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CHRISTIE'S POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART SALE TOPS THE £80 MILLION MARK Christie's evening
auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art held on February 14, 2012 in
London totalled £80,576,100 ($126,504,477 / EUR96,127,287) selling 95% by value
and 89% by lot.
CHRISTIE'S AUCTIONS OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART AND THE ART OF THE SURREAL IN LONDON The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
and the auction of Art of the Surreal held on February 7, 2012 at Christie's in
Londonn realised £134,999,400 / $213,299,052 / €162,269,279 selling 86% by
lotand 93% byvalue.Thesaleshadacombinedpre-saleestimateof£86.2millionto£127.1 million.
CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK SALES SERIES DEVOTED TO THE COLLECTION OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR ACHIEVES $156.8 MILLION ThelandmarkauctionsofTheCollectionofElizabethTaylorat Christie‟sNew YorkfromDecember3-17n 2001realizedacombinedtotalof$156,756,576(£100,324,209/ €120,702,563)withevery single item
sold.
HAUTE COUTURE AND FASHION ACCESSORIES FROM THE COLLECTION of liz taylor
The two-day sale series devoted to the haute couture, fashion and accessories portion of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor held by Christie's on December 14 and 15, 2011realized a combined total of $5,586,913 (£3,631,493/ €4,301,923).
WORLD RECORDS FOR FIRST PART OF LIZ TAYLOR'S JEWELS'S SALE The first part of the sale of Liz
Taylor's collection of jewels organised on December 13, 2011 by Christie's in
New York realized 115,932,000 USD, thus becoming the most valuable jewelry
auction in history with seven world records recorded during the evening.
CHRISTIE'S FALL HONG KONG SALES FETCH 366 MILLIONS USD Christie's Hong Kong Autumn auctions held until November 30, 2011 realized a combined total of HK$2.85 billion (US$366 million) across 12 sales of paintings, wine, jewels, watches and works of art. Link
GOOD SCORES FOR CHRISTIE'S POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART SALE Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale held on November 8, 2011 in New York, including the first part of the Peter Norton Collection, achieved $247,597,000 (£153,510,140/ EUR178,269,840) demonstrating the continuing appeal of this category among collectors worldwide.
SOTHEBY'S NOVEMBER 9 SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART FARES WELL
Despite the incumbent world crisis, Sotheby's sale of contemporary art held on November 9, 2011 in New York was a true success with record prices achieved for Clyfford Still and Gerhard Richter.
LEONARDO DA VINCI'S REDISCOVERED PAINTING SOON ON CNN A little earlier during this 2011 year, the art world was presented with an extremely rare
discovery -- a painting by Leonardo da Vinci to which CNN has been given access.
CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK NOV, 1, 2011 EVENING SALE Christie's Impressionist & Modern Art EveningSale held on November 1st 2011 in
New Yorkachieved$140,773,500(£88,687,305/ €102,764,655),withthreeworksofartsellingabovethe$10millionmark.
FABULOUS TREASURES THAT REMAIN TO BE DISCOVERED by Adrian Darmon Dozens of treasures worth
billions of dollars remain to be found in sunken ships and hidden places in many parts of the
world, a fabulous prospect for searchers who nevertheless must have huge
financial means to recover them, signalled Erick Surcouf, a descendant of the
famouscorsair Robert Surcouf who died
in 1827, in his book titled “Terrestrial and underwater treasures” (Arthaud Edition) published in
France in October 2011.
GERHARD RICHTER'S RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AT TATE MODERN Link
CHRISTIE'S OCTOBER SALES OF POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY AND ITALIAN ART IN LONDON
The evening auctions of Post-War & Contemporary Art Auction and The Italian Sale held by Christie's on October 14, 2011 in London realized a combined total of £55,630,000 / 87,672,880 / €63,473,83, the second highest total for an October sale in this city.
A PAINTING BY BRETON LOOTED 93 YEARS AGO RETURNED TO FRANCE Link
BARRY FLANAGAN'S EARLY WORKS AT TATE BRITAIN UNTIL JANUARY 2, 2012 Link
RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF JOSEF ALBERS' WORKS IN MODENA Link
DISCOVERY OF A MYSTERIOUS ART COLLECTION IN POLAND
Polish police have been trying to determine the provenance of a collection of 300 paintings worth millions of euros discovered in September 2011 in an outhouse belonging to a 92-year-old former bricklayer in the north-western city of Szczecin.
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