Most Expensive Collectibles Sold on Sotheby’s January 2015

At the Beginning of the Month we search Sotheby’s Auction Results and Post the TOP 5 Auction Highlights that Sold for the highest price. This listing was one of the Top 5 sales at Sotheby’s month, we hope you enjoy this information as much as we enjoy posting it! Please make sure you come back periodically to see the Top Collectibles that Sold at Sotheby’s.

#1.Dutch Harbor In A Calm With Small Vessels Inshore And Beached Among by Willem Van De Velde The Elder  Sold for $5,429,000.
Description: “Willem van de velde the elder. Leiden 1611 – 1693 london. Dutch harbor in a calm with small vessels inshore and beached among fishermen, a kaag at anchor, a states yacht and men o’war offshore:  a “penschilderij” signed lower center w.v.velde
Pen, ink and oil on panel. 18 7/8  by 25 1/2 inches; 47.9 by 65 cm“.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2. Rome, the Pantheon, a view of the interior towards the Piazza della Rotonda by Giovanni Paolo Panini  Sold for    $5,317,000.
Description: “Signed with initials and dated at the foot of the column lower right: i.p.p. 1732. Oil on canvas. 46 7/8 by 38 3/4  in.; 119 by 98.4 cm“.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3. Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows by John Constable, R.A.  Sold for $5,205,000.
Description: “Possibly the artist’s sale, London, Fosters, 16 May 1837, lot 37, as ‘Sketch of Salisbury Cathedral, from the Meadows’, to Williams for £6.10; The Viscounts Hambleden, Hambleden Manor, Buckinghamshire; By whom sold, London, Christie’s, 10 July 2013, lot 437“.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#4. Frozen River at Sunset by Aert van der Neer  Sold for $4,757,000.
Description: “Whom acquired by Captain Helben, in 1839;  Robert Stayner Holford (1808-1892), Westonbirt, Weston Birt, Gloucestershire;
By inheritance to Sir George Lindsay Holford, Dorchester House, London (1860-1926);   His deceased sale, London, Christie’s, 17 May 1928, lot 25, for 3,500 guineas, to Leggatt;  Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt.(1893-1973), Luton Hoo, Luton, Bedfordshire;  His deceased sale, London, Christie’s, 4 July 1997, lot 11; There purchased by the present collector“.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#5.Paradise landscape with the animals entering Noah’s ark by Jan Brueghel the Elder Sold for $3,973,000.
Description “Acquired by the father of the present owner in Milan in the 1950s; Thence by descent to the present owner.”