Author: Amy S

[ad_1] Summer season is a comparatively quiet interval on the public sale calendar, however there have been fireworks at Christie’s in London final month, when a top-flight view of Venice by Canaletto smashed the artist’s public sale document. The portray, Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, which was created within the 1730s, carried a low estimate of £20 million ($26.4 million) on the July 1 sale, however ended up promoting for a whopping £31.9 million ($43.9 million) with premium—the second-highest value ever made for an Previous Grasp at Christie’s London. Why did it soar? Under, a deep…