1. What is Christies?
Christies is an auction company.
2. How much is Mark Rothko’s White Centre?
$72,840,000
3. Value isn’t always connected to what?
To quality.
4. What does provenance mean?
It means the origin of something – where something originally came from
5. Who previously owned Rothko’s White Centre?
The Rockefellers.
6. How did they earn their wealth?
From oil and banking.
7. 1n 1960 how much did he pay for White Centre?
$10,000
8. Who are the current owners?
The Qatari Royal Family.
9. Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens is worth what?
$76,529,058
10. Where are the majority of old master paintings?
In museums, unlikely to ever reach the market again.
11. How did Ken Thomson earn his wealth?
By building a global media empire that once encompassed the Times and Sunday Times.
12. How much did he pay for Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens?
£49,500,000
13. What number on the rich list of people in Britain is Jeffrey Archer?
583rd
14. How much is Monet Water Lily Pond worth?
$80,379,591
15. How many years did Monet spend painting this water lily pond:
26 years
16. What is the most popular postcard sold in the National Gallery?
A reproduction of a still life of a vase of sunflowers painted by Vincent Van Gogh in 1888.
17. How much did Au Moulin de la Galette by Renoir sell for?
$78,100,000
18. How much did Portrait of Dr Gachet by Van Gogh sell for?
$82,500,000
19. Who bought them?
Ryoei Saito
20. What is rumoured to have happened to the painting ‘Portrait of Dr Gachet’ by Van Gogh owned by Japanese businessman, Ryoei Saito?
It is rumoured that they had either been burned or sold to pay off his debts.
21. How much was Francis Bacon Triptych sold for?
$86,281,000
22. Who bought it?
Roman Abramovich
23. Adele Bloch-Bauer II (2) by Gustav Klimt was sold for?
$87,936,000
24. What is restitution art?
Art that is restored to its rightful owner before they sell it.
25. Dora Maar Au Chat by Picasso sold for?
$95,216,000
26. How old was Picasso when he painted boy with a pipe?
24
27. How much did it sell for?
$104,168,000
28. What did Steve Wynn do to his Picasso painting, Le Rêve?
He made a hole in the canvas with his elbow.
29. How many items did Victor and Sally Ganz sell at their auction?
57 items
30. What did Victor Ganz do for a living?
He was the president of a costume jewellery business.
31. How much did Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Picasso sell for?
$106,482,500
32. Who is standing next to the painting below?
Doug Lord
33. How old was Picasso when he painted it?
50
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