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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
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3
Mar
LONDON (Reuters) - Christie’s will offer for sale the private collection of the late Simon Sainsbury, estimated to be worth around 15 million pounds which includes furniture and pottery and paintings by Reynolds, Degas and Matisse…
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24
Feb
A masterpiece by Claude Monet, said to be one of the greatest Impressionist pictures left in private hands, is expected to break the world auction record for the artist at a sale this spring.
Such is the significance of Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil, dated 1873, that it is likely to spark feverish [...]
5
Feb
Christie’s International failed to sell almost a quarter of the art at a London auction last night as U.S. buyers retreated in the wake of investment losses.
Christie’s sold 100 of the 131 impressionist and modern art lots, or 76 percent, a decline from 80 percent…
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5
Feb
NEW YORK (AP) - An art gallery has sued Christie’s auction house and a man who tried to sell a $100,000 Andy Warhol painting that the gallery reported stolen nearly 10 years ago.
Martin Lawrence Galleries says in court papers that the 1981 artwork, known as the Warhol “Dollar Sign,” was stolen with another Warhol painting [...]