Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty Hosts Sotheby’s Auction House for Chinese Art Valuation Event in Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine (May 25, 2012) – Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, Maine’s Leading Luxury and Waterfront Real Estate Company will host specialists from the Chinese Works of Art department at Sotheby’s New York for private valuations in Portland, Maine on June 13th.
This event will be one of only three stops in the New England area. Sotheby’s looks forward to conducting private valuations in an area that already boasts an established clientele of art connoisseurs. This event will broaden the awareness of Sotheby’s growing interest in Asian works of art and Chinese Ceramics. This appointment only event represents an exclusive opportunity to bring in individual art works for a complimentary appraisal and consideration as an auction consignment. The event will be occurring one day only, Wednesday, June 13. Private appointments only. Please call 1.212.606.7332 to schedule a confidential appointment.
What: Sotheby’s Art Sweep – An Invitation to Consign Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art
Where: Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, Two City Center, Portland, Maine
When: Thursday, June 13th
China has emerged as the largest consumer in the world for luxury goods and high-priced artworks. Since Sotheby’s held its first auction of Chinese Art in London in 1922, the department has gone from strength to strength, with sales held twice yearly in four salerooms: London, New York, Hong Kong and Paris. A robust, global category, Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art sales have attracted as many as 1,200 bidders from 47 countries in recent seasons. Collectors have spent more than $1.1 billion on Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art at Sotheby’s during the past five years.
Legacy Property’s Sotheby’s International Realty, with Maine real estate offices in Kennebunk, Portland, Brunswick and Camden, continues to respond to positive movement in the Maine luxury real estate market by adding new brokerage talent in its existing markets and moving into new markets such as the Carabassett Valley, Rangeley Lakes Region, Belgrade Lakes, and now the Blue Hill Peninsula and Mt. Desert Island.
About Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
Maine Real Estate Expertise – Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is the leading luxury property company in Maine. With offices in Kennebunk, Portland, Brunswick and Camden, Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty serves the coastal communities in Maine for distinctive properties at all prices. With more than 50 licensed agents, Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is able to provide Maine Real Estate services for buyers and sellers throughout the state. For more information please visit our Maine real estate website at www.LegacySIR.com or our facebook page at www.facebook.com/legacysir.
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About Sotheby’s, Chinese Ceramics and Fine Works of Art
Sotheby’s Chinese Ceramics and Fine Works of Art is a department that offers great masterpieces of Chinese Art for auction. Sales include a wide range of works, such as ceramics, jades, ivory and rhinoceros horn carvings, furniture, bronzes, sculptures, paintings and clocks from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasties. Sotheby’s international team has cultivated strong relationships with the key collectors in the field, as evidenced by the number of important private collections that have been entrusted to them for sale, amongst them The Meiyintang Collection, Property from J.T. Tai and Co., The Collection of Carl Kempe and The Estate of Emile Guimet. Recent successes include the extraordinary prices of $18 million for a Famille-Rose Floral Medallion Bottle Vase, $15.8 million for a Massive Imperial White Jade “Xintian Zhuren” Seal, the record-breaking 22-million for an Outstanding Blue and White Vase with Fruit Sprays, Meiping Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period and $26.6 million for an Outstanding Ru Guanyao Lobed Brush Washer, which set the world auction record for Song ceramics. Learn more about this department in Records & Results. www.Sothebys.com
