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Christie’s and Sotheby’s Compete in London Art Sales Amid Market Uncertainty
In a string of London art sales this March, Christie’s and Sotheby’s competed to collect unprecedented prices at auction. Their efforts were not wasted. Christie’s brought in a record USD 334 million during its 20th/21st Century Art series, and Sotheby’s bagged $297.2 million during its modern and contemporary sales in…
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Never-Before Sold Artwork by René Magritte Estimated to Shatter Record at $60 Million
René Magritte, L’empire des lumières, c. 1961. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. A classic Surrealist painting by René Magritte will go under the hammer for the first time since its creation in 1961. L’empire des lumières (The Empire of Light) belongs to a series of similar artworks but has never been…
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Virtual Fine Art Auction From Sotheby’s Reaches $192.7 Million
Unexpected results came in for one of the last major Sotheby’s auctions of the summer, held on July 28th, 2020, in London. 65 works came under the hammer, broadcast to bidders via live stream. The sale, called “Rembrandt to Richter,” brought together many leading names in art from the last…