Apologies...

December 8 2015

 

Sorry for the lack of action at the moment; it's Old Master week in London, and things are a little busy. Back soon!

Update - Wowee; a woeful evening sale at Christie's, totalling £6.45m. That's about half the pre-sale combined lower estimate. Many pictures buying in.

Before you all write off Old Masters, my hunch is that Christie's poor sale reflects the current state of affairs between the major auction houses. I may have to eat my words tomorrow night, but I expect Sotheby's to do much better.

Update II - the Day Sale at Christie's was much stronger. Good prices and sell rates. You can see the prices here. The total was over £3.5m. Of course, it won't stop the usual talk about 'the middle market' being dead. A fuller round up of the sales from me later in the week.

 

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