This Week’s Top Lots: July 20 – 24

Editorial Staff

*  The sale of Aboriginal art at Sotheby’s Melbourne on July 20 totaled over 2.5 million AUD. The top lot was Corroboree by William Barak that sold for 504,000 AUD (estimate 180,000-250,000 AUD). Other top sales—also painted works—included an untitled work by Shorty Lungkata Jungurrayi sold for 168,000 AUD (estimate 90,000-120,000 AUD), Awelye by Emily Kame Kngwarreye that sold for …

This Week’s Top Lots: July 11 – 17

Editorial Staff

*  At the sale of European furniture and decorative arts at Skinner in Boston on July 11 the top lot was a Wedgwood Queen’s Ware “Frog Service” platter that sold for $54,510 (estimate $10,000-15,000). Other top sales included a pair of 18th century giltwood mirrors that sold for $28,440 (estimate $12,000-18,000), and a collection of late 18th/early 19th century Italian …

This Week’s Top Lots: July 6 – 10

Editorial Staff

*  On July 7 the sale of Western manuscripts and miniatures at Sotheby’s London totaled £4.5 million. The top lot was a 15th-century manuscript, “The Life and Times of Emperor Sigismund” that sold for £1.1 million (estimate £1-1.5 million). Next was the 16th-century German manuscript, “The Management of the Army,” for Albrecht of Brandenburg that sold for £289,250 (estimate £70,000-100,000), …

This Week’s Top Lots: June 29 – July 3

Editorial Staff

*  The top lot of the June 27 sale of 20th century furniture and design at Skinner in Boston was a Tiffany Studios Peony lamp that sold for $118,500 (estimate $70,000-90,0000). Other top sales included a Tiffany Studios favrile glass table lamp that sold for $23,700 (estimate $3,000-5,000), and a Moorcroft vase with red flambé glaze that sold for $15,405 …

This Week’s Top Lots: June 22 – 26

Editorial Staff

*  On June 23 the pop culture sale at Christie’s New York totaled $650,863 with 193 of 268 lots sold. The top lot was an autographed Sgt. Pepper Beatles Fan Club of Great Britain poster that sold for  $52,500 (estimate $30,000-40,000). Another top sale was a bass guitar from Sears, model number 20180, used by Kurt Cobain for early demo …