Art at Auction The Year at Sotheby’s 1985-86

A. Alfred Taubman
Chairman, Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc.The 1985–86 auction season reflects the continuing development of an international art market, a market increasingly supported by private collectors seeking the world’s finest works of art and jewelry. This edition of Art at Auction chronicles the season’s most significant events, including the sales of Rembrandt Peale’s powerful portrait, Rubens Peale with a geranium; the Empress Josephine’s copy of Redouté’s masterwork, Les Liliacées; the magnificent jewels of Countess Mona Bismarck; superb English porcelain from the Rous Lench collection; Flemish paintings and important French furniture from the collection of Charles De Pauw.