Most Expensive Collectibles Sold on Sotheby’s December 2013

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.  Saying Grace By Norman Rockwell Painting Sold for $46,085,000.
Description: Oil on canvas,  43 by 41 inches.  (109.2 by 104.1 cm).  Painted in 1951.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2. Portrait De Roger Dutilleul, Amedeo Modigliani Sold for $8,814,128.
Description: Signed Modigliani (upper right).  Oil on canvas.  100.4 by 64.7 cm ; 39 1/2 by 25 1/2 in Painted in 1919.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3. Portrait Of A Gentleman, Sir Peter Paul Rubens Sold for $5,273,191.
Description: Siegen 1577 – 1640 Antwerp. Portrait Of A Gentleman, Half-Length, Wearing Black, Oil On Canvas, Transferred To Canvas. 58.4 By 45.4 Cm.; 23 By 18 In.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#4. Monumental Marble Head of Hermes-Thoth, Late Hellenistic, circa 2nd Century B.C. Sold for $4,645,000.
Description: Probably from a standing cult figure of the god wearing a chlamys, turned to his right, his powerful face with strong chin, parted lips, long sideburns, and deep-set almond-shaped eyes originally inlaid with sheet bronze for the eyelashes, marble for the whites of the eyes, and glass or colored stone for the irises and pupils, his hair swept up above the forehead, arranged in rows of short overlapping curls, and bound in a diadem, a square mortise on top of the head with remaining marble tenon for a lotus leaf headdress, remains of drapery folds at the base of the neck, a roughly worked support behind.  Height 17 in. 43.2 cm.

 

 

 

 

#5. Magnificent Platinum, 18 Karat Gold, Emerald and Diamond Ring Sold for $4,645,000.
Description: Centering a square emerald-cut emerald weighing 61.35 carats, within a mounting accented by marquise and pear-shaped diamonds weighing approximately 17.00 carats, size 6¾.