S9E7:Guardi’s Venice Painting

1 Jan 201822 minTV-G

Old Masters never go out of fashion. And the prices they reach reflects this. In London, Christie’s are selling an outstanding view of the Rialto Bridge in Venice by the eighteenth-century master Francesco Guardi. While at Sotheby’s, JMW Turner’s view of the fortress at Ehrenbreitstein is going under the hammer. It is expected to fetch over £15 million. But will it make the estimate?