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Sotheby’s $96M de Gunzburg Blockbuster

The de Gunzburg sale on Wednesday sent shockwaves through the market—and included a major new record for Claude Lalanne.

Lalanne Mirrors, Sotheby's
Marion’s told there were several buyers who had expressed interest in the mirrors up to $20 million. In auction terms, that’s really not far off the final $28.5 million hammer price, because the competition tends to loosen all financial discipline. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby’s
Marion Maneker
April 24, 2026

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Back in the day, there was only one restaurant in all of Chelsea at which to host a post-opening gallery dinner or other art-world event: Bottino, a vaguely Italian place on 10th Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets, with a narrow bar, an airy dining room, and a large, L-shaped outdoor garden. These days, that stretch of Chelsea has a few more restaurants, and yet, last night, I found myself seated in Bottino’s garden, watching as the restaurant strained to host three separate art-world dinner parties at the same time. So much for the doom and gloom narrative.