#bonhams

Bonhams Catalogue, February 24, 1998. No apostrophe in Bonhams, apparently. In my last blog post about a picture that was Not Oscar, I related the story of how an image purporting to show a young Wilde in an assembly of pupils at Portora Royal School, had to be withdrawn from an auction at Bonhams in 1998. Merlin Holland explained the reasons for the removal in his recent book After Oscar (pp.…

Bonhams will relocate its US headquarters to 111 West 57th Street this February, establishing a new flagship inside the landmarked Steinway Hall as the 230-year-old auction house accelerates its expansion in one of the world’s largest art markets. The move marks a major step for Bonhams, founded in 1793 and now operating globally across more than 60 categories, from fine art and design to…

Pablo Picasso( 1881-1973) Visage

There's one paper stack work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres that you're NOT supposed to take, which you CAN'T replace, because it's specially made, embossed with a circle of dolphins. So keep this stack of paper in pristine condition or else, I guess.

Also it's an edition, so there are actually seventeen stacks—twelve edition stacks, and five artist proof stacks—and the label and artist's signature is on the archival box. So now you have to take care of the box, too.

Anyway, one's for sale this week. Go for it.

tbqh I've never looked, but I've never seen an actual Bob Ross painting for sale. Now it turns out there are a bunch. Two, including this happy tree palette mountain work from 1981, are being sold by a private collector. But there are also the first three paintings of 30 donated by the Bob Ross Inc. entity to benefit American Public TV.