KOLKATA: The three sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art by Christie’s in Hong Kong this season have realized HK$509,866,500 (US$65,670,805) with an overall sold rate of 70% by lot and 80% by value and demonstrated the strength of the market for works of superlative quality and provenance. Pola Antebi, Christie’s specialist head...
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Archive for May, 2012
Christie’s Chinese Ceramics and Works fetches $65670805
Constable on the auction block
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Christie’s to auction Renoir painting in London
LONDON — Christie’s auction house says it will sell Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Impressionist nude “Bagneuse” (“Bather”), which is valued at between 12 million pounds and 18 million pounds ($18 million and $28 million). The French master’s 1888 painting is part of a June 20 sale of Impressionist and modern art at Christie’s in London. The...
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Asia art sales dispel some, not all, China uncertainty
Reuters | 09:40 AM,May 31,2012 By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global auction house Christies sold HK$2.7 billion worth of Asian and Chinese art, wine and jewellery in its Hong Kong spring sales, a steady showing despite a gathering pall of economic uncertainty in the euro zone and China. Sales of Chinese porcelain...
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Miró’s Peinture (Étoile Bleue) expected to set record
An intensely blue painting, which the artist Joan Miró described as “la couleur de mes rêves“, (the colour of my dreams), is expected to set a new record for his work at a Sotheby’s auction next month, where it is estimated to sell for up to £20m. Miró, a Catalan artist born in Barcelona...
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Beyond The Scream: May Auction Highlights
The month kicked off with Sotheby’s historic sale of Edvard Munch’s The Scream, marking a new world record for a work of art sold at auction – but the excitement in the auction houses did not stop there. Auction records were broken around the world with many other highlights throughout the month leaving us...
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Tyeb Mehta, Khoj, Pakistani art to lead Christie`s Asian sale
New Delhi: The annual sale of South Asian modern and contemporary art June 11 in London by Christie`s will be led by an iconic art work by Tyeb Mehta, `Mahisasura` painted in 1996, rare paintings by a group of Pakistani artists, and photographs by Indian lensmen under the Khoj portfolio. The sale is estimated...
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Asia art sales dispel some, not all, China uncertainty
By James Pomfret HONG KONG | Thu May 31, 2012 9:40am IST HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global auction house Christie’s sold HK$2.7 billion worth of Asian and Chinese art, wine and jewellery in its Hong Kong spring sales, a steady showing despite a gathering pall of economic uncertainty in the euro zone and China....
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Asia art sales dispel some, not all, China uncertainty
By James Pomfret HONG KONG | Wed May 30, 2012 11:52pm EDT HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global auction house Christie’s sold HK$2.7 billion ($351.7 million) worth of Asian and Chinese art, wine and jewelry in its Hong Kong spring sales, a steady showing despite a gathering pall of economic uncertainty in the euro zone...
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Gallery Report: June 2012
Incised stoneware jug, $402,900, Pook Pook An incised, eagle decorated stoneware jug, made circa 1825-1830 by Absalom Stedman, 19 1/4 inches tall, sold for $402,900 at an auction held May 5 by Pook Pook in Downingtown, Pa. Also, an early 19th century New England scrimshaw whale’s tooth, 6 1/4 inches tall, coasted to $88,875;...
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