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Two lamps produced and designed collaboratively by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti and his younger brother Diego, and a table designed by Diego Giacometti, which were owned by the late English actor James Mason (1909-1984) since the late 1960s, are being offered at Bonhams, New Bond Street as part of its Post War and Contemporary Art […]

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Works by Alberto and Diego Giacometti for Bonhams Sale

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At Sotheby’s, Alberto Giacometti’s L’homme qui marche I (Walking Man I) sold for £65,001,250 / $104,327,006 /€74,185,983 becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. The sale of that work was swiftly followed by that of Gustav Klimt’s Kirche in Cassone, which made £26,921,250 / $43,208,606/ €30,725,246 – a new record price […]

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When a truly exceptional copy of Detective Comics #27, the very first appearance of Batman, is auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries in its Feb. 25 Signature® Comics & Comic Art Auction, it will set two important marks:
It will, more than likely, become the single most valuable comic ever offered at public auction. Though it’s being […]

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First Batman Comic for Heritage Auction

Pook & Pook Inc.’s January 15 and 16 auction catalogue reads more like a major museum inventory than an auction catalogue, covering literally all aspects of American history.
Friday night at the Downingtown, Pennsylvania, auction house begins with the collection of furniture, oriental rugs, and paintings from the legendary Elinor Gordon’s Villanova home. Included will be […]

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Pook & Pook January Auction

On Wednesday, February 3, 2010, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale one of the most important sculptures by Alberto Giacometti ever to have come to the auction market: “L’Homme qui marche I”, a life-size work that ranks among the most arresting and iconic of the artist’s bronzes.
Its appearance at auction in February will mark the […]

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