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24
Jan
Sotheby’s, the world’s largest publicly traded auction house, fell to a 16-month low in New York on worries that a recession may drag down art prices.
Sotheby’s now lags behind the Standard & Poor’s 500 index after enriching investors…
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24
Jan
What happens when Sigmund Freud’s grandson gets a paintbrush or an etching plate in his hands? Lucian Freud: The Painter’s Etchings at the Museum of Modern Art, offers you a chance to see for yourself. In his first solo show at MoMA, Freud provides a new perspective into his portfolio, not apparent in his exhibition [...]
23
Jan
An ornately carved crystal jug auctioned off in the U.K. as a 19th century French claret jug may in fact be a rare 11th century Islamic artifact.
The jug, estimated to be worth about $400 by Lawrences Auctioneers in southwest Britain, sold last Thursday for $440,000, more than 1,000 times its list price…
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23
Jan
The four major international auction houses have all confirmed record sales for 2007.
The Rothschild Faberge Egg
The Rothschild Fabergé egg sold to the Russian National Museum for £8.9 million
Christie’s, the dominant saleroom over the previous two years, barely clung onto its lead with $6.3 billion (£3.1 billion) of sales against Sotheby’s $6.2 billion (up 51 per [...]
23
Jan
The poster for the Highlands’ first comic expo, Hi-Ex The influence of Scottish writers and artists on some of the best known comic book characters in the world will be examined at a new convention.
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Tags: art, artist, artists, UK