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Unseen for 70 years, LS Lowry painting heads to auction
In 1916, artist British artist LS Lowry (1887-1976) looked out at the Acme Spinning Company’s Pendlebury mill and unexpectedly found inspiration. From that scene, Lowry painted The Mill, Pendlebury in […]
Warhol’s ‘Athletes’ series heads to auction alongside other works from the Richard L. Weisman collection
‘I personally don’t like to limit the scope of my collecting – I just love the art.’ Richard L. Weisman, a businessman who passed away last year, once made that […]
The beloved collection of I.M. and Eileen Pei heads to auction, estimated to bring in $25 million
I.M. Pei is easily one of the most important architects of the past 50 years, if not the last century. At 102, he passed away earlier this year in May […]
Sotheby’s and Christie’s go head to head with simultaneous Banksy auctions
Two unrelated Banksy auctions are scheduled to run simultaneously at Sotheby’s and Christie’s bringing some of the artist’s best-known works to the auction block. As the gavel fell at a […]
Nicolas de Staël could fetch €25 million at Christie’s
Christie’s might do it again. That is, they might break a record set with a painting by Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955) they sold in a New York auction for $12.1 […]
Despite Egyptian protests, sculpture of Tutankhamun sells for £4.7 million
Estimated to reach as much as £4 million at auction, a partial statue of the Egyptian god Amen in the likeness of Tutankhamun ultimately realized more than £4.7 million (£5.97 […]
Egypt tries to halt the sale of a statue resembling Tutankhamun
On July 4th, a partial bust of Tutankhamun is set to lead ‘The Exceptional Sale’ at Christie’s London; however, Egyptian authorities are trying to halt the auction for fear that […]
