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#AuctionUpdate Monkey Business 🐒🍌: #Banksy ’s monumental painting of the House of Commons overrun with parliamentary primates sells to applause at £9,879,500 - 9 times its previous record - after a 13 minute bidding battle.
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It's official. For the first time in our 277-year history, apes and kennels are storming Sotheby’s. The @BoredApeYC sale starts September 2. Ape In.
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#Breaking #TOP , Asian pop icon&collector,will guest-curate special sale #TTTOP in #HongKong
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Behind the scenes with Asian pop icon #TOP ! Details in mid Aug. Photo by Kevin Ching, CEO of #SothebysAsia #TTTOP
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Bored Ape Yacht Club and Bored Ape Kennel Club have paved the way for what NFT art communities can be. Whether it’s your online identity, a shared culture, or you just want to ape in...the @BoredApeYC sale starts September 2. Details here:
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#AuctionUpdate George Condo's 'Female Portrait Composition' fetches $972.5K quickly followed by 'Big John' for $948.5K #TriumphofPainting
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#AuctionUpdate : ‘Juin-Octobre 1985’, the largest work by Franco-Chinese artist Zao Wou-Ki, sold for HK$510m / US$65m: world auction record for Zao Wou-Ki, world auction record for an oil painting by an Asian artist, most valuable painting sold by any auction house in #HongKong
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New details announced for #TTTOP x #Sothebys ! Read more at: #sothebyscontemporary
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#AuctionUpdate 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs just sold for $24.4 million and 101 Bored Ape Kennel Club NFTs achieved $1.8 million in our Ape in! auction - the most significant #BAYC sale to date. Congrats to all the apes out there 🐵🐶
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Moments ago in our #London saleroom, an extremely rare “Alien” CryptoPunk #7523 from the collection of @sillytuna sold for $11.8M as part of our #NativelyDigital NFT auction – setting a new world auction record for a single CryptoPunk.
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Join us and hear T.O.P share his #TTTOP journey with us! Watch video at:
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#NativelyDigital is back! Sotheby’s is proud to welcome our second dedicated NFT sale - 'Natively Digital 1.2: The Collectors.'
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'Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale' features a selection of extraordinary digital artworks. Community is vital to the growth of the NFT space, so we are opening up the 28th auction lot to an NFT artist of the community’s choice. ⬇️ Read on for details of how to nominate ⬇️
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The 1972 Nike Waffle Racing Flat 'Moon Shoe,' the last remaining pair in Sotheby's Stadium Goods: the Ultimate Sneaker Collection, achieved $437,500 earlier today, setting a new world auction record for a pair of sneakers. #SothebysStadiumGoods
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From now until May 20 at 12:00pm ET, nominate your favorite artist (or yourself!) 1. Reply to this tweet and tag the artist 2. Link or attach one of your favorite artworks from them 3. Follow Sotheby’s 4. Use the hashtag #NativelyDigital
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In 1989, British computer scientist @timberners_lee invented the World Wide Web in a moment that changed the world forever. Now, Sir Tim will offer the source code for the Web as an NFT in a historic one-off sale. Thread below (1/4) #ThisChangedEverything
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#AuctionUpdate "The Enigma": This 555.55 carat Black Diamond sold today for £3,161,000 / $4,292,322. The buyer has opted to use cryptocurrency for the purchase. #SothebysJewels
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200 exclusive @LouisVuitton and @Nike “Air Force 1” sneakers by Virgil Abloh sold today for a total of $25.3 million in a record-breaking auction benefiting Abloh’s Post Modern Scholarship Fund. #LVandNike
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What is #FearlessNow ? We invited @asvpxrocky and @aiww to answer this very question. Watch these two distinct and creative forces share the same frame in an exclusive video: Music: @NIIA .
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The clock⏱️is winding down on your chance to ape in. Our Bored Ape Yacht Club and Bored Ape Kennel Club auction closes for bidding tomorrow, 9 September at 10AM ET. Place your bids 👇
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Can’t knock the hustle. In celebration of JAY-Z’s pioneering and landmark debut album, ‘Reasonable Doubt’, Sotheby’s is offering an NFT of original digital art by critically admired American artist @derrickadamsny . 1/3
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Introducing Sotheby's Metaverse, a dedicated platform for collectors of digital art, offering a highly curated selection of NFTs handpicked by our specialists. Join @sothebysverse !
