BY BLAIR LEAKE
January’s Old Master paintings sales in New York were dominated by Sotheby’s.  During the Thursday morning sale, rare and spectacular paintings on offer included the infamous Portrait of a Woman Called “La Belle Ferronnière” (Lot 181), a dramatic ‘The Contnience of Scipio” by Il Baciccio(Lot 177), and a highly anticipated restituted work,  “Jupiter [...]

Reports from the inaugural “Master Paintings Week” collaboration between London’s Old Master dealers and auction houses have been smashing. For many of the private dealers, business was bountiful. The Antiques Trade Gazette described bustling commerce amidst the distraction of an epic men’s final at Wimbledon, and fortified interest from many of the top [...]

While Sotheby’s major sale of Old Masters is comparably diminutive to Christie’s this  year, in both size and quality, there are a few treasures still to be found.
OMNP’s star of the show has to be Sir Anthony van Dyck’s “Portrait of Endymion Porter” (lot 11, left)
This portrait easily trumps the three that Christie’s is offering [...]

Christie’s sale on Tuesday ends with a bang with an essential work by Michele Marieschi.

Was Christie’s saving all of their best consignments for the Summer? Following a slumping Spring midseason sale in New York, the auction house makes a triumphant return to the market this Tuesday, boasting one of the finest selections of paintings that [...]

OMNP previews select lots from Christie’s Sale 2820: Old Master and 19th Century Art, Amsterdam, on Wednesday, May 6th

Mystery portrait is Lucrezia Borgia, claims gallery [Ellen Connolly, Guardian UK]
A rather scandalous story lies behind this portrait, claimed to be of the illegitimate child of Cardinal Borgia, by the Northern Renaissance master Dosso Dossi
Missing Van Dyck Portrait to go on show at Tate Britain [Art Daily] [Tate Museum]
Lost painting by Italian master fails to [...]

Floris Claesz Van Dijk. Still Life with Cheeses, Bong and Good Will Hunting DVD, 1615 (?) (from onfamiliarthings.blogspot.com)
Van Dyck’s subtle scrutiny of the human psyche [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
Van Dyck’s Prettied Up Merchants, Bankers Star in Paris Show of Portraits
Commentary on the life and career of Anthony van Dyck, favorite painter of the British [...]

Lot 245, A Concert of Birds: This opulent menagerie portrayed by an anoymous follower of a luminary from the Dutch Golden Age can symbolize the bountiful prosperity of its owner.
OMNP previews selected lots from Sotheby’s London sale of lower priced Old Master and British paintings on Thursday, October 30th. Lack of expertise notwithstanding, many of [...]

Part two of OMNP’s preview of today’s sale of Old Master prints at Christie’s. Read below for a listing of lots being estimated at around $5,000 or more.
$5,000-10,000 USD

Lot 5
Hans Baldung Grien (1484-1545)
Saint Jerome in the Desert (B. 35; Holl. 118)
woodcut, 1511, watermark Gothic P with Imperial Orb in a Shield above (similar [...]

A penury of Old Masters is good (and bad) for sales [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
Mr. Melikian wraps up last week’s Old Masters sales in London. A slideshow of sales highlights reveals some information that OMNP overlooked. Of note: A big reason that the Van Dyck portrait of a stallion [...]

Goya Boosts Christie’s Drawings Sale [NY Sun}
"Lost" Goya drawings sold for £4m" [BBC]
Goya sketches “lost” for 130 years sold at auction [Reuters]
Goya: 3 Rediscovered Drawings Presumed Lost for Over 130 Years Realise $7.9 Million” [Art Daily]
Mainstream press coverage of major auctions usually centers around the big lots being sold. Such was the case with [...]

“A Watteau sets record at £12.36 million in an uneven Old Masters sale” [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
“Lost Watteau Fetches Record, Old Masters Languish at Christie’s” [Scott Reyburn, Bloomberg]
“Quick Takes: Art buyers find “lost” works” [LA Times]
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Christie’s official results: Sale 5431/Old Master Pictures
Christie’s official results: Sale 7610/Old Master Pictures Day Sale
Christie’s official results: [...]

OMNP takes an inside look on some of the highlights from Tuesday’s Old Master Drawings sale at Christie’s. Click MORE at the bottom for a full breakdown for select items in three different price ranges.