"Old Masters and works of European art" at Sotheby's

[Marina56]

Cloth "Temple of Jupiter," the British artist William Turner was sold for 12.9 million dollars to finish on Thursday evening in New York trading, the old masters and works of European art, "spokeswoman said the press office of Sotheby's Helen Kolier.

This picture is from a private collection, most recently exhibited at Turner's big retrospective exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the present time, with some modifications, the exposition presented in the Moscow State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin.

Among the other top lots of the auction - painting Dutchman Hendrick ter Bruggen, Piper's profile, "which has sold over ten million 160 thousand dollars (estimate four to six million dollars), as well as a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger" Carnival of St George to dance around maypole, acquired over two million four hundred thousand dollars (estimate half to two million dollars).

In addition, over two million dollars had been paid for works of Francisco Goya ( "Portrait of Prince Alois, two million 210 thousand dollars) and Canaletto (" Capriccio prison, two million 880 thousand dollars).

The works, which stepped on the bid-million mark owned by Titian (Portrait of the Admiral, one million 760 thousand dollars), by Maurice Quentin de La Tour ( "Portrait of Jacques Dumont, one million 250 thousand dollars), Francois Boucher (" The Muse Erato " one million 314 thousand U.S. dollars), Lorenzo Monaco (Magician Hermogenes throwing a magical book in the water, one million four hundred thousand dollars) and Jan Haviksa Wall ( "Visiting the doctor, one million 82 thousand U.S. dollars).

According to Helen Kolier, total trading volume was 61 миллион 650 thousand dollars.

[Meister]

cool, definitely cool))) market is alive and it can not but rejoice)))

[qwerty]

On the eye - have sold more than 80%, and maybe all 90. Hopefully, it goes beyond all other directions. By the way, yesterday stopped by Joe Vickery - the head of Sotheby's Russian department in London, said they all departments have been major cuts in all except the Russian, who was named the most promising!

[IrinaC]

At Sotheby's exhibited the work of Lucio Fontana, who was 45 years in a private collection and not exhibited since 1960
  Picture will be included in an evening auction on February 5, with an estimate of £ 5-7 million ($ 7,650,000-10,700,000).

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Concetto spaziale of 1961

[Meister]

IrinaC, as well, it could cost so much money? sincerely hope that it will not go away. So why should it cost like 5 Brueghel ??????

[LCR]

Or as Marc 12,5 - compared with lower evaluation of this asshole Fontana (I apologize for using the epithet, which, in principle, reserved for Manzoni)

[Meister]

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Or as Marc 12,5 - compared with the lower bound of this asshole Fontana

is 12.5?)))

[LCR]

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is 12,5 ?)))

Well, for £ 5 million and could buy more Marquet, maybe 20-25 pieces, but the best job in the market currently offered for £ 400,000.
You can also buy a Soutine or steel, or even both, in general, there are lots of opportunities to spend their money far more sense than buying fontanovskuyu masterpiece. And what you're looking for, what to invest their money?
My advice: do not buy this fountain, will tell you a secret, it's not a fountain )))))))))

[Meister]

I would not take this Fontana even for 1 dollar, and would have hanged themselves only if they paid me money for it, and every month!

[Vladimir]

Here's the forecast for the top lots upcoming auction of postwar art. http://artinvestment.ru/invest/analy...orary_art.html If interesting.
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