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#AuctionUpdate : Amedeo Modigliani’s 1917 masterpiece ‘Nu couché’ sells for $157.2 million – the highest auction price in Sotheby’s history #SothebysImpMod
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#WorldAuctionRecord Basquiat's seminal 'Untitled' work from 1982 soars to $110.5 million - after 10 minutes of bidding
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Pre-order #TTTOP catalogue now and be the 1st to find out #TOP 's curation and new images at
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The #TTOP sale beats estimates to total HK$133.9m / US$17.5m, led by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 'Infantry’ from 1983 #SothebysContemporary
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#AuctionUpdate : New world auction record for Claude Monet and for any work of Impressionist Art. An undisputed masterpiece from his acclaimed Haystacks Series, ‘Meules’ from 1890, sells for $110.7 million at Sotheby’s New York.
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#AuctionUpdate Make room for the one-and-only, @fewocious 💥 The artist's sculpture, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Mr. MiSUNDERSTOOD', just made a record £2.1 million🔥 #SothebysContemporary @michaelbouhanna
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Gotham has a new curator in town. Robert Pattinson lends his eye to Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated Auction in New York, selecting his favorite works by artists such as Willem de Kooning, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Richard Serra, Julie Mehretu and more:
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CryptoPunks get the Sotheby's treatment. Our next #SothebysMetaverse sale 'Punk It! 104 CryptoPunks. 1 Lot.' will be a landmark LIVE Evening Auction on February 23. A truly historic sale for an undeniably historic NFT project.
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Actor @amitasuman_ has taken up a new role this spring. Delving into her passion for the visual arts, Suman has collaborated with #SothebysLondon on the ‘Contemporary Curated’ auction, open for bidding online until 18 April. Read more:
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A 10-second sneak peek of famed director #WongKarWai ’s first ever #NFT creation, to be offered in Hong Kong this October. The short film contains never-before-seen footage from his critically acclaimed movie “In The Mood For Love” (2000).
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Sold! Mario Klingemann's pioneering Artificial Intelligence artwork sells to an online bidder for £40,000 in the artist's auction debut 🤖 #SothebysContemporary @quasimondo
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A T.O.P moment with Sotheby's in #Seoul today! Visit our #TTTOP exhibition at The Shilla 21-22 Sept #SothebysHK
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From the collection of @crypto888crypto 🔲 Cool Cat #160 @coolcatsnft 🔲 Wrapped MoonCats #3174 @mooncatrescue 🔲 #boi bundle by @iamlirona #NativelyDigital
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#AuctionUpdate : Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece Young Man Holding a Roundel, one of the most significant portraits of any period ever to appear at auction, and a defining work of the Florentine Renaissance achieves $92.2 million -- a new auction record for the artist
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‘The Fungible’ Collection by @muratpak 12-14 April on @niftygateway
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#AuctionUpdate : The iconic ‘Composition No. II’ by Piet Mondrian has set the artist’s new record, achieving an astounding $51 million. #SothebysModern
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#AuctionUpdate Gustav Klimt’s last great masterpiece ‘Dame mit Fächer’ (1917-18) soars to $108.4m / £85.3m at #SothebysLondon , setting a new auction record for the most valuable painting ever sold at auction in Europe. #SothebysModern
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@muratpak 🤔 We are intrigued...
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#AuctionUpdate Freddie Mercury’s Yamaha G2 Baby Grand Piano—which he used to compose hits such as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and considered as an extension of himself—sells for £1.7m, setting a record for a composer's piano
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Look who stopped by...👀 @fewocious 💚 👉 #SothebysContemporary
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#AuctionUpdate The last ensemble that Freddie Mercury wore on stage with Queen at Knebworth Park in England in 1986, Mercury's signature crown and cloak soars to more than 10x its low estimate at £635k
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You guessed it. We are working with @MuratPak , the leading digital artist who has long been an innovator in the NFT space. .
