Inspiration

Christie’s: MICA: THE COLLECTION OF MICA ERTEGUN
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'empire des lumières
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Price realised
USD 121,160,000!!!

Battiss was a founding member of the influential art movement known as the New Group, which aimed to break away from traditional European artistic conventions and explore uniquely South African identities and experiences. His bold use of colour, intricate patterns, and imaginative compositions set him apart and earned him international recognition. 

Battiss is considered to be South Africa’s best water colour painter to this day. He spent time with Pablo Picasso when he lived in Paris and even represented South Africa at La Bienalle di Venezia (otherwise known as the “World Cup of Art”) in 1950. 

His painting Father and Son in the Rocks, which used elements he saw in Rock Art, was so controversial at the time that it was discussed in parliament. It is now on show at the museum. 

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Addison Thomas Millar
The Rug Merchant
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD. signed lower right: Addison T. Millar, with fingerprint; initialed and inscribed on the reverse: The Rug Merchant / Acra and imprinted with the artist’s fingerprint
oil on canvas
canvas: 22 by 28 in.; 55.9 by 71.1 cm
framed: 27 ¾ by 33 ¾ in.; 70.5 by 85.7 cm,Sotheby’s

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/19th-century-european-art/the-rug-merchant?fbclid=IwY2xjawN274VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR7LQM3FXs6F1j5GfQuoSImg17Hg79U4AasD0eiBuToN4AuvKZpI7VJkShnflQ_aem_RhA3hQWcYXTOgKuUtVMDUQ

FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
Broncho Buster
Estimate
USD 200,000 – USD 300,000, Christie’s

SOLD FOR USD 504,000

https://www.christies.com/lot/frederic-remington-1861-1909--6519641?fbclid=IwY2xjawN27xFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR7Rkbv9t_lN5HJYL1uFgK8vzSFPtl8MviN9RuTBl9MWZqnstE0PxaZFG7xcPg_aem_cunbqgnuzPXNRRWMJyEALQ

Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010), A Corner of a Garden (By the Lake), 1977. Oil on board. 45.4 x 45.4 cm (17⅞ x 17⅞ in). Sold for HK$14,895,000 on 28 May 2023 at Christie’s in Hong Kong

Bernardino de' Conti
Portrait of an Elegantly-Attired Noblewoman in Profile
Guaranteed Property
Live auction begins on:
February 6, 05:00 PM SAST
Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD, Sotheby’s

SOLD FOR 3,120,000 USD

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/master-paintings-sculpture-part-i/portrait-of-an-elegantly-attired-noblewoman-in?fbclid=IwY2xjawN27e5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR4S6wL_JgZEQ2_juNJDEFUnmjsJHEIFgJ8nVjm_ESq1pzm0JPuASg-1xz_e3A_aem_9pkm0RhT-8X5PN1afgX_Kg

Sold for $4,800,000 at Sotheby’s Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Annunciation.

Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
AERT DE GELDER (DORDRECHT 1645-1727)
Homer dictating to scribes
Estimate
USD 60,000 – USD 80,000, Christie’s

SOLD FOR USD 252,000

https://www.christies.com/lot/aert-de-gelder-dordrecht-1645-1727--6518830?fbclid=IwY2xjawN27TtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR53LV8BVs6Jlv9PUTWwFo5paQ-7f4wc1u6aiwBch6GFozw1rEayvrm4Dqsbtw_aem_ktk4I--JdRsc7t6CDzzhvQ

Hamed Sadrarhami (Iranian, b. 1981)
Why Not

Price realised
USD 37,500 Christie’s.

