A Francis Bacon portrait of George Dyer is expected to sell for $50m at Sotheby's after being exhibited at the Royal Academy. James Stunt loses a High Court dispute over a £4 million Van Dyck portrait. Sotheby's faces $40m legal costs, impacting the art market. A New York court orders Sotheby's to reveal auction clients in a Tiepolo painting case related to the Holocaust. A UK judge rules a prized Anthony van Dyck painting will be part of James Stunt's bankruptcy estate.
A UK judge has ruled that a prized Anthony van Dyck painting will not be exempt from contentious bankruptcy proceedings. https://t.co/JVimC4lRj8
Adrian Hyde v Geoffrey Stunt [2024] EWHC 630 (Ch) Court determines the ownership of Sir Anthony van Dyck's painting “Double Portrait of the Cheeke Sisters”. Painting part of bankruptcy estate of James Stunt and not therefore Geoffrey Stunt's. https://t.co/dnQTi3dte7 https://t.co/ufLQSdnKbS
A New York court has ruled that Sotheby’s must reveal its auction clients in the case of a painting by Tiepolo that heirs to a Jewish art dealer say was lost during the Holocaust. https://t.co/hk0jCW43rd
High court rules Van Dyck painting belongs to bankrupt socialite James Stunt https://t.co/UwoYucE5ai
Analysis | The cost of doing business? @Sothebys may be off the hook in the Rybolovlev trial—but with legal costs for the auction house estimated at $40m what will be the effect on the rest of the art market? @the_gray_market explores https://t.co/56ltPTzs4u
The cost of doing business? @Sothebys may be off the hook in the Rybolovlev trial—but with legal costs for the auction house estimated at $40m what will be the effect on the rest of the art market? https://t.co/56ltPTzZU2
James Stunt, the bankrupt former son-in-law of Bernie Ecclestone, has lost a High Court dispute over the ownership of a £4 million Van Dyck portrait https://t.co/ezorpzmYq2
How much can a museum show boost the value of a work? Francis Bacon’s first full-scale portrait of his lover George Dyer could fetch $50m at @Sothebys New York this May—less than two years after being on show at London's @royalacademy https://t.co/c2YmyeAYxk