NEW YORK – For cereal box collectors, finding a box with strong graphics, a desirable image or that advertises a rare cereal brand no longer in production is – to borrow a phrase from Kellogg’s mascot Tony the Tiger — GRRRREAT!

LONDON – On October 22, 2020, Christie’s auctioned David Hockney’s Portrait of Sir David Webster, a tribute to Sir David Webster, the former General Administrator of the Royal Opera House, for £12,865,000 ($16,853,000) in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction.

PHILADELPHIA – Freeman’s single-owner sale of Variations on a Theme: 12 Bronzes of Ludwig van Beethoven by prolific French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle achieved $343,400 on Oct. 21. The 12-lot sale achieved a sell-through rate of 100% and soared past its presale high estimate. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.