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With an unusual degree of secrecy, the New York auction house organized a sale early last week of Pace founder Arne Glimcher‘s monumental Jackson Pollock painting, Number 19, 1951, measuring nearly five feet tall and four feet wide, estimated at $50 million.
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Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
On June 2, Sotheby’s in New York attempted to stage a private auction for Number 19, 1951, an oil and enamel masterwork by abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock, but the sale failed to launch after the auction house wasn’t able to attract enough bidders, according to a report from Artnews.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 June 2026
And on June 1, the Jaguar that served as Diana's refuge will become the centerpiece of an auction at The Market auction house in South Oxfordshire, the same business responsible for sales including Queen Elizabeth II's Daimler, George Michael's Range Rover, and Sean Connery's BMW.
—Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2026
Though members of the British royal family rarely express emotion in public, King Charles did express his grief over the death of Princess Diana in a letter from 1997 that was later unearthed at an auction house in Paris, per The Daily Mail.
—Christopher Luu, InStyle, 29 May 2026
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Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
On June 2, Sotheby’s in New York attempted to stage a private auction for Number 19, 1951, an oil and enamel masterwork by abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock, but the sale failed to launch after the auction house wasn’t able to attract enough bidders, according to a report from Artnews.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 June 2026
And on June 1, the Jaguar that served as Diana's refuge will become the centerpiece of an auction at The Market auction house in South Oxfordshire, the same business responsible for sales including Queen Elizabeth II's Daimler, George Michael's Range Rover, and Sean Connery's BMW.
—Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2026
Though members of the British royal family rarely express emotion in public, King Charles did express his grief over the death of Princess Diana in a letter from 1997 that was later unearthed at an auction house in Paris, per The Daily Mail.
—Christopher Luu, InStyle, 29 May 2026
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