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Rodin's "The Thinker" of 1906, estimated to bring $8-12 million, fetched $15 million at Sotheby's on May 7, 2013.

Rodin's Thinker Kicks Off Billion-Dollar Auction Season
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 7th, 2013 21:21

An early cast of "The Thinker" by Auguste Rodin sold for $15.285 million, setting a new record for the figure, at the beginning of the major spring auctions in New York City.

Rendering of Speed Art Museum interior. More than $50 million was raised for the museum's expansion.

The Speed Art Museum Exceeds Funding For $50 Million Expansion
Release Date: 07 May 2013
The Speed Art Museum announced today that it exceeded its $50 million Changing Speed fundraising goal for the Museum’s major renovation and expansion project by $334,000, bringing the total amount raised to $50,334,000. The success of the campaign allows for the completion of Phase I and II of ...

Art Deco chandelier, crafted by Verrerie des Hanots in 1920 ($14,500

MS Rau Antiques Introduces Art Deco Collection with Outstanding Jewelry and Furniture
Release Date: 07 May 2013
Art Deco and 1920's Hollywood glamour are the buzz words for fashion and interior design this spring as the remake of the movie "The Great Gatsby" hits the big screen. Black onyx, white diamonds, feathered headbands, geometric patterns and other Art Deco elements are cropping up in everything ...

By the Pond, Old Lyme signed, Frank A. Bicknell, lower left oil on canvas 24" x 30" $12,500

A World of Delight, Paintings by Frank A. Bicknell (1866-1943)
Release Date: 07 May 2013
Frank Bicknell has traditionally held the distinction of having the shortest biography among all the Old Lyme Art Colony artists. No photograph was thought to exist; no one could identify the source of his rumored personal wealth. His output, his American Barbizon landscapes, his Impressionist ...

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	Childe Hassam's The East Hampton Elms in May brings $288,000 at Shannon's Release Date: 06 May 2013 (MILFORD, Conn.) – A large and important oil painting by the renowned American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859-1935), titled The East Hampton Elms in May, sold for $288,000 at an auction held Apr. 25 by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers in Milford, Conn. The painting was the top lot of 156 works ... Read more

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