John T Jr Dorrance

The heat of summer is still very much with us, but the sellers and buyers of the big-ticket art auction circuit are already looking ahead to a sizzling fall season. Evidence of that development is on view at Sotheby's Beverly Hills, which has unveiled a high-end sampling of a $100-million auction upcoming in New York. The local preview, continuing through Tuesday, features 24 Impressionist paintings from the collection of the late John T. Dorrance Jr.

The heat of summer is still very much with us, but the sellers and buyers of the big-ticket art auction circuit are already looking ahead to a sizzling fall season. Evidence of that development is on view at Sotheby's Beverly Hills, which has unveiled a high-end sampling of a $100-million auction upcoming in New York. The local preview, continuing through Tuesday, features 24 Impressionist paintings from the collection of the late John T. Dorrance Jr.