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  • TAUBMAN OLD MASTERS BRING IN $24.1 MILLION

    Old Master paintings and drawings from the collection of Alfred Taubman brought in $24.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York last night.  The top was was Valentin de Boulogne’s The Crowning with Thorns  which sold for $5.2 million and set one of  six new artist records.  Raphael’s Portrait of Valerio Belli – Just 4¾” in Diameter – made $3.3 million as did The Blue Page, Thomas Gainsborough’s portrait of his nephew. The annual Masters Week auctions in New York are continuing.  All images courtesy Sotheby’s. (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for November 5, 2015).

    Valentin de Boulogne The Crowning with Thorns

    Valentin de Boulogne
    The Crowning with Thorns

    Bernardo Bellotto - Venice, the Grand Canal looking east from the Campo di San Vio

    Bernardo Bellotto – Venice, the Grand Canal looking east from the Campo di San Vio sold for $3.01 million

    Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael Profile Portrait of Valerio Belli, Bust Length, Facing Left

    Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael
    Profile Portrait of Valerio Belli, Bust Length, Facing Left

    Thomas Gainsborough - The Blue Page.

    Thomas Gainsborough – The Blue Page.

     

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