Where do the connoisseur collectors of mainland Europe bid? Where can new collectors explore without being blinded by the razzle dazzle of the big-name auction houses of London and New York? We have listed the top 14 auction houses in Europe you need to know to be in the know. Mainland Europe […]
Zero is silence. Zero is the beginning. Zero is round. Zero spins. Zero is the moon. The sun is Zero. Zero is white. The desert Zero. The sky above Zero. The night. –from a 1963 poem by Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, and Günther Uecker Forged in the pessimism and […]
A painting by the German Expressionist master Max Pechstein sold for €700,000, double its price estimate. Ketterer Kunst, who held this auction, also holds the world record for Max Pechstein with “Weib mit Inder auf Teppich (Vorderseite), Früchte II (Rückseite)”. This piece was estimated € 600.000-800.000 and sold for € 3.480.000 […]
One of Germany’s leading art auctioneers, Nagel Auktionen is now a member of the Mearto family. Located in Stuttgart, Nagel holds three large art and antiques auctions each year, as well as two auctions each of modern art, Asian art and collector’s rugs. In addition to these, they hold specialized and […]
A nearly 150 million year-old skeleton of a stegosaurus is still available for sale for € 3,313,410 after it didn’t sell under the hammer on May 28. Dinosaurs create good entertainment, proven by the popular Jurassic Park series of Steven Spielberg. Although the stegosaurus skeleton didn’t sell at auction, its suitors […]