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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, June 6, 2011

Marilyn Monroe wearing the iconic dress with its skirt billowing over a subway grate in the 1954 film The Seven Year Itch.

World's largest collection of iconic Hollywood costumes at auction
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 6th, 2011 02:36

Perhaps the most famous costume in screen history, Marilyn Monroe's ‘subway’ dress from The Seven-Year Itch comes to the auction block this June with an estimated value of $1-2 million. The two-part sale, to be held in June and Dec. 2011, by California-based dealer Profiles in History, includes Monroe's halter-style dress with its memorably high-flying skirt. The dress may well surpass the $1.26 million paid 12 years ago for the film star's slinky sequined number worn when she sang ...

Steve Martin scammed in $48-million art forgery-ring
Business Insider - June 5th, 2011 23:09

German authorities are investigating a group of art forgers responsible for a multi-million-dollar art scam with victims that include actor Steve Martin. Art experts, Christie's auction house, reputable Parisian galleries, and collectors were duped by...

Rick Dillingham titled Globe doubled its estimate, selling for $9,693

Dorothy Miner Ceramics Collection and Library Sold Above Estimate at Cowans + Clark + DelVecchio Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction
Release Date: 04 June 2011
Sale featured Masterworks by Peter Voulkos, Lucie Rie, and Betty Woodman, while sales of works by lesser known ceramicists ushered in a new, secondary ceramics market. Cincinnati – The second Cowan's + Clark + DelVecchio Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction was hailed a success as ...

Louis I. Kahn: Building a View
Release Date: 03 June 2011
Lori Bookstein Fine Art is pleased to present “Louis I. Kahn: Building a View,” an exhibition of the fine art of the architect Louis Kahn [1901-1974]. Drawings, watercolors, pastels and oil paintings, as diverse in subject matter as the quaint churches of New England and the rock quarries ...

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	MASSIVE QIANLONG LACQUER VASE HIGHLIGHTS JUNE AUCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO Release Date: 02 June 2011 Summer begins with a wealth of Chinese art at Bonhams & Butterfields, with fine objects in every collecting category going on the auction block June 21 at 10 a.m. A rare carved red, lacquer vase, Qianlong, discovered in an East Coast private collection, is a star lot and cover of the ... Read more

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