Bernini, Coecke Set Records in $26.7 M. Hester Diamond Collection Sale

Following the record-breaking $92 million sale of a rare Botticelli portrait in New York, Sotheby’s ended the first segment of its Master Week with the sale of works from the collection of Hester Diamond, a late New York arts patron, dealer, and designer. The Diamond sale was slated with a pre-sale estimate of $23.3 million–$35.3 million with with buyers’ premium.
So far, Sotheby’s New York Masters Week generated more than $148 million, showing that mid-pandemic market fo