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After Gurlitt's death the painting was offered for sale by both his widow (unsuccessfully) and subsequently by his son Cornelius, when at auction by Ketterer in Stuttgart in 1972 it realised DM 90,000 to Cornelius after auctioneer's fees (the same painting later re-sold at Sotheby's in London for £1.2 million). Beckmann's family did not ...
In 1935 SS-Sturmbannführer Ernst Müller took Silberberg's villa for the SS security service, [10] forcing the sale at a low price. Silberberg moved with his family into a small rented apartment and was forced to part with the majority of his art collection, which was auctioned in several "Jew auctions" at the Graupe auction house in Berlin. [11]
As more paintings by old masters and applied arts were auctioned, a branch was opened in Cologne in 1902, which was initially located at Domhof 6 in the house of the Archbishop's Diocesan Museum. In 1908 Lempertz was the first European auction house to start auctioning East Asian art. [3] In 1918 the Math.
On eBay, the bidding price started at $233.95, with bidding ended at a sale price of US$10,000. [63] Both the e-mail exchange and the picture have become internet hits. [64] In July 2009, Dornoch Capital Advisors placed England's Coca-Cola League One Side Tranmere Rovers F.C. on eBay without permission from owner and chairman Peter Johnson ...
Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Nobody Asked's Salvator Mundi (c. 1500). The painting was sold in November 2017, [1] [2] through the auction house Christie's in New York City.
Claim to the Parke-Bernet auction house, New York The painting was confiscated in France during World War II; In 1969 it was auctioned in New York; its whereabouts are unknown. No returns, the auction house (now Sotheby's) did not disclose the name of the buyer. [237] Pierre-Auguste Renoir : Paysage pres de Cagnes. Oil on canvas, Richard Semmel
In 2017, the Bavarian State Painting Collections agreed to return a painting of the Raising of Lazarus to the heirs of James von Bleichröder, represented by Mondex Corporation of Toronto, Canada, confirming that the auction of Von Bleichröder's art collection in 1938 was due to Nazi persecution.
The highest known price paid for an artwork by a living artist was for Jasper Johns's 1958 painting Flag. Its 2010 private sale price was estimated to be about US$110 million ($154 million in 2023 dollars). All-time This is a list of highest prices ever paid—at auction or private sale—for an artwork by an artist living at time of sale. Adjusted price (in millions of USD) Original price (in ...