Editor’s picks | | | A publicity shot of the Hollywood legend Greta Garbo, promoting her 1931 film Mata Hari, was transformed by Andy Warhol half a century later into The Star. Part of a series of 10 prints entitled Myths, the mesmerising image of Garbo — saturated in deepest red — sits alongside depictions of other cultural icons, including Mickey Mouse, Superman, the TV puppet Howdy Doody and Warhol himself Estimate: $50,000-70,000 31 January to 14 February, Online | | | | | | Jan van Bijlert was strongly influenced by Caravaggio and was one of a group of Dutch artists who brought his style of painting to northern Europe. A Young Man Playing a Lute and Singing with Two Companions, probably dating from the late 1620s or early 1630s, takes its lead from the Italian master in its close-up viewpoint, packed composition, naturalistic detail and dramatic lighting Estimate: $400,000-600,000 5 February, New York | | | | | | Recalling the famous catchphrase of Dame Edna Everage — ‘Hello, possums!’ — this pair of ‘possum’ spectacles is from the collection of her creator, Barry Humphries. The sale is dominated by artistic and literary works, from Symbolist paintings to rare editions of Oscar Wilde, but it also features items from Dame Edna’s wardrobe, including several examples of what she called her ‘face furniture’ Estimate: £1,000-1,500 13 February, London | | | | | | The artist Ida Calzolari has made copies of works by many Old Masters, among them Rembrandt, Canaletto and Holbein. A small dog seated on a table, with biscuits and a Chinese cup, in oil on copper, is Calzolari’s affectionate and detailed rendering of a 17th-century original by Giovanna Garzoni, an Italian Baroque painter who worked for the Turinese court as well as the Medici family Estimate: $800-1,200 28 January to 13 February, Online | | | | | | |
