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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, November 15, 2012

An artist auction record at $33.7 million was set for Jeff Koons with Tulips, 1995–2004, at Christie's. Estimate: $20 million to $30 million

Record-Setting Christie's Contemporary Art Sale Hits $412 Million
ArtfixDaily Staff - November 14th, 2012 23:50

A blockbuster contemporary art sale at Christie's on Wednesday night saw fierce bidding for the likes of Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, to the tune of $412.2 million.

Johannes Vermeer, The Concert (ca. 1664), stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.

Mobster Possibly Linked to Gardner Museum Heist Pleads Guilty
ArtfixDaily Staff - November 14th, 2012 23:50

A wheelchair-bound, 76-year-old Connecticut mobster pleaded guilty to weapons and prescription drug charges in a case that exposed him as possibly knowing about the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.

Back to the Future of Cool: Clarke Auction's Midcentury Selection for November 18th Sale.
Release Date: 14 November 2012
Taking the best of the 1950s and bringing it into the present has become the specialty of Clarke Auction in recent months. Theoretically, time travel has not been invented, but Clarke Auction certainly comes close by bringing midcentury back to the future. Firing up their flux capacitors for ...

Ed Ruscha, Landmark Decay, 2006 (top); Further Landmark Decay, 2006 (bottom)

Letters From Los Angeles: Text in Southern California Art
Release Date: 30 October 2012
Los Angeles, CA - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles will present an expansive exhibition titled "Letters from Los Angeles: Text in Southern California Art" which will include works by more than thirty contemporary L.A.-based artists who incorporate elements of words and letters ...

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	Rago's Fine Art Auctions, Saturday, November 17, 2012 November 17, 2012 Rago Arts and Auction Center Lambertville, New Jersey Read more

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	International Poster Gallery Presents “Winter Wanderlust” 19th Annual Holiday Poster Show December 1 – January 31 Release Date: 14 November 2012 International Poster Gallery (IPG) proudly presents Winter Wanderlust, the gallery’s 19th annual holiday poster show featuring travel posters for exotic locales in addition to a selection of general works by renowned poster artists. From exotic beach resorts along the French Riviera to ... Read more

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