Christie’s catalogue for the Brody Collection
As an addendum to my auction post earlier today, I should let you know that I have an unrelated event to attend tonight and will not be joining the press scrum at Christie’s. Nor will I be following the action online in real time.
In fact, because I’m on deadline for an article I’m writing that is related to my recent Southern sojourn, I may decide to wait until after next week’s major contemporary art sales to do a wrap-up.
I can only hope that at tonight’s postsale press conference, some brave soul in the scribe tribe will ask Christie’s whether the top-estimated Picasso was bought by its third-party guarantor and, if so, how much that bidder received in “financing fees” (which, in effect, reduces the cost of the purchase).
Even better, maybe Christie’s will speak without prompting.