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    THE LARGEST AND MOST VALUABLE JEWELLERY COLLECTION EVER AT AUCTION

    Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
    HARRY WINSTON ‘THE BRIOLETTE OF INDIA’ DIAMOND AND DIAMOND NECKLACE
    Briolette cut diamond of 90.38 carats, marquise and pear shaped diamonds, platinum, two portions
    of the chain are detachable and may be worn as bracelets, pendant detachable, unsigned, one bracelet with maker’s mark (Jacques Timey). UPDATE: THIS MADE €6,514,119

    With a pre-sale estimate of more than $150 million the exquisite jewellery collection of the late Mrs. Heidi Horten (1941-2022) is the largest and most valuable ever to come to auction. It is poised to join and eclipse the previous record sales at Christie’s for The Elizabeth Taylor Collection (2011) and the Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence auction (2019), which are the only two jewellery collections to date to achieve more than $100 million.

    Consigned by the Heidi Horten Estate and coming up in Geneva on May 12 the collection will be devoted to philanthropy, per Mrs. Horten’s wishes. All proceeds will benefit The Heidi Horten Foundation, established in 2020 to support the museum of modern and contemporary art she founded in Vienna, Austria — The Heidi Horten Collection as well as medical research and other philanthropic activities, which have been supported by her for many decades.

    HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

    • The stunning 90 carat Briolette of India Diamond Necklace by Harry Winston, originally sold by Cartier in 1909
    • A Three Strand Natural Pearl Necklace also by Harry Winston, highlighted by a cushion shaped pink diamond clasp of 11 carats
    • The Sunrise Ruby and Diamond ring of 25 carats by Cartier, pigeon blood in colour and of exceptional purity
    • A very important selection of Bulgari creations from the 1970s to present day, retracing more than five decades of the firm’s signature Italian craftsmanship
    • An exceptional Diamond Bracelet by Harry Winston
    • The Great Mughal Emerald Pendant Necklace by Harry Winston
    Heidi Horten wearing her important pearl necklace

    Heidi Horten (née Jelinek) was born and raised in Vienna, Austria. She attended the Hospitality Management School of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and went on to work as a secretary in a Viennese law firm. From an early age, Heidi Horten was exposed to objects of great beauty, first through her father, who was an engraver, and later during her first marriage (to Helmut Horten), when she began to refine her eye for jewellery and works of art. After Mr. Horten’s death, Mrs. Horten was passionately involved in areas as diverse as social welfare, sports and medical research, which had been supported by her for decades. As of the 1990s, Mrs. Horten began building her private collection of modern and contemporary art. Her first significant independent art purchases were works by Moise Kiesling and Emmanuel Mané-Katz, acquired at auction in Tel Aviv in 1994. Her collection grew steadily over the following two decades, and, in 2018, was first unveiled to the public when a selection of 175 works was presented at the Leopold Museum under the title WOW!  Moved by the tremendous success of the exhibition, Mrs. Horten began to plan for the future of her artworks, establishing a permanent home for them at The Heidi Horten Collection, modern art museum in Vienna. The grand opening took place on June 2, 2022, which Mrs. Horten proudly attended online, just ten days before she passed away.

    UPDATE: THE SALE REALISED A TOTAL OF US$201,520,895

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    FROM MARLENE DIETRICH TO ANNE EISENHOWER TO WHO???

    Thursday, March 16th, 2023
    AN EXCEPTIONAL RUBY AND DIAMOND ‘JARRETIÈRE’ BRACELET, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, 1937 – $2.5-$4.5 million. © Christie’s Images Limited 2023.

    The magnificent jewels of Anne Eisenhower featuring the iconic ‘Jarretière’ ruby and diamond bracelet acquired by Marlene Dietrich in 1937 from Van Cleef & Arpels will be sold by Christie’s in New York on June 7. Worn by the actress in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1950 murder mystery ‘Stage Fright’ it was purchased by Ms. Eisenhower in 1992 – making its way from one iconic collection to another. Anne Eisenhower was, according to Christie’s, as known for her humble character as for her undeniable glamour, the late philanthropist and designer approached all aspects of her life with that same sense of effortless grace. When asked by Architectural Digest in 1990 – the same year she was named one of the publication’s Top 100 designers — to describe her interior design style the granddaughter of the late US President responded: ‘Traditional, but for today’s living: comfortable, with a “lived-in” look; uncluttered without appearing austere.’ 

