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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, July 29, 2009

In June, a $310 million private sale of paintings by Mark Rothko and other artworks owned by financier Ezra Merkin suggested that there’s still appetite and cash for great art.

Bargain Warhols, Blue Rothkos Bring Collectors to Private Art Sales
Bloomberg - July 28th, 2009 15:54

Chelsea art dealer Leo Koenig used to negotiate private sales by bringing buyers and sellers together. Now, he has to buy the artwork to make a sale happen. “The super-deals are there for a second,” said Koenig, who owns a gallery on West 23rd Street in Manhattan. “You need to ...

Boy-king Blockbuster: King Tut dazzles again
Robb Report Blog - July 28th, 2009 15:15

San Francisco’s de Young Museum is delighting visitors with the exhibition "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," on display through March 2010. For those who remember the 1970's blockbuster Tut exhibit in New York, this popular show is a deja vu, drawing huge crowds ...

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	State of the Art J.C. Carlson A Whale's Tooth Steeped in Historical Significance Set to sail this fall at auction is a 7-inch-long whale’s tooth, decorated by sailor James Bute of the Royal Marines while aboard the ship from which Charles Darwin surveyed the Galapagos Islands in 1835. The hand-engraved ivory depicts the three-masted sloop H.M.S. Beagle slicing through ... Read more

Museum overseers sue to halt Rose Art Museum closing
Boston Globe - July 28th, 2009 15:00

(Waltham, Mass.) - Three overseers of Brandeis University's Rose Art Museum, one of New England's most important repositories of post-War and modern art, are suing the college to prevent the sale of artwork.

With British Museum Plans Canceled, Richard Rogers Loses Second Big Project to Anti-Modern Forces
UnBeige Mediabistro - July 28th, 2009 11:45

Starchitect Richard Rogers seems neck and neck in competition with Frank Gehry for popular architect most raked over the coals in 2009. Last week, Rogers was back on top with the news that an unprecedented two of his projects had been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize. But now the bad has ...

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	Bonhams & Butterfields to Offer Hans Stuck’s Legendary Auto Union Grand Prix Racer at Quail Lodge in August Release Date: 28 July 2009 Bonhams & Butterfields is delighted to offer for sale by auction nothing less than one of the most charismatic Grand Prix racing cars ever built – the 1939 Auto Union ‘D-Type’ with rear-mounted 3-liter twin-stage supercharged V12-cylinder engine. The annual collector’s ... Read more

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