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Italian artist's monument to England's footballing failures, listing every defeat since 1874 sells for £425k http://t.co/vqIrjsqRcv
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Attention #aespa fans: Bidding on the Altars Editions is still open for a limited time. These digital depictions of each @aespa_official member as an altar by artist @blakekathryn represent each member’s signature iconography—like Winter’s star. #aegirls
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#AuctionUpdate : $110.5 million makes Basquiat's 'Untitled' a new auction record for any American artist
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#AuctionUpdate : Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece Femme à la montre (1932) realizes $139.4m—the second highest ever achieved for the artist at auction, and the most valuable work sold at auction this year. #TheFisherLandauLegacy
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The Pink Star was sought after by three clients before selling to a bidder on the phone with our Asia CEO Kevin Ching
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Want to be among the 1st to own a #TTTOP catalogue? Order now by1Sep! #Sothebyscontemporary
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Our hearts are with Paris.
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#AuctionUpdate : Mark Rothko’s 1951 masterpiece ‘No.7’ sells for $82.5M - the second-highest price for a work by the artist.
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The fourth edition of #NativelyDigital is here, celebrating the digital art that has become recognized as blue-chip collectibles and the most sought after PFPs, including @deekaymotion ’s final compilation in the LetsWalk series.
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Announcing 'Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale'–an online sale that brings together a group survey of the leading NFT artists. Open for bidding from 3-10 June, the auction features the rare Alien CryptoPunk #7523 from the collection of @sillytuna & more
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We're excited to announce the launch of the Sotheby's Gallery in @decentraland 🌍 Located in the Voltaire Art District, the Sotheby's Gallery is a replica of our iconic London Gallery. Come visit & view the #NativelyDigital NFT sale, open for bidding now!
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#AuctionUpdate : 7 bidders battled for Claude Monet's 'Meules’ for 8 minutes before achieving its final price of $110.7 million
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18thC #Hamilton , meet 21stC Hamilton! @JMunozActor of @HamiltonMusical holds a letter from our #NY #SothebysBooks sale, exhibition opens tmr
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Among Diego Velázquez’s most important contributions to art history are his royal portraits—and now his full-length portrait of Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain comes to market for the first time in half a century at #SothebysNewYork next February.
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The #TTTOP sale beats estimates to total HK$136m/ US $17.4m, led by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 'Infantry’ from 1983 #SothebysContemporary
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🚨‘Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale’ is NOW open for bidding! And tomorrow the multi-venue global exhibition in partnership with @Samsung & @SamsungUS will open in our galleries in #NYC , London, Hong Kong and across the metaverse. Bid & browse👉
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#AuctionUpdate : Mark Rothko’s 'Untitled' from 1968 soars to $23.9m, setting a new record for a work on paper by the artist. Proceeds from the sale will benefit @MemphisBrooks Museum. #SothebysModern
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A record-breaking day. Michael Jordan's iconic 1998 NBA Finals 'The Last Dance' jersey has sold for $10.1 million, setting records for a basketball jersey, any game-worn sports memorabilia, and most valuable #MichaelJordan item ever sold at auction.
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#AuctionUpdate : Tonight's historic sale of The 'Official Edition' of The United States Constitution soared to a record-breaking $43.2 million, with all proceeds benefiting the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation's educational programs for students.
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Not only is Nigerian-born @mreazi one of the hottest independent Afrobeats artists working today, he is also a thoughtful collector. Browse his top #SothebysCTPAfrican picks here: .
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Flying start to # #TTOP as PixCell - T.O.P. (Doom Dada) sells for HK$563k/US$73k, multiples of the high estimate
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#AuctionUpdate Attributed to Master John, this portrait of Queen Katherine Parr is one of only two surviving near contemporary paintings of Katherine. Almost 200 years since it was last offered at auction, the work soars to £3,436,000, 4x its high estimate. #SothebysOldMasters
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We are excited to announce the first ever single-owner NFT live auction, celebrating the amazing collection of @MaxStealth5 . The anonymous collector's incredible eye is reflected by the scope of works by @XCOPYART , @beeple , @Hackatao , @3LAU and many more:
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From the collection of @TokenAngels : 3 Rare Pepes 🔲 RAREPEPE (Nakamoto Card) 🔲 PEPENOPOULOS 🔲 PEPEAIR #NativelyDigital
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#AuctionUpdate : Claude Monet’s magnificent Coin du bassin aux nymphéas from 1918 soars to $50.8M, following a 4-minute bidding battle. The late masterpiece displaying the artist’s famous waterlilies in his Giverny garden appeared at auction for the first time in nearly 25 years.
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#AuctionUpdate The world’s first intelligent NFT (iNFT) - Alice - created by @robertalice_21 x @real_alethea brings $479k in our #NativelyDigital auction.
