1) Fake or Fortune team investigate whether Sitwell sketch is a Modigliani
In the second episode of the new Fake or Fortune? series, Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate whether an artwork inherited from writer, critic and art collector Sacheverell Sitwell is a real Amedeo Modigliani sketch.
In episode two of the 10th series of Fake or Fortune?, Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate whether the artwork inherited from writer, critic and art collector Sacheverell Sitwell is a real Amedeo Modigliani sketch.
2) ‘Old Master’ sleeper takes 2000-times top estimate
An unframed painting offered at a Norfolk auction was bid to 2000 times its high estimate when bidders detected the hand of an Italian Old Master.
The unframed oil painting estimated at £50-80 at TW Gaze that went on to take £160,000.
3) Life is grand with a string of contents sales
A raft of contents sales from grand English estates is coming up this autumn.
Sworders is offering property from 9 Phillimore Terrace, Kensington, on September 13-14.
4) Christie’s auction of $1bn Paul Allen collection could be the largest in history
An unprecedented collection of art belonging to the late Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, could break records as it goes under the hammer at Christie’s.
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), La montagne Sainte-Victoire, oil on canvas, 1888-90, estimated in excess of $100m at Christie's.
5) Chippendale chairs feature at Sotheby’s sale of the Joseph Hotung collection
Sotheby’s will sell around 400 works from the collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung (1930-2021) across a series of dedicated auctions in Hong Kong in October and London in December.
The Sir Joseph Hotung collection at Sotheby’s in London this December includes a pair of George III carved mahogany library armchairs by Thomas Chippendale, estimate £80,000-120,000 (one shown).
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