Auctions - Finestre sull'Arte

New York, Robert Mnuchin's collection at auction: there's also a 70 million Rothko

A selection of works from the collection of renowned New York gallerist and collector Robert E. Mnuchin (1933 - 2025) will be auctioned in May in New York at Sotheby's, with a total estimate exceeding $130 million (about 111 million euros). The colle...
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First Olympic medal from 1896 sold for 120 thousand euros

A medal from the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 sold for 900,000 Danish kroner, or 120,422 euros, excluding auction fees, during an online auction organized by the Danish house Bruun Rasmussen Arts Auctioneers. Including buyer's fees, t...
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Sold for 6.4 million euros the Rothschild Mahzor, one of the most important Hebrew manuscripts

The Rothschild Mahzor, one of the most important medieval illuminated Hebrew manuscripts ever to appear on the market, has sold for $6.4 million. The adjudication took place in New York at Sotheby's, where the codex was offered with an estimate of be...
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Rare Michelangelo study for Sistine Chapel sold at Christie's: record

New world record for a work by Michelangelo at auction: it happened at Christie's in New York, where a rare study for the Libyan Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel sold for $27.2 million (23.10 million euros). And to think that this figure was the result...
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World record for Artemisia Gentileschi: her self-portrait exceeds 5.6 million at Christie's

New world record for Artemisia Gentileschi. At Christie' s auction on Feb. 4, theSelf-Portrait as St. Catherine of Alexandria fetched a price of $5,687,000 (4.8 million euros), more than doubling the minimum estimate and marking the highest result ev...
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Rembrandt, a record-breaking lion: it is his most valuable drawing ever sold at auction

A drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669) depicting a young lion has made art market history by becoming the Dutch artist's most expensive work on paper ever sold at auction. The sheet, known as Young lion resting ("Young lion...
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Very rare Renaissance drawing by Hans Baldung Grien discovered: goes to auction

A major event for the art market and for the history of Renaissance drawing is being prepared in Paris. On Monday, March 23, 2026, at theHôtel Drouot, the auction house Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés, in collaboration with the B...
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A very rare self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi stars at Christie's auction

A masterpiece by Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 - Naples, post-1654) is preparing to return to the international market spotlight. In fact, on February 4, 2026, Christie' s is offering the 17th-century painter'sSelf-Portrait as Saint Catherine of ...
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