LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Sotheby's will auction a painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot worth around $1.5 million after it was returned to the heirs of the original owners, Jewish bankers forced to flee Europe in World War Two. "Jeune femme a la fontaine," ...
HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Chinese collectors still have an appetite for classical Chinese art, jewels and rare artifacts, auction house Sotheby's said as it revealed the line-up of its Hong Kong sales, expected to net $221 million dollars. With some once ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An auction at Sotheby's of more than 160 works of post-war and contemporary art from the Peter Stuyvesant Collection exceeded all expectations on Monday, raising a record 13.6 million euros ($18.6 million). The works on offer in Amsterdam were ...
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 08: A Sotheby's employee displays a 5.16 carat pear shaped fancy vivid blue diamond ring, at Sotheby's on March 8, 2010 in London, England. The internally flawless diamond, estimated at 3 - 3.9 million GPB, is the first ...
China is expected to be the world's seventh largest wine consumer by 2013, a study showed Tuesday, as the nation's thirst for vintages continues to grow amid an economic boom. The country will consume around 1.26 billion bottles of wine in 2013, ...
HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Sotheby's will auction next month a rare, large blue diamond that was once part of the legendary De Beers Millennium collection, with fierce bidding expected on the $4.6-$5.8 million estimate price. The 5.16 carat, pear-shaped internally flawless ...
<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - A Hong Kong property tycoon and collector who bought a flawless blue diamond for a record $9.5 million, has named it the "Star of Josephine," auction house Sotheby's said on Wednesday.</p><p>Joseph Lau Luen-Hung made the winning bid last week ...
<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - A Hong Kong property tycoon and collector who bought a flawless blue diamond for a record $9.5 million, has named it the "Star of Josephine," auction house Sotheby's said Wednesday.</p><p>Joseph Lau Luen-Hung made the winning bid last week by ...
<div><p>HONG KONG (Reuters) - Auction house Christie's sold a total of $137 million worth of Asian art in its spring sales in Hong Kong, above pre-sales estimates, a sign the firm and dealers said would lift sentiment in the Asian art market.</p><p>Christie's ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A long-lost masterpiece by French painter Jacques-Louis David was shown publicly for the first time in 84 years at Sotheby's in New York on Tuesday ahead of its auction in London.</p><p>The 1813 drawing called "Alexander watching Apelles ...
