Collectibles, Prices, Cultures: Landmarks 1960 to 1984

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landmarks 1960 to 1984

This page highlights some landmarks in the sale of old master paintings, stamps, manuscripts, furniture and other collectibles.

It covers -

1960 -
1965 -
1970 -
1975 -
1980 -

     1960

Femme Accroupie by Picasso - US$134,000

Nympheas (1906) by Monet - US$50,000

The Lady of Shalott by Holman Hunt - US$27,950

168 piece silver service (1737) by Jacques Roettiers - US$579,600

White Center (Yellow, Pink & Lavender on Rose) (1950) by Rothko - US$10,000

     1961

Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer by Rembrandt - US$2.2m (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Goya - US$392,000

     1962

Death of Harlequin by Picasso - US$224,000

     1965

1965 Bay Tree Egg (1911) by Faberge - US$35,000

1966 La Grande Loge print by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec - US$15,400

1966 Christie's launches specialist wine department

1966 Caxton's MS of Ovid (1480) - £90,000

     1967

Sotheby's acquires Parke-Bernet

Times-Sotheby Index launched

     1968

Lorenzo de' Medici by Raphael - US$325 in 1968 (resold 2007 for £18.5m)

     1970

Juan de Pareja by Velásquez - £2.3m

Sotheby's launches specialist wine department

MGM Studios auction

Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz ruby red slippers - US$15,000

Gould's Birds of Australia - $16,500

Times-Sotheby Index ceases

Joseph Guarneri del Gesu violin (1742) - £26,000

     1973

Blue Poles (1952) by Jackson Pollock - $2.2m (NGA)

Redouté's Les Lilliacées - £17,000

Cockerel Egg (1900) by Faberge - US$227,700

     1975

Poe's Tamerlane - US$123,000

     1977

Le Joueur de Flute (1932) by Picasso - US$7,700

Frank Wearne's Victoria Cross (1917) - £7,000

Joseph Rocca violin (1845) - £9,350

Duke of Kingston's tureens (1734) by Juste-Aurele Meissonier - US$1.1m

     1978

Gutenberg Bible - US$2.4m (Uni of Texas)

     1980

One Cent Black on Magenta British Guyana stamp - £850,000

The Resurrection of Christ by Dirk Bouts - US$3.7m

Boy with a White Collar (1905) by Picasso - US$1.05m

Joseph Rocca violin (1845) - £17,050

     1981

Alexandria Blue (1846) US stamp - U$1m

     1983

Gospels of Henry the Lion (1188) - US$12m

Still Life with Green Melon (1902) by Cézanne - US$4.3m

     1984

Seascape, Folkestone (1840) by Turner - £7.3m

Inspeximus version of Magna Carta - $US1.8m (Ross Perot)

Antonio Stradivari cello (1691) - £275,000

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