What Price Picasso?

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1637
Date Released
17 Oct 1960
Date submitted
13 Oct 1960
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: What Price Picasso. DESCRIPTION: Sotheby’s latest big auction, at which Picassos’ predominated, was the important collection of New York financier Mr Jacques Sarlie. Picasso’s Crouching Woman, painted in 1902, fetched the highest price of all. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV auction. LAS ceiling. GV buyers. CU pictures. LS auctioneer. CU Somerset Maughan. CU auctioneer. MLS same. MS buyers. CU portrait. MLS auctioneer. MS buyers. MS picture. CU picture. LS auctioneer. CU picture. MLS auctioneer pan to picture sold. MS buyers.
Keywords
Economics; Arts and crafts; Business and commerce; Writers
Locations
London; England; Sotheby’s, London
Card file number
81195
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Ken Taylor
Camera
Len Waldorf
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
Film clip

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'What Price Picasso?', British Movietone News Issue No. 1637, 17 Oct 1960. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23818 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)