    A tour of the collection will begin in Los Angeles and continue to Paris, Geneva, and Hong Kong. Additional jewels offered from the collection will come up at an online sale open from May 30  to June 8.

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    A CLASS OF FOUJITA CATS FINDS A NEW HOME

    Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
    LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886–1968) – Classe de chats  ‘Foujita 1949  COURTESY CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LIMITED 2023

    The first private museum in Japan dedicated to the works of Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita has been helped by the private sales department at Christie’s in New York to acquire a major picture by the artist. Classe de chats is on display in the Ando Museum of Art in Karuizawa, Japan until September 12 next 2023 as part of the exhibition Tsuguharu Foujita: Room for Cats and Girls.

    Cats played an important role for Foujita on a personal level and in his art. He depicted them with tenderness on their own, as companions in portraiture, and later in life as anthropomorphic animals in lively scenes. Animals with humanlike qualities had populated the myths of his childhood, and are famously depicted in ukiyo-e prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, but also from Western sources, such as La Fontaine’s Fables. Classe de chats ranks among the masterpieces Foujita painted during his one-year stay in New York in 1949. A New York paper declared then that: “No living artist can depict cats in action whilst capturing such variety of expression.”

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    PICASSO LEADS 20/21 SALES SERIES AT CHRISTIE’S IN LONDON

    Wednesday, March 1st, 2023
    Pablo Picasso’s Femme dans un rocking-chair (Jacqueline) (1956) made £16,892,000.

    The 20/21 evening sale series at Christie’s in London last night, the first of 2023, realised £167,814. More than 50% of the top lots sold above the high estimate. There were bidders from 37 countries.

    The 20th/21st Century sale was led by Picasso’s Femme dans un rocking chair (Jacqueline) which made £16,892,200. Magritte’s Le Retour made £6,129,000 to lead The Art of the Surreal sale.

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    CHRISTIE’S APPOINTS NEW GLOBAL MD OF LUXURY

    Monday, February 27th, 2023
    Emmanuel Danan – CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LIMITED 2023

    Emmanuel Danan is new Global Managing Director of Christie’s Luxury. Reporting to Francis Belin, President of Christie’s Asia Pacific, who oversees the Luxury, as well as the Asian and World Art departments globally, Emmanuel joins Christie’s following the business’ nearly billion-dollar year in global sales of Jewels, Watches, Wine and Handbags in 2022. Based in Paris, as of February 20, Emmanuel will direct all aspects of Christie’s luxury business across both live and online auctions and Private Sales and will work closely with colleagues across the specialist departments in New York, London, Geneva, Paris, and Hong Kong.

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    1969 SELF-PORTRAIT BY BACON AT CHRISTIE’S IN MAY

    Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
    Francis Bacon – Self-Portrait (1969). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $34,622,500

    Francis Bacon’s landmark Self-Portrait from 1969 is among 16 exceptional modern and post war paintings from the collection of S.I. Newhouse to be sold at Christie’s in New York next May. There are masterworks by artists including Picasso, de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Brice Marden and Lee Bontecou. The Bacon portrait is estimated at in excess of $20 million and the entire collection at more than $144 million.

    Alex Rotter, Christie’s Chairman, 20th and 21st Century Art, remarked: “S.I. Newhouse’s brilliance was undeniable and his art collecting held a rare quality of excellence. As a collector, he bought and sold with the deepest levels of consideration and intention—which over decades, led to the evolution of a singular collection. Last November, we saw with the Collection of Paul. G. Allen that the market for true masterpieces is as strong as ever. Building on this momentum, we could not be prouder to present this selection of masterpieces from the S.I. Newhouse Collection this May.”

    S.I. Newhouse (1927-2017) ranks among the most revered connoisseur art collectors in modern history. He is credited with redefining the contemporary art market in the 1980s, with his acquisition of Jasper Johns’s False Start; in the 1990s, with his acquisition of Andy Warhol’s Orange Marilyn; and in the 2010s, with the 2019 sale of Jeff Koons’ 1986 sculpture Rabbit at Christie’s New York for $91,075,000, establishing the record price for work by any living artist. As the co-owner of a media empire that included Condé Nast, publisher of leading publications such as The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest, as well as newspapers across America, Mr. Newhouse was a visionary cultural figure whose enduring impact continues to inform and inspire generations worldwide.

