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Sotheby’s Will Sell a Nine-Foot-Tall Giacometti Sculpture for at Least $90 Million in an Unusual Sale Where the Bids Are Kept Secret

Despite the ongoing travel restrictions and lockdowns upending the art market, auction houses are still rolling out masterpieces with some jaw-dropping prices. The latest is Sotheby’s announcement ...
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Giacometti sculpture offered in secretive ‘sealed-bid’ sale – with a minimum price of $90M

A work by Alberto Giacometti, the artist behind some of history’s most expensive sculptures, is going up for sale – but bids will be made entirely in secret. Until October 27, auction house Sotheby’s ...
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$70 Million Giacometti Heads to Sotheby’s for High-Stakes May Sale

Sotheby’s has scored a $70 million Alberto Giacometti sculpture for its evening sale of Modern art on May 13 in New York. The 1955 bust of one of the artist’s brothers, Grande tête mince (Grande tête ...