Auction Kings Season 9
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Jan 1, 1970
Auction Season 9 1 Jan 1, 1970 A new series opens with bidders shuttling between Sotheby's and Christie's in New York for the annual May sales of post-war and contemporary art.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 2 Jan 1, 1970 At Sotheby's in London two ancient Scottish families are having a clear-out. Their treasures include a sword said to have been used at the Battle of Culloden.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 3 Jan 1, 1970 A mega sale by Christie's of contemporary art includes a work by Peter Doig originally bought for £15,000. What will it fetch now? Plus, a rare Rothko goes under the hammer.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 4 Jan 1, 1970 In London, Ingles & Hayday are selling a rare Stradivarius violin. Meanwhile at Sotheby's, masterpieces by Gerhard Richter, Georg Baselitz and Jean Dubuffet are auctioned.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 5 Jan 1, 1970 At Sotheby's in New York an 1897 painting by Gustav Klimt has surfaced after years in a private collection. Plus a work from the later years of Renoir is auctioned.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 6 Jan 1, 1970 In a sale at Bonham's, there are swords from the English Civil War and letters revealing the extent of the love affair between David Ormsby-Gore and Jackie Kennedy.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 7 Jan 1, 1970 In London, Christie's auction Francesco Guardi's Rialto Bridge painting, while Sotheby's are selling Turner's view of the fortress at Ehrenbreitstein, valued at £15million.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 8 Jan 1, 1970 The marble lions from the tomb of Charles V of France are being sold at Christie's, while an exquisite Johann Christian Neuber snuff box comes under the hammer at Sotheby's.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 9 Jan 1, 1970 Paintings by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky and Spanish surrealist Joan Miro go under the hammer in London.
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Jan 1, 1970Auction Season 9 10 Jan 1, 1970 A packed saleroom at Christie's in London sees record prices paid for ancient treasures including a bronze dirk, an Etruscan mirror and a lion's head carved from granite.