SOTHEBY’S
ARTIST DOSSIER
The audience and market
for Studio Job’s design creations
continue to broaden.AUCTIONS IN BRIEF
Americana and design in
New York, Asian art in Macau,
Modern art in Berlin, and more.DATABANK
A glance at three decades of top
lots sold at auction and what
they reveal about the market.THE ACQUISITION
Chinese businessman and
collector, Liu Yiqian, on an early
15th-century imperial thangka.93
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Young Boy in Grey with
Flowers, 1850, an oil by
Sturtevant J. Hamblen,
sold for $150,000
(est. $60–80,000) at the
Important Americana
sale at Sotheby’s
New York on January 23.91