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Auction house appointed to sell £1.4m of art from the beleaguered airline's collection this month
The view of Dresden's Zwinger moat had been returned to the heirs of Max Emden and will now be offered for sale in London on 28 July
Art dealer did not pay up for painting bought at auction in 2017
Marathon online hi-tech auction was the first of its kind attempted by Sotheby's and totalled $363.2m, boosting confidence that a top-end market still exists
As part of a growing trend, Sotheby's is launching The Dealer's Eye, two sales of works consigned by nearly 40 Old Master galleries in London and New York
Airline has called in Sotheby's to value and sell at least ten pieces from its collection, which includes works by Damien Hirst, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig
The country's government had questioned the provenance of the artefact, forcing it to be pulled from a 2018 sale
The interior decorator was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for buying art from galleries, auction houses and collectors using his wealthy clients’ credentials
Coinciding with the auction house's New York sale room re-opening in June, the sale marks the first time female artists will comprise over two-thirds of the value of an evening auction
Artcurial, the first auction house to reopen, doubled its sale estimate as lockdown seems to have "sharpened" buyers' appetite
The co-founder of Art Agency, Partners will transition to a consultant role as Nina del Rio takes the helm of the auction house's advisory services
Chief executive Charles Stewart lays plans for the auction house’s flagship sales to be held in New York next month
Featuring galleries like Petzel, Lehmann Maupin and Jack Shainman, the buy-now marketplace transacts sales through the auction house at publicly listed prices
Christie's is also making salary cuts and has furloughed between 300-400 staff as lockdown closes auction houses and forces sales online
Move is in line with Christie's and Phillips which postponed their sales to late June, but Sotheby's is yet to announce when its auctions will actually happen
One of the most dynamic figures in the international expansion of Sotheby's in the 1960s and 1970s, descended from generations of collectors and men of action
As the Donald B. Marron collection goes to three dealers, the auction house is rethinking how it pitches for works
The work comes from the collection of the Norweigan shipping heir Hans Rasmus Astrup and is the second major coup for the auction house’s spring sales season
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The firm is also rolling its London June sales into one week for the first time in more than a decade
Auction house fields a steady contemporary evening sale in London
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“No fireworks” at last night's Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist art auction that featured three restituted works
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He chronicled the African American experience when white male abstraction ruled. Now record prices for his work are frequently reset
Christie's also holds its own at an auction of American furniture and folk art
Involvement from galleries and auction houses is on the rise as public institutions face dwindling government funds and increased scrutiny over toxic philanthropy
Two paintings by Signac and one by Pissarro are expected to fetch as much as £20m