Old Master series boosted by sale of key collections
While two of the top prices of the London auctions last week came for ancient sculptures – the £14m Old Kingdom Egyptian limestone statue at Christie’s and the £8.3m for the Roman marble of Aphrodite (c.41-54AD) at Sotheby’s – there was also a bumper run of Old Master and British picture sales.
Sotheby's evening sale on July 9 in particular performed strongly, benefitting from four prestigious…