Archive for the ‘Christies’ Category

Carla Bruni furious as Christie’s release nude photo on eve of Sarkozy’s state visit to Britain

It’s not the look you would normally associate with a First Lady. So the new Mrs Nicolas Sarkozy – former [...]

£5m surprise as lost Jean-Antoine Watteau masterpiece reappears

An 18th-century masterpiece long presumed to have been destroyed has been found languishing in the corner of an English country [...]

Best of Brit Art up for auction

Early prints by some of the best-known proponents of Brit Art are to be sold at Christie’s in London on [...]

Sotheby’s to bring home the Bacon–and Sonnabends too?

The late Ileana Sonnabend had a great eye, but no estate can outrun the taxman, and now her art collection [...]

Christie’s to auction Sainsbury collection

LONDON (Reuters) – Christie’s will offer for sale the private collection of the late Simon Sainsbury, estimated to be worth [...]