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Boston’s Old South Church auctioning first book ever printed in the ‘New World’
A translation of Biblical psalms that was the first book ever printed in what became the United States goes on auction this November, with an expected price tag of $15-30 million, Sotheby’s said Friday in New York. The book is one of the best of the 11 surviving copies of…
Buddhist nun stops Sotheby’s sale of $1.6 million Chinese painting
Sotheby’s said on Monday it has cancelled the sale of a Chinese painting by a top-selling artist at its auction in Hong Kong, after its ownership was challenged by a Taiwanese Buddhist nun. The 1950 painting, “Riding in the Autumn Countryside” by Zhang Daqian, was expected to fetch up to…
Munch’s ‘Scream’ set to make noise at New York art auction
The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is estimated to sell for at least $80 million at Sotheby’s next week as the star of the New York spring art auctions. Picasso’s portrait of Dora Maar, estimated to sell for $20 million to $30 million at Sotheby’s on…
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