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An Extremely Rare, Centuries-Old Italian Violin Hit a High Note at Auction, Selling for a Whopping $9.44 Million
An exceptionally rare Guarneri violin—so fabled that it has its own name, the Baltic—sold for $9.44 million (premium included) at auction on March 16, just shy of its $10 million estimate. The final sale price smashed the $3.6 million auction record for a Guarneri instrument (set in June 2022) to become the third-highest price paid […]
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Adam Lindemann’s Collection Rakes in $32 Million in an Unusual Christie’s Auction
It’s not every day that Christie’s sells Warhol paintings, a Jeff Koons sculpture, a Ducati motorcycle, a Royère sofa, and tribal art in a single sale. But it did yesterday as part of the sale of works from the collector Adam Lindemann, which brought in a total of $31.5 million for 36 lots, all of […]
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Christie’s Pulled In $202 Million at Its 20th/21st-Century Sales in London—But Not Many Buyers Went Big
Despite a tumultuous economic environment and the onset of yet another winter flu taking many people out of commission, Christie’s energetically kicked off London’s auction week today with two back-to-back evening sales bringing in £167.8 million ($202.2 million). The sales total falls within the house’s presale expectations of £128–190.3 million ($154.3–229.3 million), though not quite […]
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The Silent Consignors to the $506 Million London Auctions, From an Israeli Real Estate Tycoon to One of Mexico’s Richest Men
Presale estimates for the London series of Modern and Contemporary art sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips this February and March (starting on Tuesday, 28 February) are down 26 percent from last year. Whether that is part of a negative Brexit effect or just a sign of the times generally is hard to pin-point. Including […]
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Oceanfront Home, Where Architecture and Surf Join in ‘Natural Melody,’ Has Sold for $22 Million
Of all the Frank Lloyd Wright homes around the world, there is only one that sits on the ocean: the Mrs. Clinton Walker House. On Carmel Point near the town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, the extraordinary home just sold for its asking price of $22 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. Frank Lloyd Wright designed […]