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Today we announced ‘The Fungible’ Collection, by world-renowned digital artist @muratpak . The highly anticipated NFT artworks will be offered through a novel multi-day drop on @niftygateway from 12-14 April. Stay tuned for ongoing updates👇
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Alongside Sebastião Salgado's Magnum Opus selling exhibition happening now at Sotheby's New York, @Sothebysverse presents the renowned photographer's first-ever NFT collection comprised of 5,000 unique photographs.
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Munch, Picasso & Van Gogh lead our Impressionist & Modern Art sales this November #SothebysImpMod
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#AuctionUpdate : $110.5 million makes Basquiat's 'Untitled' the highest-ever price at auction for an artwork created post-1980
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It's your last chance to see Banksy’s newly titled ‘Love is in the Bin’, on view in our London galleries today from noon until 5pm. Final entry is at 4.40pm #LoveIsInTheBin #Banksy
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Newly titled ‘Love is in the Bin’, the piece has become the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction. #LoveIsInTheBin #Banksy
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‘Love is in the Bin’ will be on view to the public in Sotheby’s #London galleries on Saturday and Sunday 13th and 14th October from noon until 5pm. Final entry to the galleries at 4.40pm. #LoveIsInTheBin #Banksy
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If you could save #OneArtwork from destruction, what would it be? 🤔 #TheGoldfinch @WarnerBrosUK
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Get to know @emrata 's artistic side as she picks her favorites from the CTP Curated auction! http://t.co/wZUW7rm885 http://t.co/b9udHRS8dm
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), beloved the world over, has an inimitable legacy with a reign spanning over seventy years. Among the great patrons of the arts, the Queen was also inspiration to many of the leading artists of our time, not least Lucian Freud.
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From the collection of Cat Dad @jakegallen_ : 3 rescued MoonCats 🔲 MoonCat #10 🔲 MoonCat #183 🔲 MoonCat #220 #NativelyDigital
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Bored Ape #8177 , Rare Pepe break records in our #NativelyDigital 1.2 sale, purchased by Meta4 Capital along with Mitchell F Chan's "Digital Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility.”
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Pretty in pink! Catch the record-breaking #PinkStar in action! #SothebysJewels
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Did you know ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was originally titled ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’? Written entirely by Freddie Mercury, a never-before-seen early draft reveals untold insights into one of the greatest pop songs of the 20th century. Read more:
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Testament to a great collector: David Bowie’s art collection made £24.3m in #London tonight. 300 more works offered tomorrow #BowieCollector
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#AuctionUpdate ⚠️Banksy’s ‘Show me the Monet’, a mischievous twist on Claude Monet’s masterpiece, soars past its estimate to bring £7,551,600 / $9,814,353 after an 8 minute bidding battle.⚠️
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When the submission period ends, we will look at who the community has submitted the most and reach out to the artist to discuss and confirm their participation. More information about the sale can be found here: 👇 Submit away! 👇
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Coming to Sotheby's Los Angeles in November, a solo exhibition of works by @ThankYouX . Find out more:
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Sotheby's Los Angeles presents 'inertia,' a solo exhibition of new works by artist @ThankYouX 🧵 More info:
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Still standing on an easel in Gustav Klimt’s studio at the time of the artist’s unexpected and untimely death in February 1918, ‘Dame mit Fächer’ brings together all the technical prowess and creative exuberance that define Klimt’s greatest work.
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The summer season is back at #SothebysLondon , and this year it coincides with #PortraitMode , the re-opening of @NPGLondon on 22 June. Discover the auction catalogues:
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#AuctionUpdate : In a groundbreaking auction first for physical artworks, auctioneer Oliver Barker fielded real-time bids in $ETH for Banksy’s ‘Trolley Hunters’ and ‘Love Is In The Air.’
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#AuctionUpdate : One of Vincent van Gogh’s finest flower paintings, ‘Fleurs dans un verre’ from 1890 sells for $16 million. Executed at the height of his artistic powers, the work is one of the final canvases that Van Gogh painted just days before his untimely death in July 1890.
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#AuctionUpdate : A testament to the impressive scale, quality, and complexity of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s best works, ‘Self-Portrait as a Heel (Part Two)’ has sold for $42M #SothebysContemporary
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Waiting for Instagram like…
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