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  1. Lot 14

    Date released
    29 Jun 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1569
    NoS ID
    023090
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Auction at Sotheby’s. DESCRIPTION: Sotheby’s, London, where Lot 14 was the powerful magnet at an important Auction. Paul Rubens’ famous altar-piece, The Adoration of the Magi...

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  2. The Price of Perfection

    Date released
    12 Oct 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1688A
    NoS ID
    024308
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Price of Perfection. DESCRIPTION: An important collection of European porcelain was auctioned at Sotheby’s in London, and a Chelsea scent bottle in the form of a rooster fetched a...

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  3. Cost of Canvas

    Date released
    8 Jul 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2040
    NoS ID
    027450
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cost of Canvas. DESCRIPTION: Liz Taylor and Richard Burton attend an auction at Sotheby’s which features a Renoir, only discovered recently. Richard Burton was using the auction for a...

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  4. Gone Goya

    Date released
    28 Aug 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1682
    NoS ID
    024242
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gone Goya. DESCRIPTION: When a place like the National Gallery loses a treasure like Goya’s portrait of the first Duke of Wellington its really sensational news. The painting...

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  5. Going - Going - Gone!

    Date released
    18 Jun 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1724
    NoS ID
    024673
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Going - Going - Gone!. DESCRIPTION: At Sotheby’s in London, the collection of the late Sir Alexander Korda came under the hammer. Paintings included the Blue Boat by Claude Monet, a...

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  6. What Price Picasso?

    Date released
    17 Oct 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1637
    NoS ID
    023818
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: What Price Picasso. DESCRIPTION: Sotheby’s latest big auction, at which Picassos’ predominated, was the important collection of New York financier Mr Jacques Sarlie. Picasso’s...

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  7. Paintings at a Price

    Date released
    19 Jun 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1672
    NoS ID
    024148
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paintings at a Price. DESCRIPTION: The portrait of the First Duke of Wellington, painted when the Iron Duke was 43, set a record price for a Goya. It was knocked down, to an American,...

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  8. Sunken Treasure Sale

    Date released
    24 Apr 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2238
    NoS ID
    029351
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sunken Treasure Sale. DESCRIPTION: Buyers from Europe, Britain and America attend an unusual sale at Sotheby’s. The sale of retrieved treasure from the ‘Hollandia’ which sank off...

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  9. Abstracts Sell for £536,500

    Date released
    6 Jul 1964
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    64/55
    NoS ID
    111218
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Huge sum is raised in one-hour auction of works by Kandinsky, pioneer of abstract painting.

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  10. They Don’t Make ‘Em Like That...

    Date released
    28 Oct 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2056
    NoS ID
    027607
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: They Don’t Make ‘Em Like That. DESCRIPTION: A new British Record - nearly a hundred and twenty-two thousand pounds - is set by a Sotheby’s auction of Veteran, Vintage and...

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