This afternoon at Sotheby’s London, an exceptionally rare, life-size Meissen monkey recently rediscovered as an early work by the innovative porcelain sculptor Johann Joachim Kändler, sold for more than twice its high estimate, achieving £818,500 against an estimate of £200,000-400,000. Bidding for this prized work was intense, with four international buyers vying for the monkey, before it was won by a private collector over the telephone. Read more »
