THE robbers who committed one of the world’s biggest art robberies in a Zurich museum drove off with $180 million worth of impressionist paintings sticking out of the boot of their car.
The three thieves, wearing dark clothes and ski masks, and brandishing handguns, burst into the gated villa of the Emile Buhrle Foundation, a private [...]

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Reassurance. That’s what motivated so many dealers and collectors from around the world to flock here this week for the big February art auctions. Reassurance that, despite the shaky state of world financial markets, there are still plenty of people willing to spend millions of dollars to put Impressionist, Modern or contemporary art on their [...]

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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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LONDON.- Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art tonight realized £116,699,900 ($230,517,312) – considerably in excess of the pre-sale estimate of £81,090,000 - 112,110,000. The total realized is the highest for any sale ever staged by Sotheby’s in Europe and the highest total in this category this year. Five lots sold for over £5 [...]

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A predicted star of Sotheby’s evening sale of famous Impressionist and modern art next week is sculptor Henry Moore’s Draped Reclining Mother and Baby, a piece that represents one of the major themes of his work.
The monumental bronze was cast in 1983, three years before Moore’s death, and is estimated to fetch…
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