What We Learned this Week (2344)
Take our poll on the auction season + Sotheby's preview + Alex Glauber & Jacob King share their observations
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In This Issue
A Note on Coverage for the Next Two Weeks: You’ll be getting more emails from us during the next two weeks
Preview Video: We look at the top 10 lots at Sotheby’s next week
Vox Orbis Artis: How you see the November sales playing out?
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Results: Sotheby’s Karpidas = $37m
Shop Talk: Alex Glauber and Jacob King share their views on the season
Sotheby’s November Preview: The top ten lots at Sotheby’s this November
A Note on Coverage for the Next Two Weeks
It is auction season in New York. Starting on Tuesday, there will be daily emails with a mix of free and paid content. Tuesday is Christie’s 21st Century Evening sale, we will have results and an after action report on Wednesday morning. Wednesday is the Emily Fisher Landau Evening sale at Sotheby’s, we’ll have results and an after action report on Thursday. Thursday is Christie’s 20th Century sale, we will have results and an after action report Friday morning.
The following week beginning November 11, Monday is Sotheby’s Modern Evening sale, we will have results and an after action report on Tuesday; Tuesday is Phillips Evening sale, we will have results and an after action report on Wednesday; Wednesday is Sotheby’s The Now and Contemporary Evening sale, we will have results and an after action report on Thursday.
For paid subscribers, we’ll have a detailed analysis of the results on Tuesday of the next week when our regular publishing schedule should resume.
Preview Video: Sotheby’s November Sales
Sotheby's $940 million November auction season is dominated by the estate of Emily Fisher Landau which includes important works by Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Cy Twombly, Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha and others. There are also major works by Claude Monet, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gerhard Richter, a second major Picasso from 1932 and Joan Mitchell.
Vox Orbis Artis
The November auctions are finally here and there’s more high value art than might have been expected during such a wait-and-see season. As you browse the catalogs and attend the viewings this weekend, how do you see this season playing out?
Results
Sotheby’s Hydra: The Karpidas Collection
