Sotheby’s high-stakes auction turned into a jaw-dropping spectacle Tuesday night when a $70 million Alberto Giacometti bronze bust failed to sell, leaving bidders and art insiders gobsmacked.

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Why did the star lot of the spring season, a bronze head by the master sculptor Alberto Giacometti, fail to sell at Sotheby’s on Tuesday? By Tim F. Schneider There were gasps, and a pall came ...

The art market wasn’t head over heels for Alberto Giacometti, the Swiss-Italian sculptor whose spindly bronze bust of his younger brother Diego was expected to be the priciest piece of New York ...

The top lot of the May auction season in New York, a bronze head by Alberto Giacometti estimated at $70 million, failed to sell at Sotheby’s on Tuesday night, dealing a blow to the masterpiece ...

František Kupka's Flux et reflux (1923) Courtesy Sotheby's Alberto Giacometti’s Grande tête mince (1954/55) Courtesy Sotheby's Last night's star, though, was supposed to have been Alberto ...

This collection includes works from renowned modernists Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Paul Klee and Alberto Giacometti. Nicolas Berggruen, the son of collector Heinz ...

There were audible gasps in Sotheby’s New York saleroom last week when Alberto Giacometti’s weighty sculpture of an emaciated head, privately priced at $70mn, failed to elicit any bids.