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Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters: The Apex of Watch Collecting

1 month ago | sothebys.com | Stephen Pulvirent

Watch collectors love a bit of technological anachronism. If the very idea of wearing a mechanical wristwatch in an age of digital timekeepers is the start of the climb, sitting at the summit is the minute repeater. Invented in the early 18th century as a way to tell time at night (remember, there was no luminous paint back then), watchmakers figured out how to use miniature hammers and gongs to chime out the hours and minutes on demand.
From Botticelli to Basquiat, Casalta Makes a Home for Art

1 month ago | sothebys.com | Sarah Medford

It was an odd painting, no question about it. Jan Sanders van Hemessen’s “Christ as Triumphant Redeemer,” dating from the mid-1540s, had unusual looks and a twisted backstory, both intriguing to Catherine and Nathan Bruckner when they spotted the work in the winter of 2019 at a Sotheby’s Old Master preview in New York.
Goodwood’s New Foundation is a Garden of Artful Delights

1 month ago | sothebys.com | Vassi Chamberlain |Julian Schnabel |Tom Ford

Charles Gordon-Lennox, the 11th Duke of Richmond, is an anomaly among his peer group; an innovator and original thinker who, since taking over the reins of Goodwood—his family’s 12,000-acre estate in Sussex, England—from his father in 1994, has catapulted its revenues from £1.9 million to £130 million today. Not bad for a man who dropped out of Eton at 16.
How Winslow Homer Revolutionized American Watercolor

1 month ago | sothebys.com | Katie Maher

As Bananas for the Attorney General from Winslow Homer’s Bahamian period comes to auction in New York, we explore the American artist’s revolutionary approach to watercolor. Winslow Homer is widely considered the leading American artist of the 19th century. While his oeuvre encompasses paintings, drawings and watercolors, it is his experimentation with the watercolor medium that established Homer as one of the nation’s most innovative and critically acclaimed artists.
Japanese Whisky: The Comprehensive Collector’s Guide

1 month ago | sothebys.com | Jonah Flicker

A deep dive into everything you should know about Japanese whisky, including five key distilleries to collect. Although there is record of very small amounts of Japanese whisky distilled as far back as the late 1800s, it was not until the early 20th century that the category began to be produced on a commercial level.
Eight Reasons to Love Cartier’s Eight Days Tank Allongée

1 month ago | sothebys.com | Will Fenstermaker

What makes this seemingly typical Cartier Tank worth half a million Swiss Francs? The Cartier Tank is one of the most popular watches in the world, let alone at Sotheby’s. Its timeless design has served as a foundation for numerous creative expressions over the decades, making the military-inspired dress watch a must-have for nearly all collectors.
10 Iconic Brutalist Buildings

2 months ago | sothebys.com | Arsalan Mohammad |to Sotheby’s

One of the 20th century’s most enduring – and divisive – architectural movements, Brutalism has become the lingua franca of buildings representing utopian residential ideals to federal power. Emerging from the chaos and destruction of World War Two, Brutalism – from the French word brut, meaning raw – enjoyed about two decades as the dominant ethos in progressive Modernist architecture.
The Luminous Photography of Yorgos Lanthimos

2 months ago | sothebys.com | David Kamp

The May/June cover of Sotheby's Magazine. If you’ve seen the films of Yorgos Lanthimos—perhaps “Poor Things” (2023), for which Emma Stone won the Oscar for best actress, or “The Favourite” (2018), for which Olivia Colman did the same—you are familiar with his rich visual vocabulary. The fish-eye-lens shots that signal mental dislocation. The super-wide establishing shots that help the director do his loopy world-building. The soberly framed silly dancing.
The Rolex Day-Date: A Complete Collector’s Guide

2 months ago | sothebys.com | Stephen Pulvirent

With a storied history unlike any other watch, the Rolex Day-Date has provided endless opportunities for collectors over seven decades. When collectors talk about Rolex watches, the bulk of the attention tends to be paid to the bevy of well-known sport watches: the Submariner, the GMT-Master and the Daytona. But the brand’s most famous and iconic watch of all is the dignified older cousin of those watches, the Rolex Day-Date.
The Omega Speedmaster: A Complete Collector’s Guide

2 months ago | sothebys.com | Stephen Pulvirent

Best known as the legendary watch that went to the Moon, the Omega Speedmaster – or Speedy, as it’s lovingly known – offers a perfect combination of iconic design, purpose-driven innovation and collectability. The Omega Speedmaster is more than a watchmaking icon – it’s a genuine pop-culture phenomenon that has been a part of our public consciousness for over half a century.