Sothebys art

Auction featuring works by Monet, Matisse and Picasso fetches a total of £186m and sees five other records broken

“When I travel, I try to see as much as art as can. I see more when I travel than when I’m at home in London, as that’s devoted to family time. I love time spending time with my family and doing really normal things, like cooking on the weekend, puttering around. I meditate every day." _ Westphal

The painting that brought Jenny Saville to international acclaim had made a record-breaking $12.4 million at Sotheby’s London.

Salvator Mundi, the long-lost Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus Christ, has set a new record selling at Christie’s in New York for $450.3m, shattering the world record for any work of art sold at auction. Here are the other nine most expensive works to go under the hammer

As in the stock market, a chill at the art auctions has forced many buyers to the sidelines

Property from an Important Private CollectionCarlos Mérida1891 - 1984Blanco absolutoSigned Carlos

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Sotheby's Auction House, New York City - SELECTED COLLECTIONS - Artist; Leroy Coleman, Jr.

Her Arms

'Sotheby’s and Christie’s Jostle for Sales' --> via The New York Times - Sotheby’s and Christie’s are one of the business world’s oldest duopolies. Though always subtly different in corporate character, these auction houses have over the years been generally perceived to be evenly matched rivals.