Another Turner who proved himself the master of light and shade…
September was football time for two of the London rooms, Sotheby’s Olympia (20/10% buyer’s premium) fielded a 437-lot sale on September 11 and Christie’s South Kensington (17.5/10% buyer’s premium), who followed on two weeks later with their 302-lot offering on September 23.
Sotheby’s not only fielded a much larger sale, they also managed to get a somewhat higher proportion…