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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, November 13, 2009
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 | Warhol's Night: Images of money stoke art market
New York Times - November 12th, 2009 17:32
A seminal Warhol — one of the artist’s first silk-screen paintings — came on the block at Sotheby’s auction of contemporary art on Wednesday night. Bidding opened at $6 million for “200 One Dollar Bills,” which soared to $43.7 million (including fees). Also, the artist's 1962 sketch of a roll of cash topped expectations when Larry Gagosian, the Manhattan dealer, bought the work for $4.2 million. Laurence Graff, the London jeweler, paid $6.1 million with ...Read more | |
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 | Major Boulle exhibition is a gilt-y pleasure
Financial Times - November 12th, 2009 19:19
The most famous of all cabinet-makers, arguably, was André Charles Boulle (1642-1732). Certainly he proved the most influential, his name becoming the generic for a distinctive style of elaborately inlaid furniture which continued to be made throughout 18th and 19th-century Europe. “André Charles Boulle: A New Style for Europe”, at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK) in Frankfurt, exposes his genius. A massive, scholarly catalogue is available.Read more | |
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 | Bullish bidding drives Sotheby's sale to $134 million
Bloomberg - November 12th, 2009 18:24
High selling rates may be attributed to the lowered estimates on 54 lots (2 unsold) at Sotheby’s Wednesday evening sale. While the $134 million total paled against the company’s May 2008 record tally of $362 million, prices for Warhol's "200 One Dollar Bills" ($43.8 million), David Hockney’s “California Art Collector” ($7.9 million), and a record-setting $6.1 million for Dubuffet, signaled to some that the art market slump is over. Read more | |
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 | Sollo Rago hammers down Esherick buffet at $335,500
Auction Central News - November 12th, 2009 18:44
Low reserves and reasonable estimates brought Sollo Rago’s Modern Auction of Oct. 24-25 to a total of just over $3,000,000. (All prices include 22% buyer’s premium.) A Wharton Esherick buffet with a sculpted walnut top set upon a curved solid walnut base sold at the midpoint of its $280,000-$380,000 estimate with a winning bid of $335,500. Some of the heaviest bidding was for four Alexander Calder tapestries, including “Turquoise” which sold for $10,980 against an ...Read more | |
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November 13-16, 2009
Sanford L. Smith & Associates
New York, New York
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