art, featuring Robert Ryman's extraordinary 'Branch' - a highlight of our Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 28 October in #NYC. https://bit.ly/3meo6pg
Join our own Grégoire Billault as he discusses multifaceted artist Jean Dubuffet before 'Rue Tournique Bourlique' and 'Le Messager' head to the auction block in our Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 28 October in NYC, on offer from the Brooklyn Museum. https://bit.ly/2IU93m9
#HiroshiSuzuki is known for his exquisite silver creations, the complex forms of which are created from a flat sheet of #silver. This #Sakura Vase is one of the pieces by the artist currently available at our Showroom. https://bit.ly/35pnuGB #SothebysShowroom #adriansassoon
This secretary cabinet was the top price of the "Dalva Brothers: Parisian Taste In New York" auction and sold for $1,134,000. Listen all about it with #curiousobjectspodcast @AntiquesMag
In the course of a scientific investigation, one of the many #secrets of #LeonardodaVinci's most famous work – the #MonaLisa – has come to light:
I loved looking into the history of this museum: Israeli museum of Islamic art puts cultural tolerance first - https://on.ft.com/3mcExCn via @FT
The catalogue for our sale of 'The Ultimate Whisky Collection Part II + More' is now online. Lot 1 is The Red Collection, a new classic aged collection of single malt from @The_Macallan Distillery. Full details here: https://bit.ly/31BImcC
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Our Head of 20th Century Design, Laetitia Contat Desfontaines, shares her expert #design picks from our new London Showroom: https://bit.ly/35nOczu #SothebysShowroom
A fine selection of diamonds, precious gemstones and iconic designs from luxury houses await at Fine Jewels online sale! Open for bidding today through 29 Oct.
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#Auctionupdate Mario Merz's 'Untitled' (1971) achieved £250,000. The work is a serene meditation on one of the artist's favourite themes: the Fibonacci sequence.
#Auctionupdate Luciano Fabro's 'Struttura ortogonale assoggettata ai quattro vertici a tensione' achieved £300,000. Fabro sought to reveal the inherent mystery of his base media, awakening his viewers to the rich, alchemical power of the everyday materials and structures.
#Auctionupdate Next up is our Thinking Italian Art and Design sale. #AlighieroBoetti's 'Mappa' sells for £1,702,500. Born in the industrial city of Turin, Italy, in 1940, Alighiero Boetti came to prominence as part of the Arte Povera movement in the late 1960s.
Bidding is NOW open on this 2021 #FerrariRoma, one of the earliest production models to be delivered to North America. On offer in an #onlineonly auction by @rmsothebys w/ support from @adamlevine & @BeePrinsloo, all proceeds will benefit
@SavetheChildren https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/future-ferrari-a-once-in-a-lifetime-auction-of-the-most-advanced-ferrari-gt-opens-soon?cmp=social____twitter_rm_ferrari_charity_auction_22-oct-2020
#Auctionupdate Steven Shearer's 'Brother' achieved £125,000, a world auction record for the artist. The work successfully captures the idealism, awkwardness and the hero-worship of youth, themes informed by Shearer's years as a teenage metal fan in suburban Vancouver.
#Auctionupdate Peter Doig's 'Boiler House' sells for £13,895,500. Laced with art-historical resonance – from Cézanne, Bonnard and Munch to Mondrian and Richter – it is a rhapsody on the theme of memory that lies at the heart of Doig's oeuvre.
#AuctionUpdate David Hockney's 'Portrait of Sir David Webster' achieved £12,865,000 in our Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale tonight in London. Proceeds from the sale will contribute towards raising essential funds for the @RoyalOperaHouse
#Auctionupdate Marina Abramovic's 'The Life' achieved £287,500. The work is a fusion of art and technology and the only one of its kind to be presented at auction.⠀
#Auctionupdate Up next is our Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening sale. Daniel Richter's 'Tarifa' achieved £1,162,500. The large-scale work takes inspiration from a newspaper article photograph from the summer of 2000.
You are invited! Join us Friday, October 23, at 10:00 AM EDT, for a live virtual preview of exhibition highlights from our Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary Art Auctions in #NewYork. RSVP here! https://bit.ly/3klEhRf
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Scientific pioneers, including Louis Pasteur, make their mark on Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 12 Manuscripts Event
Their private missives and public pronouncements available in this sale often helped shape the modern world and our understanding of it.
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