Christie's Online Magazine No.152

From: Christie's - Saturday Oct 27, 2018 10:56 am

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Editor’s picks

These architectural models of staircases come from The Collection of Eugene V. Thaw, one of the 20th century’s most influential collectors, scholars and dealers

Estimate: $1,500-2,500
30 October, New York

Unseen at auction for more than 30 years, Thisbe by John William Waterhouse was once owned by William Randolph Hearst, Sr, the American businessman and newspaper magnate

Estimate: $1,800,000-2,500,000
31 October, New York

Written in Latin, this Isaac Newton autograph manuscript is one of the most extensive to have appeared at auction in years

Estimate: £80,000-100,000
31 October to 8 November, Online

France’s fascination with the Orient began in the mid 17th century, when lacquered screens, porcelains and other wares were imported and adapted into rare, sophisticated objects, like this Louis XV mantel clock

Estimate: $40,000-60,000
1 November, New York

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Paris
Enjoy more than 180 pieces of African and Oceanic Art offered across two standout sales, 28-29 Oct

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Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Chop Suey, 1929. Estimate: $70,000,000-100,000,000. Offered on 13 November in An American Place: The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale at Christie’s in New York © 2018 Heirs of Josephine Hopper / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY // Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Ocean Park #137, 1985. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 100 x 81 in (254 x 205.7 cm). Estimate: $18,000,000-22,000,000. Offered in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 15 November at Christie's in New York [Catalogue raisonné no. 4608] © Richard Diebenkorn Foundation // Mary Tyler Moore with her husband, Dr. Robert Levine. Photo: Patrick Demarchelier

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