Share:Bid rival planned to return sculptures to China By Andrew Johnson The Chinese businessman who sabotaged the controversial Paris sale of two sculptures claimed by the Beijing government from Yves Saint Laurent’s art collection last week may have had the best of intentions. But in preventing the sale as a “political protest”, Cai Mingchao may […]
Share:Jenny Barchfield A Chinese bronze rabbit head, (R) and bronze rat head (L), which sold for 14 million euros each. Photo / AP PARIS – An auction dispersing the vast art collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent lived up to expectations billing it as the “sale of the century”. The auction exceeded […]
Share:Source: Art Daily A pait of visitors look at a marble minotaur on view at the Grand Palais. Photo: EFE/Yoan Valat. PARIS.- The three-day sale of the magnificent Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé at the Grand Palais, offered by Christie’s in association with Pierre Bergé & Associates auctioneers, realised in total €373,935,500 […]
Share:Source :- Time.com The Saint Laurent-Berge auction at the Grand Palais in Paris Pulling in record prices for seven artists, the much-anticipated auction of Yves Saint Laurent’s art collection got off to a flying start on Day One’s sale of Impressionist and modern art. The $266 million tallied on Monday — a record auction for […]
Share:The art collection of Yves Saint Laurent, who died last month, is to be auctioned off in what experts are describing as “the sale of the century” potentially worth half a billion euros. By Henry Samuel in Paris It is set to be the biggest single-owner art auction in history, and includes paintings by Goya, […]
Share:July 16 (Bloomberg) — Christie’s International said it will be selling the art collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge in Paris in February 2009. The auction will be held in association with Pierre Berge & Associates, the Paris auction house owned by the fashion designer’s former business partner, Christie’s said today in an […]
