Most Expensive Collectibles Sold on Sotheby’s March 2014

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. Piccadilly Circus, London by Laurence Stephen Lowry, Sold for $8,444,442.
Description: Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. 1887 – 1976. PICCADILLY CIRCUS, LONDON, signed and dated 1960,  oil on canvas,  76 by 102cm.; 30 by 40in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2. Cabinet by Jean-Michel Frank Sold for $5,117,433.
Description: 1895 – 1941.  Cabinet, pièce unique, vers 1935.  A unique gypsum and patinated bronze cabinet by jean-michel frank, circa 1935 this piece is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owner and the heirs of jean-michel Frank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3. Molded Blue And White Barbed Rim Dish Yuan Dynasty, 14th Century Sold for $ 4,197,000.

Description: With bracket-lobed rim well painted with a lively wave pattern in underglaze blue of strong, inky tones, the shallow cavetto with eight reverse ground ruyi-form ‘heaped and piled’ reserves, molded in relief with fine detail, enclosing leafing peony against a ground of delicately undulating scrolls, the center formed by a large quatrefoil of neatly arched waves enclosing a circular medallion comprised of eight Buddhist flame motifs within radiating petal-shaped panels, the underside with freely drawn lotus scroll with characteristically spiky leaves all between line borders, all resting on a low wedge-shaped footrim, the unglazed base with a mark painted in cobalt
Diameter 18 in., 45.7 cm.

 

 

 

 

#4. A Town Square by Laurence Stephen Lowry Sold for $4,105,590.
Description: 1887-1976.  A TOWN SQUARE, signed and dated 1953,  oil on canvas,  76 by 101.5cm.; 30 by 40in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#5. A River Bank by Laurence Stephen Lowry Sold for $3,274,746.
Description: 1887-1976.  A river bank, signed and dated 1947,  oil on canvas,  71 by 91.5cm.; 28 by 36in.