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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, December 6, 2013

Edward Hopper’s “East Wind Over Weehawken” which sold Dec. 5, 2013 by Christie's for $40.5 million - a new auction record for the artist.

Rockwell, Hopper Top American Art Sales in New York
ArtfixDaily Staff - December 5th, 2013 17:29

Records were broken in New York sales of American art this week. An iconic Norman Rockwell fetched the highest price ever paid for a work offered at an American art auction while a museum's deaccessioned Edward Hopper brought an artist auction record.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Portrait of François-Henri d’Harcourt, sold for £17,106,50. ($28 million) on Dec. 5, 2013.

Fragonard Fetches Auction Record $28 Million for Charity
ArtfixDaily Staff - December 5th, 2013 17:03

A major work by the 18th-century French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Portrait of François-Henri d’Harcourt, sold for £17,106,50. ($28 million) on Dec. 5 setting a world record price for the artist at auction. It is also the highest price for an Old Master painting sold...

Charity Navigator Ranks Chrysler Museum of Art #1 in US
Release Date: 05 December 2013
Charity Navigator has ranked the Chrysler Museum of Art as the #1 museum in the nation out of 296 reviewed in their 2013 annual holiday giving guide. Charity Navigator is the largest evaluator of charities. By reviewing non-profit financial documents, they develop an unbiased, objective, ...

Abbott Fuller Graves (American, 1859-1936) Rowing to Picnic Rock oil on canvas 32 x 46in Painted circa 1900 Sold $197,000

TOP DOLLAR FOR AMERICAN ART AT BONHAMS NEW YORK
Release Date: 05 December 2013
NEW YORK - Bonhams American Art sale on December 4 saw excellent prices realized for some of the field's most influential artists. The auction was 81% sold by lot and an exceptional 95% sold by value, bringing the final sale total to over $5.2 million. Hundreds of bidders vied for the ...

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