Christie’s Plays Yenta for Old Masters and “Youngish” Collectors

Thomas Gainsborough’s “A Wooded Landscape with a Herdsman, Cows and Sheep Near a Pool” (c. 1786) beat the artist's previous auction record by nearly $2 million, selling to a European buyer for $5,753,000 (est. $5–7 million).

Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd.