Sir Stanley Spencer's Hilda and I at Pond Street (1954) sold for £1,430,050 ($2,249,612) at Sotheby’s in London on December 15, 2010, setting a new auction record for a Spencer work. The sale total for 20th century British art at Sotheby’s was £8,255,625, with other artists including Frank Auerbach, Dame Barbara Hepworth, L. S. Lowry, Christopher Wood and Lynn Chadwick also performing well.
Maegis blog headline related to Lalique serpent vase auction; artwork discussed is Lalique ‘Serpent’ Vase which brought $56,673 in a Heritage Auctions art glass sale.
Lalique vase by Rene Lalique, titled Serpent, sold for $56,673 (world record price) at Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 4 Signature Lalique, Art Glass and Perfume Bottles auction in New York, with more than 415 bidders across online and in-person bidding.