For some time now, Sotheby’s has been holding a series of wine sales devoted to great collections. On March 31st, the auction house will offer the latest and ninth in the series, which kicks off its spring season in Hong Kong and focuses on a fine American collection. Leading the sale will be a case of Chateau Petrus 1982 (est. $38,642-$48,947), and five lots of Chateau Lafite 1982 (est. $36.114-$49,012).Apart from the high value Bordeaux, there’s a substantial offering of Champagne, with premier vintages from Louis Roederer Crystal, Dom Perignon and Veuve Cliquot La Grande Dame. American appellations are represented as well, with a variety of offerings from Harlan Estate, Shafer Hillside Estate Select, Dominus, Opus One, and Joseph Phelps Insignia.
Sotheby’s Spring Wine Sale In Hong Kong
March 20, 2012
Rodin Statue Something To Think About At $15.3m
May 9, 2013There are only 28 casts of Auguste Rodin’s iconic “The Thinker” known to exist. One originally commissioned by Ralph Pulitzer in 1906 sold this week for $15.3m at Sotheby’s in New York. The statue bears a plaque certifying that Rodin, himself, supervised the casting. A similar cast sold for $12m three years ago.
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$230m Evening At Sotheby’s Kicks Off Major Art Sales
May 8, 2013Propelled by major works by Cezanne, Braque, Rodin and Leger that excelled expectations, Sotheby’s kicked off New York’s big spring auction season with a sale of Impressionist and Modern Art that brought in $230m, just below its $235m high estimate. The evening’s top seller, as expected, was “Les Pommes,” a Cézanne still life from 1889-90 that a telephone bidder bought for $37m, or $41.6m, including commissions.
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Authors Annotate Books For Charity
May 6, 2013Why would a writer revisit a work completed years or decades ago? A host of Britain and Ireland’s brightest literary lights found sufficient cause in Second Thoughts, a charity auction that Sotheby’s will host later this month to benefit English PEN, which supports the rights of writers and readers around the world. Writers such as J.K. Rowling, Ian McEwan, Kasio Ishiguro, and Tom Stoppard have been induced to annotate first editions of their works with additional texts or illustrations. To avoid the appearance of rating the authors, Sotheby’s isn’t releasing estimates for the sale, which will be held on May 24 in London.
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Rising Value of Unrestored Cars
By Malcolm Welford, Vintage Car Specialist
