LONDON – On October 22, 2020, Christie’s auctioned David Hockney’s Portrait of Sir David Webster, a tribute to Sir David Webster, the former General Administrator of the Royal Opera House, for £12,865,000 ($16,853,000) in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction.

Bourdelle’s suite of 12 Beethoven bronzes top $343K at Freeman’s

PHILADELPHIA – Freeman’s single-owner sale of Variations on a Theme: 12 Bronzes of Ludwig van Beethoven by prolific French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle achieved $343,400 on Oct. 21. The 12-lot sale achieved a sell-through rate of 100% and soared past its presale high estimate. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.

Banksy’s ‘Show Me the Monet’ sells for $9.8M at London auction

LONDON (AP) – Banksy’s playful take on a famous Impressionist painting has sold at auction for 7.6 million pounds ($9.8 million), the second-highest price ever paid for a work by the British street artist.

Sterling silver at the heart of Jasper52 auction Oct. 28

NEW YORK – Nearly 350 lots of decorative arts, exquisite finery for the home, are offered in an online auction that will be conducted by Jasper52 on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.