Bonhams Sale of Richard Diebenkorn Print Leaves Market Green With Envy – artmarketblog.com The sale of Richard Diebenkorn’s etching Green, 1986 for US$ 338,500 inc. premium against an estimate of US$ 200,000 – 300,000 by Bonhams in San Francisco on the 23rd of October was the second highest price achieved for a print by the [...]
Royalty and Celebrity Send Art Prices Sky High – artmarketblog.com Two very different examples of the influence that an association with a celebrity or a person of influence can have on the price of a work of art was apparent at two auctions held in recent weeks. The first was the sale of a painting [...]
Assessing Bonhams $5 Million Imperial Portrait of Consort Chunhui – artmarketblog.com An Imperial portrait of Consort Chunhui which sold for for HK$39,860,000 (US$5,140,133) at Bonhams Hong Kong 2012 Spring Auctions held on the 27th of May at the Island Ballroom of the Island Shangri-La Hotel was the 4th most expensive work of Chinese art sold [...]
A World Record for Ghanian Artist El Anatsui at Bonhams – artmarketblog.com Following my previous article Cheaper Alternatives Trump Megabuck Art Auction Favourites which mentioned the work of Guanian artist El Anatsui, Bonhams London set a new auction record for the artist with a work similar to the one I highlighted in my article. The [...]
The Coming Out of Private Art Sales – artmarketblog.com As I am writing this post I receive an email from Bonhams with the headline “BONHAMS OFFERS UNIQUE 17th CENTURY “MUGHAL MIRROR DIAMOND” NECKLACE FOR PRIVATE SALE – NECKLACE HAS ASKING PRICE OF US $20 MILLION”. According to the email “One of the most important and [...]
Shame About the Bonhams Contemporary Art Sale – artmarketblog.com Unable to build on the relative success of their first contemporary art sale last year which achieved a sale total of £2,042,700 with 70% of the lots sold, Bonhams only managed to sell 13 out of the 20 works on offer for a sale total of [...]
Greek Art Reaches Giddy Heights at Bonhams – artmarketblog.com
Sotheby’s Changes to Franchise in Oz – artmarketblog.com
