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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, December 03, 2009

George Washington letter may overthrow price record
Reuters - December 2nd, 2009 17:18

A signed four-page letter from George Washington to his nephew is expected to break sales records in one of two manuscript auctions at Christie's in New York on Dec. 4. The letter, in which Washington shared his firm support for the ratification of the American Constitution, could fetch up to $2.5 million dollars which would smash the previous record of $834,500 set in 2002 for a Washington document. Works by Vladimir Nabokov, Charles Dickens, and Edgar Allen Poe will also be up for sale...

'Master of Shadows' reveals Rubens' secret life
Los Angeles Times - December 2nd, 2009 17:01

It's hard to imagine an artist more thoroughly out of fashion than the great 17th century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens. His paintings' classical references, overheated religious drama, and High Baroque style are often lost on today's viewers. A contemporary woman described as "Rubenesque" would probably be reduced to tears. But now Mark Lamster has written the compelling "Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens" which ...

At the Frick, scholars pursue the study of art collectors
The New York Observer - December 2nd, 2009 04:45

Inge Reist is director of the two-year-old Center for the History of Collecting in America at the Frick's Art Refernce Library—essentially it's a think tank. Research is focused on the history of art collecting and patronage. According to Ms. Reist, the material conditions under which art was paid for, displayed and preserved is essential to understanding the history of art. In this way, collectors decide what is art, and what is not.

First-edition Anne of Green Gables expected to set auction record
Canada.com - December 1st, 2009 19:15

"One of the most sought-after children's books" for North American bibliophiles — a first edition copy of Anne of Green Gables — is to be sold at auction in New York next week. The widely-loved classic novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, first printed in April 1908, is expected to fetch up to a record $25,000 at Sotheby's Dec. 11. This copy once belonged to the late George Cosmatos, director of the 1985 film "Rambo: First Blood II"...

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