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From the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, a very rare large limestone figure of a kneeling Bodhisattva, 10th/12th Century, realized $914,500 at Christie's. (© Christie’s Images Limited 2010 )Weighty provenance, wealthy buyers drive strong Asian art sales
Economist - March 31st, 2010 22:48
Chinese jades, imperial porcelain, cloisonné, scholars’ items and furniture were among the most sought-after items at New York's Asian Art Week of events, which ended March 26. Newly affluent mainland Chinese buyers were out in force. In the Chinese works of art category, Christie's had its biggest sale in New York ever, grossing $40m, three times the total of rival Sotheby's. Christie's secured a wide selection of rare works from prominent private collectors such ...

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Thomas Jefferson bust. Photo via Huffington Post.
A first edition of the first U.S. census signed by Thomas Jefferson in 1791 will be offered at Sotheby's in New York City on April 14. The 56-page document lists the population for ...
Steiff rabbit, 1949. Photo via Worthpoint.
For adorning Easter dinner tables, an 18-centimeter maize mohair hare, only produced in 1949 and one of the very first Steiff items produced after the Giengen factory reopened after the ...
Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519) and Workshop. The Madonna of the Yarnwinder (ca. 1501-07). Oil on panel. 48.3 x 36.9 cm (19 x 14.5 in.). © Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KT.
On trial in Edinburgh, four soliciters deny conspiring to extort £4.25m for the return of Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Yarnwinder painting. The artwork was stolen from the ...
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Bookplate with the arms of Giles. Engraved by Robert Montgomery, New York, 1783. Courtesy Angela HowardPHILADELPHIA ANTIQUES SHOW
April 17-20, 2010
premier American antiques and decorative arts show
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Wendy Wahl Arboreal Anatomy, Encyclopedia Britannica pages, 2008 Exhibition Venue: Fuller Craft Museum Photo Credit: Erik Gould Represented by browngrotta arts Wilton, CT ARTIST’S DEBUT NYC INSTALLATION TO GREET SOFA NEW YORK VISITORS; WENDY WAHL TO PRESENT branches; April 15 – 19, Park Avenue Armory
Release Date: 30 March 2010
For the first time in New York, artist Wendy Wahl will create a massive sculpture entitled branches exclusively for SOFA: New York, which opens with a gala preview on Thursday, April 15 and runs through Monday at the Park Avenue Armory, at East 67th Street and Park Avenue.  The fifth in a ...

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