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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, March 29, 2010

"Tulips in Amsterdam" opens June 1 at the Rijksmuseum. (NY Times blog)

Tulipmania revived in Amsterdam
New york Times - March 28th, 2010 22:36

Tulips were once a hot commodity, an integral part of the Dutch Golden Age, and a perenially popular subject for Dutch artists of the 17th and 18th centuries. Fortunes tumbled when, in 1637, the “tulip bubble” burst, leaving speculators with hands full of worthless bulbs. Opening June 1 at the Rijksmuseum is a small show centered on this flower. One highlight is a rare pair of intact exemplars of “tulip books,” whose pages feature minutely rendered depictions of tulips.

Turner's 'Modern Rome' masterpiece poised to be record-breaker

Sotheby's is touting Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino as "arguably the finest" J.M.W. Turner painting left in private hands. With rarity, condition, and provenance adding ...

Folk art dealer Jeff Bridgman bid $925,000 for a client on the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington. A 15% buyer's premium was added.

Washington portrait fetches over $1 million

Cottone Auctions in Geneseo, New York, sold a George Washington painting by famous presidential portraitist Gilbert Stuart for $1.06 million (including 15% buyer's premium) on ...

Artists' estates complicate collecting their work

Georgiana Adams writes about the bitter battle over the Victor Vasarely (1906–1997) estate. Prices for his pioneering op-art compositions are re-heating as is the complex story about ...

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