Christie's - Finestre sull'Arte

Fabergé's Winter Egg sold for £22 million at Christie's, it's a record

Christie 's Classic Week in London kicked off yesterday with an event destined to go down in the history of the international art market thanks to the sale of TheWinter Egg by Fabergé, which sold at auction for 22,895,000 pounds, equivalent to...
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Gerrit Dou masterpiece back on the market after a century: for sale at Christie's

Back on the market after more than a century is a rare masterpiece of the Dutch seventeenth century. The Flute Player, the first depiction of a musician painted by Gerrit Dou (Leiden, 1613 - 1675), will be the top lot in theOld Masters Evening Sale o...
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Canaletto masterpiece sold at Christie's for £31 million

The Canaletto painting that was going up for auction late this afternoon at Christie's in London was sold for over £30 million. It was a masterpiece, for which there was great expectation: the work, The Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, one ...
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At auction at Christie's, Marie Antoinette's pink diamond: estimated between $3 million and $5 million

A pink diamond dating back to the 18th century and linked to the French royal dynasty will be auctioned by Christie' s on June 17 at the Rockefeller Center venue in New York City. The stone, known as the "Marie-Thérèse diamond," is name...
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London, Titian's twice-stolen early masterpiece goes up for auction at Christie's

An early masterpiece by Titian (Pieve di Cadore, 1488/1490 - Venice, 1576), Rest during the Flight into Egypt, makes its market debut after more than 145 years at Christie's Old Masters Part I auction on July 2, 2024. The work has an estimate of 15-2...
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