Corroon's counterpart at Sotheby's, Matthew Weigman , agrees.
That's the hope anyway at Sotheby's, which is holding its "Magnificent Jewels" sale April 10, and at Christie's, which will have a two-day sale with the same title on April 14 and 15.
Last week's contemporary art auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's had the feel of growth stock mania in the early seventies when Xerox, Polaroid, even Eastman Kodak and American Express sold in the stratosphere at 40 to 60 times earnings.
The Ethiopian Caterpillar (see article) sold by Sotheby's in 2010 fetched more than five times the price for an identical piece at Sotheby's in 2006.
Art's cognoscenti assemble again tonight, for an auction at Sotheby's that Pollock says could give even firmer confirmation that the art market remains Teflon among so much cheap creditless steel.
The late William Faulkner's 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature is heading for auction at Sotheby's in June.
There's one more chance to see them before the sale, at Sotheby's in New York, Dec. 7 to Dec. 11.
The unique collection of notes, including workings behind Newton's theories on gravity and light, were revealed on Wednesday at Sotheby's auction house, London.
It's a literary treasure trove, said Justin Caldwell, a specialist in books and manuscripts at Sotheby's.
The highest price ever paid for a bow at auction was at Sotheby's in 1988.
Back at Sotheby's, I did nail down a glowing Hans Hoffman canvas from 1952.
The horological specimens are on view at Sotheby's New York galleries from Feb. 28 to March 5.
Duck decoys are among the very hottest collectibles, says Nancy Druckman, director of American Folk Art at Sotheby's.
He spent four weeks at Sotheby's laboring over the 220-page tome that describes all 330 lots in detail.
Apart from a single programme for an American football game, writing is not much in evidence at Sotheby's.
At Sotheby's, it's November 4, followed by post-war and contemporary on November 9.
The next time the handwritten score will be available for public viewing is mid-November, at Sotheby's auction house in London.
At Sotheby's, sales in the Latin category have risen 23% in the past two years, says Carmen Melian, senior Latin specialist.
The auction house did not identify the dress' previous owner, who purchased the garment at Sotheby's in New York in 1989.
Elizabeth Sample, a broker at Sotheby's International Realty, said the showroom for the building had been flooded with multimillionaire and billionaire buyers.
Now three of these same leaves are up for sale again, part of a Dec. 13 auction at Sotheby's in New York.
Try buying an apartment on Fifth Avenue or a Picasso at Sotheby's.
Several lesser but charming examples of the genre go up for auction at Sotheby's "British Pictures 1500-1850" sale in London on July 14.
"Joe is an absolute genius, " says New York dealer David Nash, who used to run the impressionist and modern paintings department at Sotheby's.
Paul Quarrie, senior specialist in the book department at Sotheby's, said it would be appropriate for the papers to go to Cambridge University.
Peek behind the curtains at Sotheby's and you will see that a tremendous amount of work went into making sure this gamble paid off.
By contrast, he admits to buying 40% of the Hirst paintings that have come up for sale at Sotheby's and Christie's in the past year.
In 1997 Brian Sewell, a British art critic, saw a picture of a young man that had been brought in for evaluation at Sotheby's in London.
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The painting, which was bought by the Earl of Carlisle in 1796, was sold at Sotheby's in part to fund the divorce of current owner Simon Howard.
Sir Joshua Reynolds' Portrait of Omai was on display at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire for more than 200 years until it was sold at Sotheby's in 2001.
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