by Jessica | Jul 2, 2014 | Art Market, Auction Sales
A Francis Bacon Triptych made another auction record sale on Monday 30th June for this artist; the small format painting of his lover George Dyer, Portrait of George Dyer (on Light Ground) (1964) sold for £26.7 million at Sotheby’s Contemporary art sale beating a...
by Jessica | Nov 2, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Auction Sales, Diamonds
“Gem dealer 1: As in every stone of this size, there is a flaw. Sultan: A flaw? Gem dealer 2: The slightest flaw, your excellency. Gem dealer 1: If you look deep into the stone, you will perceive the tiniest discoloration. It resembles an animal. Sultan: An animal?...
by Jessica | Nov 2, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Auction Sales, Export licences, National Treasures
For several months, Jane Austen’s ring has provoked quite a sensation. Back in July 2012 US pop idol Kelly Clarkson placed the winning bid at a Sotheby’s auction for £152,450 against the Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire. According to the Telegraph...
by Jessica | May 21, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Auction Sales, Crime, Cultural Heritage
The art world has watched this cultural heritage story unfold and it has a happy ending for Cambodia. This case follows in the footsteps of other recent cases concerning Museums giving back looted or stolen art work, marking a positive shift in favour of the...
by Jessica | May 14, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Auction Sales, Disputed Title, Restitution
On 21st March this year a claim was filed against Sotheby’s auction house for refusing to refund a buyer his money when it transpired that the eighteenth century French old master painting he bought for $57,600 was once owned by Hermann Goering and was now worthless....
by Jessica | Feb 17, 2013 | Art Law, Auction Sales, Misattribution, Renaissance
An interesting case concerning one of Caravaggio’s most famous paintings – “The Cardsharps” has recently been filed in the High Court of Justice in London. Sotheby’s is being sued for damages for failing to identify this work as being a work by the Master rather than...