$7300, Iman Maleki ( born 1974) Tehran auction

https://tehranauction.com/auctions/february-2025/17-iman-maleki/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN27I9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR655HAnmDnNBohHqr-5fEx5_btmrCaCnWPfhYzKqbmarPul6aro0P3FhBwXjQ_aem_SzsSBLYHMCYQMOmmNGFaUA

Artist: Manouchehr Yektai (1920–2019)
Title : Still Life
Signed “Yektai 68” in English (lower right)
oil on canvas
46×46 cm
Painted in 1968
:Provenance
Bonhams Auction, Apr. 2016, London
Estimate Price: 60.000-70.000.000.000 IRR
Hammer Price: $80,000

$244,000 in Tehran auction, Reza Abbasi

https://tehranauction.com/auctions/february-2025/70-reza-abbasi/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN269xleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR655HAnmDnNBohHqr-5fEx5_btmrCaCnWPfhYzKqbmarPul6aro0P3FhBwXjQ_aem_SzsSBLYHMCYQMOmmNGFaUA

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O')
Price realised
USD 179,365,000

FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)
Portrait of Man with Glasses III
Artist's Resale Right
Estimate
GBP 6,000,000 – GBP 9,000,000, Christie’s

SOLD FOR GBP 6,635,000

https://www.christies.com/lot/francis-bacon-1909-1992--6523670?fbclid=IwY2xjawN26ydleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR6kU4aGsslW-BYcL08TZnpvcPYT0_Mr6oLd9cIAK8JkPPnHGLLMUaLfTv-v9w_aem_YWz4Ge0h2JpozK7olLOOJw

WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Schwarze Begleitung
Estimate
GBP 700,000 – GBP 1,000,000, Christie’s

SOLD FOR GBP 2,218,000

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6523665?ldp_breadcrumb=back&fbclid=IwY2xjawN26r5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR6kU4aGsslW-BYcL08TZnpvcPYT0_Mr6oLd9cIAK8JkPPnHGLLMUaLfTv-v9w_aem_YWz4Ge0h2JpozK7olLOOJw

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Portrait de Lunia Czechowska
Estimate
GBP 4,000,000 – GBP 7,000,000, Christie’s

SOLD FOR GBP 6,290,000

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6523669?ldp_breadcrumb=back&fbclid=IwY2xjawN26ktleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR74QYxHi1xxxoq-jYGZxzyjozhzjo2ufo2SKz73x1o_OPj9D-yFd_tFUY5nqg_aem_049pusf-BQh-Z0qY7VOZuQ

Vladimir Tretchikoff
SOUTH AFRICAN 1913-2006
Post Office Flower Seller
signed, dated 49 and inscribed 'S.A.'
oil on canvas
72,5 by 78cm excluding frame; 90 by 95 by 8cm including frame, estimate USD 65 315 - 87 086

Sold for ZAR 1 715 625

https://www.straussart.co.za/auctions/lot/360-17-feb-2025/123?fbclid=IwY2xjawN26dRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR7Rkbv9t_lN5HJYL1uFgK8vzSFPtl8MviN9RuTBl9MWZqnstE0PxaZFG7xcPg_aem_cunbqgnuzPXNRRWMJyEALQ

Artist
Paul Gauguin
Year
1889
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72 cm × 93 cm (28.5 in × 36.5 in)
Location
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran.

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)
Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night)
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Estimate
HKD 95,000,000 – HKD 125,000,000

SOLD FOR HKD112,625,000, Christie’s,

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6526911?ldp_breadcrumb=back&fbclid=IwY2xjawN26R9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR6KWOmBcxgewOEzpN4cKZI3bx0x5y8QydeJS9zvMyKr_jFroEilgq2qv3TnlA_aem_dUSnSyRwtWDee0KNthPX8Q

Carlos Cruz-Diez
Physicromie Panam 85
Artist's Resale Right
Lot closes
April 11, 03:28 PM SAST
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
SOLD FOR 69,850 EUR, Sotheby’s

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/art-moderne-et-contemporain-day-auction-pf2526/physicromie-panam-85?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=6723396504486&utm_campaign=6723396500886&utm_content=6757125696086&cmp=pso7000203590&fbclid=IwY2xjawN26JNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR655HAnmDnNBohHqr-5fEx5_btmrCaCnWPfhYzKqbmarPul6aro0P3FhBwXjQ_aem_SzsSBLYHMCYQMOmmNGFaUA

Got £107950 at Sotheby’s PROPERTY FROM THE AZARI COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES
Sohrab Sepehri
Untitled.

