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"Summer Afternoon, Isle of Shoals" by Frederick Childe Hassam in the collection of Blasco Library, Erie Co., Penn.

Penn. county considers value of library's prized Hassam painting
ArtfixDaily Staff - November 9th, 2010 19:18

A public library in Erie County, Pennsylvania, may have a painting worth $5 million within its extensive art collection. Last summer, a New York City art dealer, who saw the artwork in person, wrote a letter to an Erie County councilman suggesting that he might be able to sell Blasco Library's "Summer Afternoon, Isle of Shoals" by Frederick Childe Hassam for that seven-figure sum on the market today. The library displays the Hassam on its second floor, under glass and with a security ...

Louise Bourgeois, Spider III, 1996. Bronze, 19" x 33" x 33"

Contemporary art totals $222 million at Sotheby's; Louise Bourgeois' Spider among stars
ArtfixDaily Staff - November 10th, 2010 05:01

Several intruiging works, not neccessarily the top billed lots, soared above estimates at Sotheby's Nov. 9 evening sale. Contemporary Art brought in a sizable $222.4 million total for a small auction of 55 lots. Five lots went unsold. One surprise performer was a sculpture that questioned the American dream. Another was a vibrant and sumptuously painted abstraction. An arachnid by a notable sculptress took in five times its low estimate. Cady Noland's American flag-draped stock, based on the ...

Gash by Peter Voulkos Sells for a Record $105,750

World Record for Ceramicist Peter Voulkos Broken at Cowans + Clark + DelVecchio Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction
Release Date: 08 November 2010
Most Important Piece to be offered in a Decade Sells for Six Figures. With a room full of bidders at Chicago’s Navy Pier, and phones busy for nearly every lot, the inaugural Cowans + Clark + DelVecchio Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction radiated palpable energy throughout the entire ...

Detail of the portrait of Winifred, Duchess of Portland wearing the brooch, painted by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) in 1902.

Diamond brooch portrayed in Sargent painting at auction
Telegraph - November 8th, 2010 19:38

From the collection of the Dukes of Portland comes a gorgeous 1870 diamond and natural pearl brooch once belonging to Winifred, Duchess of Portland (1863-1954). The great beauty, a leading society figure in her time, wore the exquisite brooch, featuring large and desirable natural pearl drops, for prominent 19th century artist John Singer Sargent in a 1902 portrait sitting. The duchess also wore this piece to the 1897 Devonshire House costume ball, a celebration of Queen Victoria’s ...

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	Dr. Charlotte Eyerman Elected FRAME American Director Release Date: 08 November 2010 Dr. Charlotte Eyerman, an art historian, curator, and consultant in Los Angeles who is an acknowledged expert in 19th-century French art and a leading authority in modern and contemporary art, has been appointed American Director of FRAME (French Regional and American Museum Exchange) by its ... Read more

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