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Albert Zuckerman Collection to Be Sold at Christie's London

market-auction · 2026-05-30

This summer, Christie's Classic Week in London will feature twenty pieces from The Albert Zuckerman Collection. Curated over thirty years by the esteemed New York literary agent, the collection showcases Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist art, as well as Victorian and 19th-century European pieces. Zuckerman established Writers House in 1973 and published Writing the Blockbuster Novel in 1994, representing notable authors like Dan Brown, Ken Follett, and Stephen Hawking. The highlight of the auction is John Melhuish Strudwick's Thy Music… (1893), valued between £700,000 and £1,000,000, which was previously owned by William Imrie, a Liverpool shipping magnate and partner in the White Star Line.

Key facts

  • The Albert Zuckerman Collection will be offered at Christie's during Classic Week in London this summer.
  • The collection comprises twenty works of Pre-Raphaelite, Symbolist, Victorian, and 19th century European art.
  • Zuckerman founded Writers House in 1973 and wrote Writing the Blockbuster Novel in 1994.
  • He represented authors Dan Brown, Ken Follett, and Stephen Hawking.
  • The leading work is John Melhuish Strudwick's Thy Music… (1893), estimated at £700,000–1,000,000.
  • The painting was previously owned by William Imrie, a Liverpool shipping magnate and partner in the White Star Line.

Entities

Artists

  • John Melhuish Strudwick

Institutions

Locations

  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • New York
  • United States
  • Liverpool

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