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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, December 15, 2010

A blue and white porcelain meiping Qianlong Mark, Late Qing/Republic Period, fetched $7.658 million at Bonhams.

Prices for Asian art ascend at auctions worldwide
ArtfixDaily Staff - December 15th, 2010 00:03

Record-setting recent sales of Asian art at Skinner's in Boston and Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco have followed this year's trend of enormous price increases for Chinese art and antiques. Fresh-to-market material helped entice Chinese bidders to Bonhams' Dec. 13 sale of Fine Asian Works of Art. Among the 360 lots, several skyrocketed well above estimates helping to achieve $19 million, the firm's highest total ever for Asian art. The top lot was a blue and white porcelain ...

Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1613–15, by Peter Paul Rubens. Oil on panel. Private collection.

STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE TO INVESTIGATE EUROPEAN PORTRAITURE IN THE EXHIBITION EYE TO EYE
Release Date: 14 December 2010
A special exhibition of European portrait painting, featuring works by master artists from the late fifteenth century through the early nineteenth century, will be on view at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute from January 23 through March 27, 2011, in the exhibition Eye to Eye: ...

Persian blue medallion with floral embroidery crazy quilt.

ELEGANT QUILT CHOICES WELCOME THE NEW YEAR - FISHER HERITAGE OFFERS LUXURIOUS VELVET, SILK ANTIQUE QUILTS
Release Date: 14 December 2010
To herald the advent of the new (and hopefully peaceful) year, treat your senses to a luxurious antique velvet or silk quilt from Laura Fisher at the FISHER HERITAGE gallery, 305 East 61st Street, 5th Floor (Hayes Fine Arts Building) through the end of February. “A jewel tone, intricately ...

Elizabeth Enders, Ocean Blue Memory, 2009, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

Elizabeth Enders: Recent Paintings and Watercolors on view at diane birdsall gallery, January 8th through February 19th, 2011
Release Date: 14 December 2010
diane birdsall gallery is pleased to announce its newest exhibition and sale of recent work by New York artist and New London native Elizabeth Enders. An opening reception for Elizabeth Enders: Recent Paintings and Watercolors will be held on Saturday, January 8th, 2011 from 6 - 8 pm at 16 Lyme ...

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	Ketterer Kunst achieves its best annual results ever in 2010 Release Date: 14 December 2010 A total result of € 26 million* is the excellent final figure for Ketterer Kunst‘s 2010 business year. “This time we even exceeded the top result of 2007, which was the record year in our company’s history,“ said Robert Ketterer, owner of the Munich-based auction firm founded in 1954. ... Read more

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