Billionaire Dr. Tom Kaplan combines his position as largest private Dutch Masters collector and Panthera founder to raise millions for lion conservation ...
The Dutch master’s sketch of a lion—the last still in private hands—now ranks as one of the priciest drawings ever sold at auction.
The sale places it among the most valuable “Old Masters” works ever sold and was a lead piece during a week of auctions spanning centuries and millenia of art ...
The sale was part of "Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries" in New York, totaling $19.8 million, the house's highest-ever result for an auction of Old Master drawings.