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This red crocodile Birkin with white gold and diamond hardware, sold for $203,150 at a Heritage Auction in 2011.

Heritage Sues After Luxury Accessories Expert Decamps for Christie's
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 19th, 2014 23:37

Heritage Auctions filed a $60 million lawsuit against Christie's on Friday over the departure of a key staffer in the burgeoning luxury accessories category...

Detail of an Edgar Degas sculpture, “The Little 14-Year-Old Dancer.”

Art Dealers File Suit Over Missing Degas
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 19th, 2014 22:35

Two Manhattan art dealers have filed a suit against a dealer whose fraudster client allegedly made their $3 million Degas disappear.

Yacht America by J.E.Buttersworth (1817-1894) Oil, 25x30 inches, 33x38 inches, signed lower right

Newly Discovered Yachting Paintings by J.E. Buttersworth included in Marine Arts Galleries Opening of 46th Summer Season
Release Date: 19 June 2014
Highlighting MAG's Summer Season 2014 are three major marine paintings from a New England seacoast estate that have been in private hands for over 80 years. These fresh-to-market works were painted by J.E. Buttersworth (1817-1894) who is considered by experts as a seminal marine artist. ...

Georgia Museum of Art hires Sarah Kate Gillespie as new curator of American art
Release Date: 19 June 2014
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has hired Sarah Kate Gillespie as its curator of American art, effective July 1. The previous curator, Paul Manoguerra, left to become the director of the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University. Gillespie most recently served as assistant ...

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	The Kent Art Colony Exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum Release Date: 19 June 2014 Join the Mattatuck Museum for the opening reception of its summer exhibition, Haven and Inspiration: The Kent Art Colony on Sunday, June 22, 2014 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. The exhibition features works by founding members of the Kent Art Colony. Haven and Inspiration, on view through August 24, ... Read more

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