Art auction giants clash in New York ring
Sotheby’s Parke Bennett and Christie’s, both over 200 years old and British, vie for half billion in global dominance from New York. A Park Avenue opening night sale features Renoir and Van Gogh, each projected at $1 million. Sotheby’s counters with stars from Sinatra to Rothschild. The Abbey Rockefeller Mauz and Meyer de Rothschild estates spark cross-Atlantic selling as Mentmore Towers hosts a historic house and contents sale bid up to $14 million.
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Sotheby's and Christie's Face Off Over Global Art Market
Sotheby's plans a major expansion with Saudicorp to manage royal palaces and teach art in Saudi Arabia as Christie’s counters with a high stakes battle for access to top works. Peter C. Wilson calls the move a milestone for Sotheby’s, aiming for $50 million in business this season.
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British producer Wilcox dies at 85 in London home
British film producer Herbert Wilcox, who crafted over 300 silent and sound films and scored late 1930s hits Victoria the Great and Sixty Glorious Years, died at his London residence after a long illness at age 85. Actress Anna Neagle, his wife, was with him.
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