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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, April 18, 2011

Deliquent, delayed payments stumble Chinese auction market
Newsweek - April 18th, 2011 04:51

China has catapulted to the world's largest art auction market, ahead of the U.S. and U.K., with an estimated $8.3 billion in sales, according to Artprice.com. But are mainland buyers slow to pay sellers, or paying at all for their bids? Newsweek takes a look at the rise of the Chinese mainland collector, and how and why their payments may be missing for star auction lots such as the 18th century imperial vase sold in Britain last November for a record $83 million. Among the memorable recent ...

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French, 1796-1875. Prairies au bord de l’eau, circa 1870. Oil on canvas, 17 3/4 x 15" (46 x 38 cm)Framed: 25 x 21 1/2". Signed lower right: Corot. Daphne Alazraki Fine Art.

Fine Art Fit for the Season at Inaugural Spring Show NYC

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but we’ll keep it brief: the inaugural Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) Spring Show NYC, which welcomes art and antiques ...

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	Color Speaks: Five Artists from the Art Students League of New York at Heather James Fine Art April 16 - May 29, 2011 Heather James Fine Art Palm Desert, California Read more

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	NEED A PRESENT FOR WILLS AND KATE? AN ANTIQUE TEXTILE FROM FISHER HERITAGE IS A PERFECT WEDDING GIFT Release Date: 18 April 2011 Looking for that special gift for the soon-to-be-wed British couple? How about a superlative, sailor-made masterpiece made of wool uniforms that depicts the seasons and the countries of the British Commonwealth to which he traveled? Or perhaps give them the classic American quilt - the Double ... Read more

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