Bonhams is to hold its first Sculpture Sale at its New Bond Street salerooms on 15 April 2008. Over 120 works of art by some of the world’s most revered sculptors, and spanning five centuries, will go under the hammer in London next month. The sale embraces sculpture from a number of different media and features a diverse range of subject matter, from classical and mythological characters to historic figures and animals.
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Lowry Masterpiece Sells For Record £3.8
Good Friday, Daisy Nook, a masterpiece by L.S. Lowry (1887-1976) sold today at Christie’s
in London for £3,772,000, the highest ever price for the artist at auction. The picture was last seen at
auction in 1970 when it sold for £16,800 and set a record price for the artist at the time .
Going, Going… Gone – Disney Ducks Fly at Auction World Auction Record Set for Comic Painting at Bonhams & Butterfields
Carl Barks Original Art Featuring Beloved Disney Characters Sets New World Auction Record in Los Angeles.
A Winter’s Cottage from Thomas Kinkade
Just released by Thomas Kinkade is A Winter’s Tale.
Da Vinci Code pictures at Bonhams
Two early pictures of the celebrated Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh, known from this year’s blockbuster ‘The Da Vinci Code’ as the resting-place of the Holy Grail, will be offered in Bonhams’ Scottish Sale on August 25th.
The Art of Horse Power by Munnings the Equine Master
A rare and exciting painting by Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959), capturing his originality and eye for equine movement sold for £190,400 in an auction of 20th Century British Art at Bonhams in New Bond Street on Tuesday 11 July 2006.
The Splash Sotheby’S To Sell Iconic 1960S Work By David Hockney
SOTHEBY’S will be offering one of the most significant works by David Hockney ever come to auction in its Evening Sale of Contemporary Art in London on Tuesday, June 21st.
Two sculptures by Auguste Rodin to be sold at Sotheby’s Amsterdam
The important sale of Modern and Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on 23 May 2006 offers two magnificent sculptures by Auguste Rodin. Rodin’s ceramic Tête monumentale of Honoré Balzac and the bronze bust of Aimé-Jean Dalou have not been seen to the public for at least fifty years.
Lowry Print Breaks World Record Price
Bonhams sale of Sir William Russell Flint and L.S. Lowry limited edition prints on April 11th in Leeds produced a clear star of the show with Lowry’s picture `Going to the Match’ making a world record price at auction for a Lowry print.
Liberation of Moscow Immortalised on Canvas
A remarkable painting named ‘Fires of
Victory, Moscow,’ by Sir Claude Francis Barry (1883
– 1970) is to be sold at Bonhams’ forthcoming
sale of 20th Century British Art on 11 July in London. Last
year saw the 60th anniversary of the celebrations, so it
is fitting that this painting is likely to attract bids
above its upper estimate of £60,000, creating a world
record price for the artist.
