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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 … Read more
A s many prepare to celebrate the new year, SKY Sotheby’s International Realty is celebrating the addition of four new agents. Read full story
Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) — Sotheby’s, the world’s second-largest auction house, sold about 46 percent more art this year as U.S., Russian and Asian collectors bid up prices for contemporary artists such as Francis Bacon and Jeff Koons. Sotheby’s art auctions in 2007 totaled $5.33 billion, up from $3.66 billion a year earlier, according to preliminary … Read more
DALLAS — One of the most famously flawed stamps in U.S. history sold for $825,000 to a New York man who bought it slightly cheaper than the record price another “Inverted Jenny” copy fetched at auction last month. The rare 24-cent stamp, depicting an upside-down Curtis JN-4 biplane known as “Jenny,” was sold privately this … Read more
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that in February 2008, it will be holding its flagship Contemporary Art auctions during a stand-alone week of Contemporary Art events for the first time, including an extended public exhibition devoted solely to the best international Post-War and Contemporary Art. An Evening Sale of around 70 lots will be held on Wednesday, … Read more