From Ancient to Renaissance: Five top sculptures from London’s auction series including an early Roman statue of a poet

The London auction calendar in early December offered a busy schedule of antiquities, sculpture and works of art sales running side-by-side with the Old Master series. Overall the sales were relatively well-received with improved selling rates on previous years. Here we select five highlights from the series.

1. Statue of a Roman poet – £3.5m

Sotheby’s sale of Ancient Sculpture & Works of Art on Decembe…

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