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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, October 15, 2009

Wine War: Broadbent settles with publisher over defamation suit
Luxist - October 14th, 2009 21:41

Michael Broadbent has settled his lawsuit against Random House for defamation of character for his potrayal in the book "The Billionaire's Vinegar" by Benjamin Wallace. The book tells the story of German collector Hardy Rodenstock who supposedly found rare bottles of Chateau Lafite walled up in a basement in Paris and sold them as Thomas Jefferson-owned wine. Broadbent was at Christie's when a few of the bottles, now considered "fakes," were sold. Bill Koch is the ...

Sotheby's sold this fancy blue diamond for a record price.

Sotheby's Flings Bling East: Blue diamond sells for record $5.6 million
Internet Stones - October 15th, 2009 03:44

An 8.74 carat blue diamond was sold for 5.7 million U.S dollars at Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong on Wednesday the 7th of October. The diamond was emerald cut fancy intense blue with VVS1 grade (which is the third best grade). The stone was bought by an anonymous phone bidder. Four rivals were also bidding seriously for the diamond. The price escalated at the rate of HK$ 1 million per bid.

Remembrance: Antique toy collector Donald Kaufman
Auction Central News - October 15th, 2009 03:55

Donald Kaufman, 79, co-founder of K-B (Kaufman Brothers) Toys and one of the world's great collectors of antique toys, has passed away at his Massachusetts home yesterday. Last year Mr. Kaufman made the decision to sell his 60-year collection of primarily antique automotive and comic character toys at Bertoia Auctions. The approximately 10,000-piece collection is being sold in several sessions...

American Scenes: Hudson River School on view at NYHS, new book
Luxist - October 14th, 2009 21:28

NEW YORK - In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's first voyage up the Hudson River, the New York Historical Society has an exhibition of Hudson River School paintings running through March. The companion book, Linda Ferber's The Hudson River School: Nature and the American Vision, features over 100 works by artists such as Bierstadt, Church, Cole, Cropsey, and Durand. Their powerful interpretations of American scenery "tell the story of how landscape imagery can ...

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