Sotheby's is bringing it back with more designers and a different theme: Enlightenment. All the jewels will be on display at the Sotheby's New Bond Street Galleries from September 22 to October 2. A smaller selection of pieces will remain available for viewing through the end of October.
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Monday, September 12, 2022
Thursday, September 01, 2022
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Pottering Around
Cora Sheibani's collection is on view at Sotheby's East Hampton from August 11-21, 2022. Must visit.
Friday, July 22, 2022
William Shakespeare First Folio
A copy of Shakespeare's First Folio has been sold at the Sotheby's for US$2,470,000.
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Major Watch Trends And Takeaways 2022
The auction report by Logan Baker was insightful. Must read.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Power & Image: Royal & Aristocratic Tiaras
Take a look a rare and historic gathering of jewels.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
The Personal Cellars Of HRH Prince Robert de Luxembourg
Sotheby's has put together one of the very finest collections of wine that has ever brought to auction. Happy bidding. Happy drinking.
Friday, April 29, 2022
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Sotheby’s To Auction 104 CryptoPunks NFTs
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
Friday, January 28, 2022
Sandro Botticelli The Man of Sorrows
Sandro Botticell's The Man of Sorrows has been sold at Sotheby's for US$45.5 million, making it the second most expensive work by the Italian Renaissance painter ever to be sold at auction.
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Gérald Genta: Icon Of Time
Sotheby's has announced it will offer 100 original drawings from the 'Picasso of Watchmaking' in spring 2022 with NFT replicas of each physical artwork. Select drawings and watercolors will showcase never before seen archive material and multimedia biographical content. Collectors take note,
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Claude H. Sorbac : la collection d’une vie, René Lalique
Friday, December 10, 2021
The Medusa Necklace
The Medusa necklace, one of the earliest pieces designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany has been sold for more than 18 times (US$3,650,000) its high estimate (US$100,000-200,000) at a recent Sotheby's auction.
Monday, December 06, 2021
Friday, November 12, 2021
The Collection Of HIH Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna
A collection of Romanov jewels smuggled out of Russia for safekeeping during the 1917 revolution has smashed its high estimate at a recent Sotheby's Geneva sale. Take a look.
Friday, October 15, 2021
Banksy's Love Is In The Bin
Sold at the Sotheby's for US$25.4 million. What's Love is in the Bin? Is it a painting? Or, is it now a piece of conceptual art? Or should it be classified as a sculpture? Or is it rubbish? Who decides? Who knows? Duchamp would say it is up to you to decide.
Useful links: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58908768 I https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/banksy-brings-down-the-house-at-the-contemporary-art-evening-auction