Faith in art market takes hit: survey
Filed in Other Auction Houses on Jan.26, 2008
LONDON — Confidence in the contemporary art market has dropped 40 per cent over the past six months, according to [...]
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Auction price soars on speculation jug may be rare Islamic artifact
Filed in Other Auction Houses on Jan.23, 2008
An ornately carved crystal jug auctioned off in the U.K. as a 19th century French claret jug may in fact [...]
False Gods: ‘Ancient’ Forgeries Fool Art Markets
Filed in Other Auction Houses on Jan.23, 2008
Archeologists and art experts are concerned about a wave of forgeries that have appeared on the art market. The fakes [...]
Dud ringers: The world’s worst waxworks to be sold off at auction
Filed in Other Auction Houses on Jan.19, 2008
Visitors to Louis Tussauds House of Wax are unlikely to forget the experience – no matter how hard they try. [...]
Art sales: They’re laughing in the shires
Filed in Other Auction Houses on Jan.15, 2008
Colin Gleadell on provincial salerooms If you thought a country saleroom was just a sleepy old place content to knock [...]