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Maynard Dixon in The RussellPleissner to Paxson please bidders in Montana auctions
Great Falls Tribune - March 22nd, 2010 02:59
Western Art Week in Great Falls, Montana, featured a trinity of auctions with the highest-grossing one, "The Russell," tallying $1.57 million. Popular lots included Grace Carpenter Hudson's (1865-1937) "Wip-on and the Poppies," which sold for $55,000; Ogden Minton Pleissner's (1905-1983) "Poling Up the York" ($65,000); and an Edgar Samuel Paxson watercolor which brought $4,500. Living artists brought some of the highest prices. The top lot was an Andy ...

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Jan Six XI and Rembrandt’s Portrait of Jan Six (1654). Photo via W Magazine.
Jan Six XI, age 31, has opened a new gallery in Amsterdam specialising in Dutch and Flemish Old Master. In a promising powerhouse move, Jan Six Fine Art has teamed up with London art ...
Christie's International
Christie's is offering a brooch once owned by Catherine II of Russia, the powerful 18th-century monarch known for her taste in art and jewelry. The 60-to-70 carat emerald was a gift to ...
Larry Salander
Last Thursday, the debacle perpetuated by bankrupt Manhattan gallery owner Lawrence Salander culminated in a guilty plea. His $120 million fraud scheme included duping clients such as ...
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Titian's “Diana and Actaeon”“Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland”
October 16, 2010 - January 2, 2011
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, Georgia
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The top lot brought $36,600, five times the estimate, on March 1st for this mid-18th c. Louis XV Lyonnais chinoiserie carved walnut commode.Highly Successful Mariani Collection, Sold in Three Sales at Bonhams & Butterfields, Totals More than $5-Million
Release Date: 09 March 2010
Bonhams & Butterfields’ March 1st 2010 San Francisco auction of property from the collections of Antonio and Lillian Mariani, owners of the well-respected San Francisco firm Antonio’s Antiques, brought more than $1,750,000, marking the third and final installment of auctions which ...

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