Plus, white-glove results from Hong Kong and a chess grandmaster's legacy.
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Our upcoming Paris auction will feature two paintings by Claude Monet that have been in private collections for 100 years. How do they fit within his legacy? Katy Hessel explains the artist's pivotal shift from Impressionsm to Abstraction. |
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Lothar Schmid wasn't the most famous chess player of all time, but he was the lynchpin in the most famous chess match of the 20th century. |
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Fifty-four lots, two and a half hours, $70,310,410. Last week's evening sale in Hong Kong was a record-setting event for the ages. |
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Choosing an engagement ring is easy thanks to our latest installment of the Sotheby's Shortlist: a weekly curation of pieces you can buy now from our marketplace or bid on in our auctions. |
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In a historic auction moment, Mark Rothko’s ‘No. 10’ from his early Multiforms series achieved HK $66.7 million in Hong Kong. |
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CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS |
This six-meter-long handscroll illustrating ancient Chu Ci poems is a complete ceremonial cycle rendered in line, gesture, and rhythm. |
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EXTRAORDINARY PROPERTY OF THE WEEK |
Modern Elegance in the Hollywood Hills |
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