Martin Gayford ponders the record art auction prices and museum donations last year and wonders if prices will slump in the near future.
As posted on Bloomberg.com:
Commentary by Martin Gayford Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — As the rest of us clear away the wrapping from our Christmas presents, the art world looks back on a bumper 12 [...]

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Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries announced that their latest Marketplace auction, which closed October 25, was their most successful ever, with total auction sales of $262,433. The Marketplace auctions, held online at www.HA.com, offer material from such diverse areas as Fine and Decorative Arts, Vintage Comics, Entertainment Memorabilia, Vintage Sports Collectibles, and Political Memorabilia & [...]

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Vintage Superbikes at Bonhams’ 2008 Stafford Sale
Bonhams is delighted to announce the early consignment to its first major collectors’ motorcycle sale of 2008 of two of the Vintage era’s most highly regarded and sought after ’superbikes’ - “Brough Superior SS100 and Coventry-Eagle Flying-8“ to be sold at The Classic MotorCycle Show, Stafford on 27th April [...]

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Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, presents entertainment memorabilia at auction twice yearly, the Sunday, December 9, 2007 sale to feature vintage and contemporary film and television props, animation cels, costumes and rock memorabilia in Los Angeles. Up for auction is an original cel from Fantasia, the 1940 Disney film widely considered one of [...]

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Bloomsbury’s inaugural Vintage and Modern Poster sale on 13th December 2007 will be eclectic and encompass all genres and styles. The Art nouveau and Art Deco movements will be the mainstay with Toulouse-Lautrec, Mucha, Cheret, Kurzweil as well as Cassandre, Carlu, Bernard and Colin being represented.
The sale contains approximately 250 lots and has a strong [...]

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