Records for Magritte, Ruscha and Basquiat in NY 20th/21st Century Art sales, Van Dyck’s Andalusian horse, Diego Giacometti, Jewels by JAR, Lin Fengmian, and more͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌  ͏‌

This week’s stories ## Record-shattering Magritte and Ruscha lead New York 20th and 21st Century sales
At $121m L’empire des lumières is most valuable Surrealist work sold at auction; Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Halftops $68m; 18 records including Basquiat, Haring, Horn, Sze
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### Discover Anthony van Dyck’s An Andalusian horse — and the rare landscape on its reverse that remained hidden for centuries
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### Lady Mercia Harrison — widow of actor Rex Harrison — reflects on collecting the works of her dear friend, Diego Giacometti
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### A marriage of East and West: how a Shanghai-based Belgian banker fell for the Chinese opera figures painted by Lin Fengmian
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### Jewels by JAR: why Joel Arthur Rosenthal was the first living ‘artist of gems’ to be honoured with a retrospective at the Met
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### Editor’s picks
Calypso Lamenting the Departure of Ulysses is an oil painting on copper by the 18th-century Swiss artist Angelica Kauffman. It depicts the moment in Homer’s Odyssey when Ulysses leaves the island of Ogygia, having been detained there for seven years by the nymph Calypso. Her sorrow as the hero’s ship sails towards the horizon is delicately conveyed Estimate: £15,000-20,000 4‌ December‌, London
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Lin Hukui, born in China’s Guangdong province in 1945, is famed for his images of wildlife, from insects and fish to monkeys and tigers. Dancing Cranes is a particularly vivid and expressive work, showing an energetic flock of birds in a winter landscape, strutting and fluttering by the side of a lake, their every movement reflected in the still water Estimate: HK$260,000-350,000 28‌ November‌, Hong Kong
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Produced by the Antinori family, winemakers for 600 years, Tignanello was one of the first ‘Super Tuscans’ — wines from Tuscany that used non-traditional grape varieties such as Merlot and Cabernet to create exceptional blends. Tignanello, Toscana 2016, offered here in a 600cl imperial, is an outstanding example, with notes of fruit, spices, coffee and herbs Estimate: £1,100-2,200 26 & 27‌ November‌, London
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The Hungarian artist Joseph Csáky moved from Budapest to Paris in 1908, becoming an important avant-garde sculptor and an early proponent of Cubism. He is best known for works in bronze, so his Interior with a table, a lively watercolour packed with pattern and detail, offers a rare opportunity to appreciate his love of colour Estimate: €3,000-5,000 4‌ December‌, Paris
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### What’s on
| Now on view | Hong Kong Masterpieces of Chinese Art from the Palmer Family Collection, 29‌ November‌
| Live for browsing | London Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 11‌ December‌
| Luxury | Global Remarkable jewellery, watches, wine and more to close the year in style, until 19‌ December‌

### Spotlight on
• | Maria Pergay: the Paris-based innovator — and favourite of Dalí and Christian Dior — whose steel furniture put her at the forefront of 20th-century design
• | Vintage port: the best producers and outstanding years of the wine that can take decades to peak, including examples that have lain undisturbed for a century
• | Dorothy Miller: MoMA’s legendary first female curator, who introduced Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Louise Nevelson and Frank Stella to the art world

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