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Christie’s employees pose for photographers with “I Can See the Whole Room…and There’s Nobody in It!” from 1961 by Roy Lichtenstein at Christie’s in London. The artwork is estimated to earn 23 million -29 million pounds ($35 million -45 million) when it is auctioned in New York on November 8.

Christie’s employees pose for photographers with “I Can See the Whole Room…and There’s Nobody in It!” from 1961 by Roy Lichtenstein at Christie’s in London. The artwork is estimated to earn 23 million -29 million pounds ($35 million -45 million) when it is auctioned in New York on November 8.

Second Highest Price Paid for a Work of Art at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Sale - “A painting by Irish-born artist Francis Bacon sold for 18.0 million pounds ($28.7 million) on Tuesday, the second highest price paid for a work of art at a Christie’s post-war and contemporary auction in London”

Second Highest Price Paid for a Work of Art at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Sale - “A painting by Irish-born artist Francis Bacon sold for 18.0 million pounds ($28.7 million) on Tuesday, the second highest price paid for a work of art at a Christie’s post-war and contemporary auction in London”

Audubon’s “Birds of America” Fetches $10 Million Establishing a New World Record - ” It’s quite a nest egg. John James Audubon’s ‘Birds of America,’ a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, fetched more than $10 million at auction on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive published book.”

Audubon’s “Birds of America” Fetches $10 Million Establishing a New World Record - ” It’s quite a nest egg. John James Audubon’s ‘Birds of America,’ a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, fetched more than $10 million at auction on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive published book.”

Design Item, A 1955 Scala Cinema and Concert Hall Wall Light - Wall light, for the Scala cinema and concert hall, Århus Theater, Århus, Denmark, 1955, Aluminum, painted aluminum, brass.  33 1/2 × 75 × 10 5/8 in. (85 × 190.5 × 27.2 cm.). The curved and cut-cone shades of his famous PH lamps, layered around central bulbs, direct light downward while reducing glare. Estimated Value: $70,000-80,000

Design Item, A 1955 Scala Cinema and Concert Hall Wall Light - Wall light, for the Scala cinema and concert hall, Århus Theater, Århus, Denmark, 1955, Aluminum, painted aluminum, brass.  33 1/2 × 75 × 10 5/8 in. (85 × 190.5 × 27.2 cm.). The curved and cut-cone shades of his famous PH lamps, layered around central bulbs, direct light downward while reducing glare. Estimated Value: $70,000-80,000

Ex-Works, Gerhard Mitter/Lucien Bianchi Nurburgring 1000Kms-leading 1967 2-liter Porsche Typ 910 Endurance Racing Works Coupe Chassis no. 910-026 Engine no. 910-023 - “For all enthusiasts the rarity of works team Porsches endows them with a very special extra cachet….this particular Porsche 910 Coupe began life as a factory team car fitted with the fabulous 2.2-liter 8-cylinder air-cooled engine, before the present 2-liter 6-cylinder unit was installed for customer sale. After its deployment as a flat-8 factory team car in 1967 it was converted into open-cockpit Spyder configuration, in which form it survived in service for many years before being returned to present Coupe form at great expense in the 1980s.” See a Video of This Car in Action.

Ex-Works, Gerhard Mitter/Lucien Bianchi Nurburgring 1000Kms-leading 1967 2-liter Porsche Typ 910 Endurance Racing Works Coupe Chassis no. 910-026 Engine no. 910-023 - “For all enthusiasts the rarity of works team Porsches endows them with a very special extra cachet….this particular Porsche 910 Coupe began life as a factory team car fitted with the fabulous 2.2-liter 8-cylinder air-cooled engine, before the present 2-liter 6-cylinder unit was installed for customer sale. After its deployment as a flat-8 factory team car in 1967 it was converted into open-cockpit Spyder configuration, in which form it survived in service for many years before being returned to present Coupe form at great expense in the 1980s.” See a Video of This Car in Action.

Photographs From The Polaroid Collection - One of the largest and easily most distinct corporate collections in the world is being dismantled and sold today at Sothebys (by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Minnesota . Items like Chuck Close 9 Part Self Portrait, A composition of 9 unique large-format Polaroid Polapan flush-mounted prints, signed, titled and dated in ink in the lower margins, affixed to a mount framed. 1987. Estimated at 50,000-70,000. The Sothebys’ mini-site is quite nice, especially the videos and the e-catalogue.

Photographs From The Polaroid Collection - One of the largest and easily most distinct corporate collections in the world is being dismantled and sold today at Sothebys (by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Minnesota . Items like Chuck Close 9 Part Self Portrait, A composition of 9 unique large-format Polaroid Polapan flush-mounted prints, signed, titled and dated in ink in the lower margins, affixed to a mount framed. 1987. Estimated at 50,000-70,000. The Sothebys’ mini-site is quite nice, especially the videos and the e-catalogue.

