News Releases

News Releases

WHITNEY COLLECTION TOTALS $128,315,600 FAR EXCEEDING HIGH ESTIMATE May 11, 1999 CÉZANNE STILL-LIFE SELLS FOR RECORD $60.5 MILLION, FOURTH HIGHEST PRICE FOR A PAINTING AT AUCTION SEURAT'S L'ILE DE LA GRANDE-JATTE SELLS FOR RECORD $35.2 MILLION SECOND HIGHEST SINGLE-OWNER EVENING SALE Read more
From La Belle Epoque to Cubism May 11, 1999 Large Collection of Prints by Jacques Villon to be sold at Sotheby's in June Read more
FIVE CENTURIES OF IMPORTANT BRITISH PICTURES May 11, 1999 Special evening sale at Sotheby's in London features British art from the 16th century through to the 20th century Includes works by Reynolds, Turner, Zoffany, Hogarth, Millais and others Read more
SOTHEBY'S PART I SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART IN NEW YORK TOTALS $55,575,500 May 11, 1999 RUNNING TOTAL FOR SPRING IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART SALES, INCLUDING THE WHITNEY COLLECTION, REACHES $183,891,100 MONET'S GRAINSTACK SELLS FOR $11,992,500 AND WATERLOO BRIDGE FOR $9,352,500 14 WORKS OF ART SELL FOR MORE THAN $1 MILLION Read more
FINE AND RARE WINES, SPIRITS AND VINTAGE PORT SOTHEBY'S LONDON - WEDNESDAY MAY 19, 1999 May 07, 1999
GRIGORIEV'S BALLETS RUSSES ARCHIVE TO BE SOLD AT SOTHEBY'S IN LONDON May 04, 1999
SHERRY-LEHMANN WITH SOTHEBY'S TO OFFER THE ULTIMATE MILLENNIUM SUPERLOT OF THE FINEST AND RAREST WINES ON MAY 22ND, 1999 May 04, 1999
MAGNIFICENT SCOTTISH FOUNTAIN EXPECTED TO REALISE OVER £40,000 AT SOTHEBY'S SOUTH May 04, 1999
SIR GEORGE MARTIN'S INSTRUMENTAL SCORE AND UNIQUE SALES AWARD FOR CANDLE IN THE WIND '97 TO BE SOLD FOR CHARITY AT SOTHEBY'S May 04, 1999
WHITNEY SALE TOTALS $13,196,844, FAR EXCEEDING HIGH ESTIMATE Apr 25, 1999 WILLIAM BLAKE'S FIRST BOOK OF URIZEN SELLS FOR $2.5 MILLION - A NEW WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A BOOK BY BLAKE WATERCOLOR BY ALFRED J. MUNNINGS SELLS FOR RECORD PRICE OF $739,500 -- Masterpieces by Cézanne and Seurat, from the Whitney Collection, each estimated at $25/35 Million, to be sold on May 10 - Read more
STRONG START TO WHITNEY AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S Apr 23, 1999 First Session Surpasses High Estimate Blake's Illustrated Book of Urizen To Be Sold Tomorrow (Sale continues tomorrow, Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 25) Read more
SOTHEBY'S RE-OPENS NEWLY REFURBISHED AND EXPANDED SALEROOM IN LONDON Apr 22, 1999
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE CELEBRATED LARTIGUE IMAGES IN SOTHEBY'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SALE Apr 22, 1999
KING KONG TOWERS ABOVE THE WORLD OF MOVIE POSTERS AT SOTHEBY'S WHEN IT SELLS FOR $244,500 Apr 20, 1999 --Second Highest Price Paid at Auction for a Movie Poster- Read more
SOTHEBY'S FIFTH IRISH SALE Apr 14, 1999 Highlights include major works by Jack Butler Yeats, Roderic O'Conor and Paul Henry Previews in New York (April 12-14), Boston (April 15-17), Dublin (May 4-8), Belfast (April 28-May 1) & London (May 17-20) Read more
'GLENN MILLER' LOG BOOK SELLS FOR £21,850 Apr 13, 1999 -in a sale of Aeronautica at Sotheby's Sussex- Read more
TITANIC LIFEBOAT NO 2 NAMEPLATE TO BE SOLD BY SOTHEBY'S IN APRIL Apr 12, 1999
PORTRAIT OF JOHN BROWN FROM QUEEN VICTORIA'S PERSONAL COLLECTION TO BE SOLD BY SOTHEBY'S Apr 12, 1999
CURTAIN RISES FOR DEGAS BALLET DANCER AT SOTHEBY'S Mar 31, 1999
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NOTED INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNER ALBERTO PINTO SELLS FOR OVER $6.3 MILLION Mar 29, 1999

Note: Sales estimates are subject to change at any time and estimates do not include buyer's premium. Sales results do not include post auction private sales or sales cancelled after the auction.