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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, November 14, 2011

The outstanding highlight of the huge 700-lot Chinese sale at Bonhams was a magnificent turquoise Imperial vase, decorated with chrysanthemums, which sold for £9,001,250, making it the highest priced Asian artwork in London this year.

Asian Art Auctions Tally Record $92 Million in London
Bloomberg - November 12th, 2011 23:23

A selection of 1,695 Chinese artworks and antiques offered at Sotheby's, Christie's and Bonhams during the 14th annual Asian Art in London event last week totalled a record 57.4 million pounds ($92 million) even while 44% of the lots failed to sell.

Hale Woodruff's Big Wind in Georgia, 1933.

MFA Boston to Acquire Important Collection of African American Art
Art in America - November 11th, 2011 17:41

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has acquired 67 works of African American art from the collector and MFA Honorary overseer, John Axelrod, who is selling the works to the MFA at below market values, between...

Keno Auctions Announces Appointment of Betty Krulik as Consultant to Lead Paintings Department
Release Date: 12 November 2011
Betty Krulik, a nationally-recognized figure in the American paintings area, has joined Keno Auctions as a consultant to its paintings department, bringing with her more than 30 years of experience in the U.S. market. Based in New York, Ms. Krulik is responsible for implementing the ...

Frank Gardner Hale Suite, $30,000-40,000

Important Julius Cohen Platinum and Diamond Necklace and Frank Gardner Hale Suite Among Highlights of Rago's December 4 Jewelry Auction
Release Date: 11 November 2011
On Sunday, December 4, 2011 at noon, the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold an auction featuring fine estate jewelry and couture. The fresh-to-market material that comprises Rago’s jewelry auction, gathered from estates over the course of a year, includes Georgian and Victorian revivals, ...

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	Weschler's to Auction Property from a Virginia Collection on December 2 Release Date: 11 November 2011 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Weschler's will auction a collection of American folk and sporting art, furnishings and decorations from a single owner on Friday, December 2nd at 10 am. The collection will go on exhibit beginning Saturday, November 26th at Weschler's Washington, D.C. gallery, along side ... Read more

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