World's most expensive stamp expected to sell for up to £5 million

The three-shilling stamp was first issued in Sweden in 1855 and used in 1857 to mail a letter. Weighing just 0.03 grams, the tiny Treskilling Yellow is thought to be the most valuable thing in existence by weight and volume. It only survives today thanks to a 14-year-old Swedish schoolboy who rescued it from his grandmother’s rubbish bin in 1885 and sold it onto a dealer for the lowly price of seven Kroner.

Tons of naughty objects of vertu to peruse at the Pierre Cardin Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés at Drouot in Paris.

Tons of naughty objects of vertu to peruse at the Pierre Cardin Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés at Drouot in Paris.

Gilbert & George (b. 1943 & b. 1942), Cherry Blossom no. 9. Signed, titled and numbered ‘CHERRY BLOSSOM no. 9 George & Gilbert’ (lower right) four hand-dyed gelatin silver prints overall: 48 7/8 x 40 7/8in. (124 x 104cm.) executed in 1974.“‘Like a young soldier - cherry blossom is the first to appear and, sadly, the first to fall’ …Gilbert & George’s Cherry Blossom No. 9 belongs to a group of twelve unique photo-sculptures from one of their most defining bodies of work. Created in 1974, the Cherry Blossom series represents the duo’s newfound process of documenting their thoughts, moods and experiences in large-scale photographic form. It is also their first group of works to introduce the emotive power of colour, where they had previously relied solely on black and white imagery. While the internal organisation of the artists’ first photo-sculptures tended to be fragmentary or configured into a specific shape, Cherry Blossom No. 9 signals the arrival of their mature format of standardized units locked into a grid, thereby providing an early template for all their future endeavours.”

Gilbert & George (b. 1943 & b. 1942), Cherry Blossom no. 9. Signed, titled and numbered ‘CHERRY BLOSSOM no. 9 George & Gilbert’ (lower right) four hand-dyed gelatin silver prints overall: 48 7/8 x 40 7/8in. (124 x 104cm.) executed in 1974.

“‘Like a young soldier - cherry blossom is the first to appear and, sadly, the first to fall’ …Gilbert & George’s Cherry Blossom No. 9 belongs to a group of twelve unique photo-sculptures from one of their most defining bodies of work. Created in 1974, the Cherry Blossom series represents the duo’s newfound process of documenting their thoughts, moods and experiences in large-scale photographic form. It is also their first group of works to introduce the emotive power of colour, where they had previously relied solely on black and white imagery. While the internal organisation of the artists’ first photo-sculptures tended to be fragmentary or configured into a specific shape, Cherry Blossom No. 9 signals the arrival of their mature format of standardized units locked into a grid, thereby providing an early template for all their future endeavours.”

At Sotheby’s, Tracing the Lives Behind the Letters -“What is more moving: the meaning of important words or the trace left by their formulation, the sense of a precious document or the lines of ink that convey it? Does it matter, for example, that until next Saturday at Sotheby’s it is possible to look at the 1862 message in which Abraham Lincoln wrote to his dilatory Civil War general, George B. McClellan, urging him to take action? Or that we can read letters in which Benedict Arnold seems to be making a few too many excuses for himself during the Revolutionary War?”

At Sotheby’s, Tracing the Lives Behind the Letters -“What is more moving: the meaning of important words or the trace left by their formulation, the sense of a precious document or the lines of ink that convey it? Does it matter, for example, that until next Saturday at Sotheby’s it is possible to look at the 1862 message in which Abraham Lincoln wrote to his dilatory Civil War general, George B. McClellan, urging him to take action? Or that we can read letters in which Benedict Arnold seems to be making a few too many excuses for himself during the Revolutionary War?”

Andy Warhol’s Last Supper 1986: stamped with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Estate of Andy Warhol stamp and numbered ‘40.027’ (on the reverse) silkscreen ink and coloured paper collage on paper 25 5/8 x 31 3/8in. (60 x 79.7cm.) In the mid-1980s, Warhol became fascinated with the idea of making artworks after various paintings from the history of art, translating them into his own Pop vocabulary through the silkscreen. In his “Art from Art” series. Estimate, £80,000 - £120,000 .

Andy Warhol’s Last Supper 1986: stamped with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Estate of Andy Warhol stamp and numbered ‘40.027’ (on the reverse) silkscreen ink and coloured paper collage on paper 25 5/8 x 31 3/8in. (60 x 79.7cm.) In the mid-1980s, Warhol became fascinated with the idea of making artworks after various paintings from the history of art, translating them into his own Pop vocabulary through the silkscreen. In his “Art from Art” series. Estimate, £80,000 - £120,000 .