Magritte

The Pauline Karpidas auction at Sotheby's fetched $100 million with a 'white glove' status - far beyond initial expectations. On Wednesday night, Sotheby's hosted an auction of 55 items from the collection of Pauline Karpidas. Wife of…

Sotheby’s has revealed the top picks, including a Magritte, for the upcoming Pauline Karpidas Collection auction. The collection comes from the iconic London home of Pauline Karpidas, one of the most prolific English art collectors. In…

A René Magritte sketch that was bought over eBay for only $1580 is expecting to fetch over $100,000 in an upcoming auction. The unnamed owner bought the sketch over eBay  few years ago, though it is not clear whether he knew it was a…

Sotheby's modern and contemporary auction at London proved to be successful with a net sale of $297 million, thanks to works by René Magritte and many others. The auction featured 74 works, of which three works of artists David Hockney,…