Christie’s 11/30/19

Rare Frank Lloyd Wright chairs from the first masterpiece of his Prairie house style



Thought-provoking kinetic art, big names at surprising prices, and artists to invest in today



How Clark Gable and the CIA played a part in Animal Farm, the UK’s first animated feature film



Big time sensuality: Roman sculptures of Eros and Venus — the god and goddess of love



The collecting couple: ‘If we weren’t married, we’d be bidding against each other at auctions’



To mark our 200th edition, we rewind 200 years to see who was buying what at Christie’s in 1819


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A guide to Cycladic art and why — 5,000 years later — even a sculpted head, torso, leg or foot can be highly desirable



Hong Kong auctions defy challenges to total $337 million, attracting buyers coming from 50 different countries



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This photograph was taken by Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) for Vogue in 1949. When most models were being paid $10-25 an hour, Lisa Fonssagrives commanded $40 an hour. The Swedish supermodel married Irving Penn the following year, and later became a sculptor

Estimate: $6,000-8,000
2-11 December, Online






Guido Reni (1575-1642) became a key figure in the early Baroque. He is known to have painted two versions of the Fortuna, which differ in only one detail: in one, she holds a crown in her right hand, in the other a purse. This version is dated to 1637-40

Estimate: £600,000-800,000
3 December, London






Portrait intaglios in aquamarine are exceedingly rare. The gemstone was virtually unknown in the Roman world before the mid-first century BC. This changed after the Romans took control of a trade route from India through to Alexandria

Estimate: £30,000-50,000
4 December, London






Created for the Halftime Show at Super Bowl XLVI, these one-of-a-kind diamond and ruby ‘Beats Pro’ by Dr. Dre headphones were made in collaboration with Graff. They have been worn by Madonna, LMFAO and Lil Wayne

Estimate: $100,000-150,000
11 December, New York