Dutch Treat (Forbes)
Less than a week after achieving strong sales in its series of Americana auctions, Sotheby's followed up with a highly anticipated sale of works by the Old Masters. While the top lot was a Jan van Huysum floral still life purchased by Dutch dealer Robert Noortman for $7.3 million, most of the pre-sale talk centered on a small portrait by the master Dutch painter Rembrandt Van Rijn.
