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Johnny Marr to Auction 95 Guitars Spanning The Smiths to Bond Theme
entertainment2 months ago

Johnny Marr to Auction 95 Guitars Spanning The Smiths to Bond Theme

Johnny Marr is set to auction about 95 guitars, including his Smiths-era and Billie Eilish No Time To Die instruments, with Christie's handling a display in New York and London ahead of a London sale on 17 September. Estimates range from £1,000 to £150,000, and he will donate the hammer price of 10 lots to The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and The National Autistic Society, aiming for the guitars to continue to inspire others rather than sit in storage.

via BBC|
#christies#entertainment#guitar-auction
Marr’s Guitars Collection to Hit the Block at Christie's London Sale
business2 months ago

Marr’s Guitars Collection to Hit the Block at Christie's London Sale

Christie’s will auction Marr’s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection in London on 17 September 2026, showcasing around 80 guitars across about 95 lots with estimates from £1,000 to £150,000; highlights include Marr’s 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo, 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355, a 1984 Roger Giffin Korina Telecaster, a 1971 Martin D-28, a 1984 Gibson Les Paul Standard, and a 2017 Fender Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar; several guitars were used on his new album The Age Of Everything and in film scores; highlights will tour to New York (25 June–1 July) before a London pre-sale (9–16 September); 10 lots' hammer prices will be donated to The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and The National Autistic Society; Christie’s emphasizes Marr’s influence from The Smiths and beyond, tracing his career through the instruments that shaped his sound.

via Christie's - Press center|
#auction#business#christies
Ancient Arthurian Grail Manuscript to Fetch Up to $2.7 Million at Christie’s
arts-design2 months ago

Ancient Arthurian Grail Manuscript to Fetch Up to $2.7 Million at Christie’s

A 13th–14th century illuminated manuscript known as the Clermont-Tonnerre Grail—one of the earliest texts of the Arthurian legend featuring Merlin—has been in private hands for about 700 years and is headed to Christie’s in London for a July sale, with an estimated price of up to $2.7 million (£1.5–2 million). The vellum work, dating circa 1290–1310, contains Old French text from the Lancelot-Grail cycle and 126 gold-leaf illustrations; it has never been publicly exhibited or extensively studied, and its provenance traces through a long private collection.

via CNN|
#arts-design#auction#christies
Christie’s $1.1B Art Night Breaks Records, Driven by Kidman Spotlight
arts3 months ago

Christie’s $1.1B Art Night Breaks Records, Driven by Kidman Spotlight

Christie’s New York auction hauled in $1.1 billion in one evening, led by Brancusi’s Danaïde at $107.6 million and Pollock’s Number 7A, 1948 at $181.2 million, with Nicole Kidman starring in a promotional video for Danaïde as part of the Newhouse collection push—signaling a rebound in the top tier of the art market, even as buyers and observers note lingering questions about sustainability and the market’s long-term health.

via CNN|
#art-auction#arts#brancusi
Pollock drip masterpiece fetches $181 million at Christie's, setting a new auction record
arts3 months ago

Pollock drip masterpiece fetches $181 million at Christie's, setting a new auction record

Jackson Pollock's Number 7A, 1948 sold for $181 million at Christie's in New York, setting a new record for the artist and ranking as the fourth-most expensive work ever sold at auction; the sale from SI Newhouse's private collection included a Brancusi sculpture that fetched $107.6 million, the second-highest price for a sculpture at auction. Pollock's drip technique helped define abstract expressionism, and the previous pollock auction record was $61.2 million for Number 17, 1951 in 2021.

via BBC|
#abstract-expressionism#art-auction#arts
Charles and Camilla cap whirlwind NYC trip with star-studded Christie’s reception
world3 months ago

Charles and Camilla cap whirlwind NYC trip with star-studded Christie’s reception

King Charles III and Queen Camilla capped a whirlwind one-day New York City visit with a star-studded Christie’s reception, spotlighting the UK’s cultural ties through The King’s Trust as celebrities like Anna Wintour, Karlie Kloss, Lionel Richie and Nina Dobrev attended. The royals also paid respects at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Camilla toured the New York Public Library with Sarah Jessica Parker, and Charles bantered with the crowd about moon plans and other light jests, while Camilla met locals and Harlem Grown. This marked Charles’s first NYC stop since 2007, ending a high-profile trip that blended diplomacy, culture and public engagement.

via New York Post|
#christies#king-charles-iii#nyc-visit
€100 tickets could win a Picasso to fund Alzheimer's research in Paris
culture4 months ago

€100 tickets could win a Picasso to fund Alzheimer's research in Paris

A Paris charity raffle offers Picasso’s 1941 gouache 'Tête de Femme' as the prize for €100 tickets, aiming to sell up to 120,000 entries and raise as much as €12 million. Of that, €1 million goes to Opera Gallery (the painting’s owner) and the rest to medical research via the Alzheimer’s Research Foundation. The draw is on 14 April at Christie's Paris, with the artwork on public display beforehand; past raffles in 2013 and 2020 raised over €10 million for various causes.

via Euronews.com|
#alzheimers#christies#culture
Pink Floyd’s Black Strat breaks guitar price record at $14.6 million
culture5 months ago

Pink Floyd’s Black Strat breaks guitar price record at $14.6 million

David Gilmour's 1969 Fender Stratocaster, nicknamed the 'Black Strat' and used on Pink Floyd albums from 1970–1983, sold at Christie's in New York for a record $14.6 million, making it the most expensive guitar ever sold. The sale was part of the Jim Irsay collection and also featured other memorabilia, including John Lennon's piano and Kurt Cobain's guitar, with the 44-item auction totaling about $84 million.

via BBC|
#auction#christies#culture
Gilmour’s Black Strat Breaks Auction Records with $14.55 Million Sale
music5 months ago

Gilmour’s Black Strat Breaks Auction Records with $14.55 Million Sale

David Gilmour’s Black Strat sold for $14.55 million at Christie’s in New York, as part of the Jim Irsay Collection, becoming the most expensive guitar ever sold and eclipsing Kurt Cobain’s Nirvana guitar sale. The instrument is tied to iconic Pink Floyd tracks (Money, Shine On You Crazy Diamond) and the Comfortably Numb solo, with Irsay having purchased it in 2019 for about $5.25 million.

via Rolling Stone|
#auction#christies#david-gilmour
Vanthournout Collection Headlines Christie’s Modern Visionaries Series
art7 months ago

Vanthournout Collection Headlines Christie’s Modern Visionaries Series

Christie’s features the Roger & Josette Vanthournout Collection as the centerpiece of its Modern Visionaries sale in London, spanning Surrealism to Post-War avant-garde with works by Magritte, Ernst, Kusama and others; the collection is being presented in three dedicated auctions — Evening Sale on March 5, Day Sale on March 6, and an online sale running Feb 25–Mar 10, 2026 — with global previews in Brussels, Hong Kong, New York and Paris.

via Christie's Auction|
#art#auctions#christies