Hockney’s Canine Wall
David Hockney’s love of his canine is well-known: in 1995 he staged an exhibition, Canine Days, solely dedicated to his two dachshunds, Stanley and Boodgie, who lived with him in California. In 1998, the artist produced Canine Wall, 15 etchings of the sausage canine lolling and snoozing of their beds. This January, the entire set is in the stores – a uncommon occasion – in Phillips’s January Night & Day Editions sale, with an estimate of £200,000-£300,000. Phillips, Berkeley Sq., London W1, 18-19 January; phillips.com
Bronzino in New York
It’s uncommon {that a} “new” work by Agnolo di Cosimo, higher often known as Bronzino, ever surfaces, however that’s what occurred final yr when Portrait of a Younger Man with a Quill and a Sheet of Paper was agreed to be by the Renaissance grasp. The portray, believed to have been accomplished c1527, exhibits a sober, elegant youth in opposition to a wealthy inexperienced background; some consider it’s a self-portrait. Having shifted by varied eminent collections, it was misattributed round a century in the past and ended up within the assortment of the Munich socialite Ilse Hesselberger, who was finally murdered by the Nazis. After but extra adventures it was returned to her heirs in 2022, and it’s they who’re placing it up for a sale with an estimate of $3mn-$5mn. A tranche of the proceeds will go to New York charities, considered one of which aids Holocaust survivors. Sotheby’s New York, 26 Jan; sothebys.com
Christie’s on-line Haute Couture sale
Final month the sale “From Beijing to Versailles: the VWS Assortment” achieved over $10mn at public sale, with valuable jade, European furnishings and Asian artwork main the way in which. Now the sale has a second, online-only half, with trend taking centre-stage. Most of the greats – Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Lacroix, Saint Laurent, Valentino – are represented from throughout the Nineteen Seventies, Eighties and Nineties. The items might be on present, too, at Christie’s Paris from 19 to 25 January. 11-25 Jan; christies.com
Sotheby’s The One
Sotheby’s debuts a cross-category sale, The One, “showcasing an unprecedented number of the best merchandise of human achievement in historical past”. Which means the 20 gadgets on supply vary from uncommon, historic Egyptian artefacts to a jersey worn by legendary basketballer LeBron James. The jersey commemorates his first profession NBA Finals Sport 7 look, and back-to-back championships and NBA Finals MVP awards with the Miami Warmth – and has an estimate of $3mn-$5mn. May it beat the file set by the sale of considered one of Michael Jordan’s jerseys for $10.1m final September? Sotheby’s New York, 27 Jan; sothebys.com
Bonhams’ Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris
Bonhams celebrates a century of automotive innovation this winter, with all the things from a 99 yr previous BMW, courting from 1924, to a 2020 Pagani Huayra Roadster (main the sale with an estimate of €2,300,000-€2,700,000). Look out additionally for the 1980 Mercedes-Benz as soon as owned by Diego Maradona, and the 2003 Gustav Troger Mirror Porsche – the place the Austrian artist took a classic 356 and lined it in shards of reflective glass. A high quality watches sale will complement proceedings. Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, 1-2 Feb; bonhams.com
Emma Hawkins: A Pure World – Sotheby’s
Collector and supplier Emma Hawkins has lengthy been admired for her eye for taxidermy, antiques and historic artefacts. Right here she sells an assortment of riches from her properties in London and Edinburgh, with valuable stones, glass eyes and animal bones all within the combine. Sotheby’s London, 9-19 Jan; sothebys.com
