Lennon sketches fetch £25,000

A signed 1972 exhibition catalogue of John Lennon's erotic drawings of Yoko Ono sold for £25,000 at auction yesterday.
British antiques dealer and Beatles devotee Tony Barnes, bought the exhibition catalogue signed by both Lennon and Ono at Gorringes auction house in Lewes, East Sussex.

Some Art You Buy For Investment Some...

de Kooning's 1982 Untitled XVI
An orange, blue, and white aerial canvas.
Sold for $5.8 million at Phillips de Pury's November 15 evening sale in New York.
It was a fitting end to the $1.7 billion fall auction season.

...YOU BUY TO SHOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS





[Fortaleza, Brazil - view from my hotel window. It was a very warm day when...]

Features R. Marinho's artwork.

De Kooning sold to New York Art Dealer Bob Mnuchin for $19.9 million

L&M Arts's Robert Mnuchin bought the
Willem de Kooning’s cranberry-and-coral abstract Untitled XXIII, for $19.9 million.




Below another strong abstraction by Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) "Untitled XVI," by de Kooning, oil on canvas, 70 by 80 inches, 1975, left; was also bought by dealer Robert Mnuchin, at the evening auction of Contemporary Art at Sotheby's May 10, 2006.

The evening Contemporary Sales Tonight at Christie's

Untitled XXIII
Willem de Kooning
1977
Estimate: $16-$19 million

Guaranteed lots include Willem de Kooning’s “Untitled XXIII” above); Warhol’s “Liz” (estimate: over $25 million); Jeff Koons’ “Diamond (Blue)” (estimate: over $12 million); and Lucian Freud’s “Ib and Her Husband” (estimate: over $15 million).
Christie's sale at 6:30, you can download software to watch the auction from the comfort of your own computer via Christie's Live. You do not have to register or reveal your net worth.
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Yesterday, a wooden cigar-store Indian princess, attributed to carver Thomas V. Brooks, fetched $193,000, above the $150,000 estimate. It sold to someone bidding over the Internet, the first time an evening sale at privately held Christie's included online bidding.

New York dealer Larry Gagosian bought the Picasso

Pablo Picasso's 1968 ``Homme a la Pipe,'' painted just five years before the artist's death, fetched $16.8 million tonight.
New York dealer Larry Gagosian bought the Picasso, which had a presale high estimate of $16 million. [from Bloomberg]

Which Picasso Painting at Christie's will Fetch the Highest Bid?

I think this Picasso on the left will fetch the highest bid at Christie's auction tonight.
Femme accroupie au costume turc (Jacqueline)
signed 'Picasso' (upper left); dated '26.11.55.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45 5/8 x 35 1/8 in. (115.8 x 89.2 cm.)
Painted on 26 November 1955



This other Picasso on the right is almost the same size, but maybe because of the pipe... which one do you like best?

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Homme à la pipe
signed 'Picasso' (upper left); dated '7.11.68.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51¼ x 35 in. (130.1 x 89 cm.)
Painted in 7 November 1968
[from Christie's online]