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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Frans Hals' "Portrait of a man," half-length, monogram oil on canvas. Estimate: $700,000-1,000,000.

Old Masters with Staying Power Buoy Auction Series to $122 Million
Telegraph - January 31st, 2012 12:18

Falling below expectations, the Old Masters auction sales in New York brought in a combined total of $122 million last week. About one-third of offered lots went unsold. Buyers were choosy and works with conservative estimates sold well, along with enduringly-popular...

Cult Statue of a Goddess (the "Aphrodite" aka "Morgantina Venus"), 425-400 B.C., Greek, recently was returned to Sicily by the J. Paul Getty Museum

Clock Runs Out on Trial of Antiquities Dealer
New York Times - January 31st, 2012 11:56

A three-judge panel in Rome threw out the trial of American antiquities dealer Robert Hecht, 92, ruling that the statue of limitations on the alleged crimes had run out. Accused of receiving artifacts illegally looted from Italy and conspiring to deal in them, Hecht was on trial for six years, concurrently with Marion True...

Louis Agassiz Fuertes’ (1874-1927) oil of wild turkey sparked highly competitive bidding to a final price of $86,250, double the high estimate of $40,000, and nearly triple the artist’s previous record.

Copley Fine Art Auctions is Off to a Record Setting Year
Release Date: 30 January 2012
Copley Fine Art Auctions’ January 16, 2012, sale of sporting art and antique decoys brought a total of $1.92 million and set 10 new world records. The event took place at Wallace Hall in New York, with Copley and Keno Auctions sharing the venue to kick off Americana Week. The auction was up ...

Abby M Taylor Fine Art Presents André Cottavoz: Deep in Paint, 1950-1972
Release Date: 31 January 2012
The exhibition of paintings by André Cottavoz at Abby M Taylor Fine Art entitled Deep in Paint, 1950-1972 is a dynamic body of works from the 1950’s through the 1970’s. In the tradition of the great French colorists such as Pierre Bonnard, André Cottavoz expresses in his paintings a trend ...

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