Marlene Dumas (born 3 August 1953) is a South African artist and painter based in the Netherlands. Her painting Miss January realised
USD 13,635,000 at Christie’s.

CHRISTOFFER WILHELM ECKERSBERG (BLÅKROG 1783-1853 COPENHAGEN)
A Study of a Woman
Price realised
USD 25,200 Christie’s

ANDERS ZORN (MORA 1860-1920)
Miss Bertha Dölling
Price realised
USD 441,000 Christie’s

Sold today at a local auction in South Africa for R31 110 000 ( $1.7 million) Vladimir Tretchikoff
SOUTH AFRICAN 1913-2006
Lady from the Orient
signed and dated 55
oil on canvas
75 by 86,5cm excluding frame; 102,5 by 114,5 by 7,5cm including frame

Composition au damier (Composition jaune et noir)
Estimate
GBP 600,000 – GBP 800,000, Christie’s

SOLD FOR GBP630,000

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6536716?ldp_breadcrumb=back&fbclid=IwY2xjawN25e5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR6fjEeAd26EZNo2iNoSWgTpwdrB6j7a7EoKWwo1NqGUCBo3oIXnrF4hs3kVGA_aem_sMQh1oRDRU72S_tUaEdMYg

1930 - 2002
Serpent à deux têtes
incised with the signature and numbered E.A. I/III (on the base) Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 GBP Sotheby’s

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/pauline-karpidas-the-london-collection-day-auction-l25900/serpent-a-deux-tetes?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=6723396504486&utm_campaign=6723396500886&utm_content=6757124115486&cmp=pso7000203590&utm_id=6723396500886&utm_term=6723396504486&fbclid=IwY2xjawN25PhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXY1R5WHZKdXAzcVFzWENVAR7Rkbv9t_lN5HJYL1uFgK8vzSFPtl8MviN9RuTBl9MWZqnstE0PxaZFG7xcPg_aem_cunbqgnuzPXNRRWMJyEALQ

Collector Sasan Ghandehari recently filed a lawsuit against Christie’s, alleging that the auction house did not inform him that a painting by Pablo Picasso was owned by someone convicted of drug-related charges before he purchased the work.

According to the Financial Times, which first reported news of the lawsuit, Brewer Management Corporation (BMC) guaranteed it would buy Picasso’s Femme dans un rocking-chair (1956) for £14.5 million if the artwork piece failed to sell during a Christie’s evening sale in London in February 2023.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sasan-ghandehari-lawsuit-christies-picasso-auction-guarantee-1234749641/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNwW61leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEzSGNWVXV3Z0xsRW9ZMjBFAR6IQPzHHH5BFQftyQQB4d0-5L5SOa_DgkyOsAxrgo2lmmhW9i1nv2okxO8jrA_aem_3Jw4AJyGSm9RPwUGlpzLLg

This image shows the painting "Portrait of a Lady" by Giuseppe Ghislandi, also known as Fra' Galgario, which recently resurfaced in Argentina.
This Old Master painting was looted by the Nazis during World War II from the collection of Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker.

It was spotted in a real estate listing for a property near Buenos Aires owned by the daughter of a high-ranking Nazi official who fled to Argentina after the war. 

The painting's reappearance sparked a police raid on the property, but the artwork had vanished, replaced by a tapestry.
Argentinian authorities are investigating the disappearance of the painting as an alleged cover-up of smuggling.

The painting is listed on a database of lost wartime art and its discovery and subsequent disappearance have garnered significant international attention.

Yesterday
Sotheby's Got £10,120,000 René Magritte
1898 - 1967
La Statue volante
signed Magritte (lower left); signed again and titled (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
96.7 by 129.7 cm. 38⅛ by 51⅛ in.
Executed in 1958.