COLOGNE, Germany – Auction Team Breker will hold a two-day sale on Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17, with the first day devoted to photographica and film and the second to the categories of science and technology, mechanical music and fairground pieces. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Diamond jewelry soared at Doyle’s jewelry sales on August 23 and August 24 as competitive bidding drove the sale total above $1 million, surpassing expectations.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553), ‘Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous as Electoral Prince,’ circa 1528-1530, oil on panel. Private collection
NEW YORK – Neue Galerie New York continues to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the museum throughout this year, capping off the festivities with the opening of The Ronald S. Lauder Collection on November 11. This exhibition, which will remain on view through February 13, 2023, presents selections from the collection of the Neue Galerie’s co-founder and president, Ronald S. Lauder. Around 500 works – many of which will be on view to the public for the first time – will be presented across two floors of the museum.
The Museum of Cycladic art in Athens, photographed in February 2021. On August 30, a spokesman for the Greek government announced a deal for the eventual return of 161 ancient Greek artifacts from a U.S. billionaire’s private collection, which will be exhibited at the Athens museum later in 2022. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit George E. Koronaios. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece has struck a complex deal for the eventual return from a U.S. billionaire’s private collection of 161 top-quality ancient Greek artifacts dating from more than 4,000 years ago, marking a new approach in the country’s efforts to reclaim its cultural heritage.