OMNP previews lower priced lots from Christie’s upcoming Old Master Paintings Sale in London, on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

OMNP previews Sotheby’s New York sale of Old Master Paintings, from January 29-30

OMNP previews select lots from Christie’s London sale of Old Master paintings on Tuesday, December 2rd.
An excellent Breughel work, comparable to Sotheby’s showcase lot on Wednesday, is being estimated by Christie’s at under $1m USD
Rediscovered Masterpiece by Tiepolo Goes on Public View at Christie’s [Art Knowledge]

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OMNP previews today’s auction affordable Old Master paintings at Christie’s Milan. The drawbacks of the Italian Old Master market also reveal its strengths-while export restrictions keep this market rather tame-the sheer richness of available material within its borders still allows for many quality works by lesser known painters to come to the block. Click MORE [...]

A small group of prints from familiar sources like Rembrandt and Durer goes up for auction tomorrow at Bonham’s. With the world in election hangover, could a few pieces here fall through the cracks? This may be a good chance to own a staple from the oeuvre of the aforementioned, however OMNP is definitely feeling [...]

Here is a last minute preview of some Old Master items of interest, up for sale at Skinner Auctions in Boston.
Apparent bargains can be found with the Fuseli drawing (lot 405, if one can stomach the dreadful scene of Salome with the head of St. John), a beautiful rendering of a Goltzius print [...]

For those keeping score at home, a busy week allowed for OMNP’s auction previews to be posted just as many sales results were coming in. If such imprudence can be overlooked, stay tuned for a full breakdown of Christie’s and Sotheby’s London OM sales, along with OMNP’s coverage of “The Disasters of War” series [...]