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29
Mar
Works by Banksy will be the top lots as a U.K. regional auction house joins the rush to sell urban art.
Among the works will be the early Banksy acrylic on canvas, “Portrait of an Artist,” that Dreweatts said had been bought by the seller for a few hundred pounds at the artist’s 1999 Bristol exhibition….
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29
Mar
Amritsar, Mar 29: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today passed a resolution seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to halt the proposed auction of a piece of body armour of tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh by the Sotheby’s in London.
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Tags: Sotheby’s
26
Mar
An 18th-century masterpiece long presumed to have been destroyed has been found languishing in the corner of an English country house.
The whereabouts of La Surprise, by the French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau, has been a mystery for almost 200 years. Its existence was …
Read full story by Dalya Alberge in the Times Online
Tags: Christies
26
Mar
It’s not the look you would normally associate with a First Lady.
So the new Mrs Nicolas Sarkozy - former model Carla Bruni - is understandably furious that a nude photo of her went on sale on the eve of her State visit to Britain with her husband.
The print, taken during her modelling days by photographer [...]
26
Mar
The late Ileana Sonnabend had a great eye, but no estate can outrun the taxman, and now her art collection is being readied to go on the block to allow her executors to pay taxes on her $400 million estate.
Manhattan-based Sotheby’s and London-based Christie’s International are reportedly competing for the collection, which includes well-known works [...]
26
Mar
Early prints by some of the best-known proponents of Brit Art are to be sold at Christie’s in London on April 3 when the influential Paragon Press, founded in 1986 by Charles Booth-Clibborn, hopes to raise more than £500,000 to enable it to move to larger premises.
The 120 prints will include works by Anish Kapoor, [...]
17
Mar
AN “iconic” table rescued from a rubbish skip is expected to fetch more than £30,000 at auction.
The late 19th century walnut table was thrown out in a house clearance six months ago but rescued by a family member who “took a shine to it”, fine art director Jeremy Lamond said.
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17
Mar
There may be a Stairway to Heaven, but for Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, there’s no wall space for his Holy Grail tapestry.
Page, founder of the iconic rock band behind the mega-hit from 1971, is reportedly putting up for auction his mammoth pre-Raphaelite tapestry depicting the Holy Grail…
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Tags: Tapestry
17
Mar
LONDON - That’s not just art, it’s Mozart. And it could be worth some pretty high notes.
A British music scholar says he has identified a previously unknown portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that could be worth millions.
The 19-by-14-inch oil painting shows the profile of …
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Tags: Old Master
14
Mar
March 14 (Bloomberg) — The latest story of looted art involves the Stasi, not the Nazis, a painting of Hercules and an informant who befriended the owner in Berlin.
“Hercules and Achelous” by the Dutch painter Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem…
Read full story by Linda Sandler at Bloomberg
Tags: Theft