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    SCILLONIAN LANDSCAPE BY FREUD AT CHRISTIE’S

    Wednesday, February 15th, 2023
    Lucian Freud, Scillonian Beachscape (1945-46) (£3,500,000-5,500,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £4,602,000

    Lucian Freud’s fascination with the natural world is underlined by two rare paintings at the 20th/21st century evening sale at Christie’s on February 28. Scillonian Beachscape (1945-46) is one of a handful of works inspired by a formative visit to the Isles of Scilly, accompanied by his close friend, the artist John Craxton. During the trip, Freud created a number of drawings and completed this canvas when he returned to London. Garden from the Window (2002) offers a rare glimpse beyond the studio walls and belongs to a series depicting Freud’s garden at 138 Kensington Church St. in London. Christie’s expect that both works, formerly in the renowned collection of Simon Sainsbury, will resonate with collectors especially given the fact that the National Gallery, London centenary retrospective entitled  Lucian Freud; New Perspectives transfers this month at the Thyssen Bornemisza in Madrid.

    UPDATE: Beyond the Window sold for £4,602,000

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    MAGRITTE’S DOVE FLIES INTO CHRISTIE’S SURREAL SALE

    Sunday, February 12th, 2023
    René Magritte, Le retour (circa 1950 UPDATE: THIS MADE £6,129,000

    Painted around 1950 Magritte’s dove of peace remains a powerful image for our times.  There is plenty of confidence at Christie’s that his striking work titled Le Retour will spark universal interest at its Art of the Surreal sale in London on February 28. Over the course of his career Magritte became adept at converting his vision of the mysteries of the world into pictures that, through icon like simplicity, conveyed their messages in ways that are more striking.The bird is one of his poetic motifs. It first emerged in 1940. Le retour offers a dream like variation. The surrounding seascape is bathed in soft light from an overcast sky.  Night is replaced by day in the body of the bird. Oliver Camu of Christie’s described this painting as a dreamscape offering a universal symbol of hope, He is confident it will whet a growing global appetite for Magritte.

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    CLASSIC WEEK MADE $96 MILLION AT CHRISTIE’S, GOYA RECORD

    Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
    FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES – Portrait of Doña María Vicenta Barruso Valdés, seated on a sofa with a lap-dog; and Portrait of her mother Doña Leonora Antonia Valdés de Barruso, seated on a chair holding a fan

    This double portrait smashed the previous record for Goya when it made $16,420,000 at Christie’s Old Masters sale in New York. Portrait of Doña María Vicenta Barruso Valdés and Portrait of her mother Doña Leonora Antonia Valdés de Barruso was the top lot in a sale of 49 lots which brought in $44.2 million. The grand total for Classic Week came to $92 million. Old Masters brought in $76 million across a number of sales including the collection of J.E. Safra, Masterpieces from a New York collection, Old Master and British drawings and sales of prints, paintings and sculpture.

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    MAGNIFICENT BANTRY HOUSE DINING TABLE AT CHRISTIE’S

    Friday, February 3rd, 2023
    EARLY 19TH CENTURY IRISH REGENCY MAHOGANY FIVE PEDESTAL DINING-TABLE © Christie’s Images Limited 2023. UPDATE: THIS MADE £69,300

    THIS early 19th century Irish Regency dining table originally acquired for Bantry House in west Cork comes up at Christie’s in London on February 9. The estimate is £60,000-£90,000. It was probably acquired by Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry (d. 1851) or his son, Viscount Berehaven, later 2nd Earl of Bantry (1800-1868). The table remained in Bantry House for many year before being sold anonymously at Christie’s in 2006 for £96,000.

    Bantry House has been the home of the White family and the Earls of Bantry since c1765. From about 1816 the 1st Earl (1767-1851) preferred to live at his shooting lodge, styled as a cottage orné in nearby Glengariff. After the death of his wife in 1835 he lived there permanently. It was around this time that Bantry House was made over to his eldest son, Viscount Berehaven (1800-1868), later 2nd Earl of Bantry.

    Viscount Berehaven was a collector, who travelled much of Europe and transformed Bantry House to what is seen today. He furnished the house with great opulence, which included such an outstanding array of items that Bantry House became known as ‘the Wallace Collection of Ireland’. The alterations to the house took place in the 1840s, and it is therefore possible that this table was acquired by either the 1st or 2nd Earl.

    The table comes up as lot 105 in a sale entitled An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House. There are 266 lots in the sale including 19th century paintings, Old Masters and sporting art, antique furniture and decorative arts.

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