Christie’s Old Master Highlights July 9, 2014 by Marion Maneker Willem Claesz. Heda, Blackberry Pie (1.5-2.5m) 4.8m GBP Master of the Annunciation of Shepherds (1-1.5m) 2.4m GBP Tintoretto, Seige of Asola (500-800k) 1.1m GBP Cranach I, Melancholia (500-800k) 902k GBP Matthias Stomer, Christ Before Pilate (400-600k) 842k GBP Zurbaran, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (200-300k) 722k GBP Marten van Cleve I, Massacre of the Innocents (250-350k) 482,500 GBP Jacob van Ruisdael, Path on Wooded Rise, Haarlem in Distance (120-180k) 446k GBP Francis Cotes, Portrait of Master Smith (250-350k) 422,500 GBP Peter Paul Rubens, Adoration of the Magi (100-150k) 230,500 GBP Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of James Hay (50-80k) 158k GBP David Teniers II, St. Anthony Abbot and Paul of Thebes (50-80k) 158,500 GBP More from Art Market MonitorChristie’s Offers £25m Guardi in London This JulyLondon Old Master Sales = £37mChristie’s London Old Master Eve = £23.85mChristie’s London Old Master Evening = £85mConstable’s The Lock Sells for £22.4m ($35m) at Christie’sChristie’s London Old Master = £24.13m