![]() ![]() STAGGERED CLOSING: The online auction closes 1 -2 items per 1 minute intervals.Ĩ. CLICK ON THE "REFRESH LINK" often to be sure you are seeing current data.ħ. If you are being immediately out bid when you place your bid, you are most likely up against a max bid. The software will place your bid up to the max if someone bids against you. MANY of our buyers submit their "maximum bids" as they no doubt have seen the convenience and do not risk missing the opportunity by placing only real time bids on items especially in the frantic final minutes. MAXIMUM BIDS: We only use one bidding field in most cases. We will not reverse bids after the auction has begun to close, no exceptions.Ħ. Please make sure and review all bids before submitting. If you bid on the wrong item we will not reverse your bid. We will not reverse bids that have caused another bidder to be outbid. You should immediately review your bids before submitted. BIDDING ERRORS: Please be aware that many bidders routinely increase their own bid to price an item out of reach of other bidders. SALES TAX: SALES TAX WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.ĥ. ALL credit card payments under $10.00 will be assessed a $5.00 fee.Ĥ. Winners will have the option of paying online via Stripe with a credit/debit card, a 3.5% fee will be added to all card payments. Cash is accepted at pick up. Winning bidders will receive an invoice via email shortly after an auction concludes. PAYMENT: Do NOT pay until you receive your invoice. REGISTRATION: Bidders must enter a valid Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express card along with required contact information. WE DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY CHARGE ANY CREDIT CARDS FOR ANY INVOICES.ģ. If you bid $100.00 you will be charged $112.00 upon invoicing at auction close.Ģ. ![]() BUYERS PREMIUM: A 12% buyer's premium will be added to each purchase. A member of the renowned Whitney family, Joan led an eccentric life: along with her philanthropic endeavors, she was passionate about horse racing, and was also the majority owner and president of the New York Mets.1. In 1949, the painting was purchased by the American collectors, Charles S. After the couple divorced, Les Flamants remained in Paul's collection, and subsequently passed to his second wife, Elsa, with whom it remained throughout the Second World War. ![]() The painting was subsequently bought by Paul and Lotte von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Berlin-based art collectors who amassed an extraordinary group of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works through the 1920s, as well as a number of important early paintings by Picasso. An early champion of Rousseau’s art, Uhde counted himself among the painter’s circle of close friends and was with him when he died. Les Flamants was most likely purchased directly from the artist by Wilhelm Uhde. Privately owned works with a provenance that goes back to the artist are even rarer. Many of his works are now in the collection of public institutions. Rousseau was believed to have created fewer than 240 oil paintings in his lifetime. Joan Whitney Payson was the majority owner and president of the New York Mets His previous auction record was set in 1993, when Portrait of Joseph Brummer was sold at Christie’s London for £2.97 million (around US$4.4 million). Joseph Brummer was a Hungarian-born art dealer and collector, who founded Brummer Gallery with his brothers. When the bid reached US$28 million after roughly 14 bids, a gentleman in the saleroom stepped in, and from there onwards was a tug-of-war between the floor bidder and Conor Jordan's client.Īfter 18 more bids in steady US$500,000 increments, the lot was hammered at US$37.5 million, going to the bidder with Conor Jordan with paddle number 2148 for US$43.5 million – a new auction record for the artist. Payne Whitney Middleton (inherited from the above)Īuctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen opened bidding for the lot at US$16.5 million and saw two bidders on the phone – represented by Conor Jordan, Deputy Chairman, Impressionist & Modern Art, Americas and Adrien Meyer, Co-Chairman of Impressionist & Modern Art repsectively – chase after the work.By descent from the above to the late owner.and Joan Whitney Payson, New York (acquired from the above, October 1949) and Rudolf Heinemann, New York (acquired from the above through Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, 2 September 1949) Elsa von Kesselstatt, Vaduz (by descent from the above, 1935).Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Berlin (1927).Paul and Charlotte (Lotte) von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Berlin (by 1926).Wilhelm Uhde, Paris (probably acquired from the artist, 1910, until at least 1912).Lot 34A | Henri Rousseau | Les Flamants, Oil on canvas (Auction record for the artist)
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