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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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 | Asian Art in London: From 17th-century jade to Mao vases, diverse offerings for sale
Wall Street Journal - October 26th, 2009 17:31
Galleries, auctions houses and museums join forces this week for the 12th annual Asian Art in London (Oct. 29-Nov. 7) which will include special shows at some 40 galleries, dealing in the ancient and the contemporary, with works from China, Japan, Korea, India and the Himalayas. Christie's, Sotheby's and Bonhams will hold major auctions. On Nov. 5, Bloomsbury Auctions will devote its entire sale to Mao's revolution, including a 1968 vase estimated at £10,000-£15,000. ...Read more | |
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 | Banks Hoard Troves of Art: Public wants to see corporate collections
New York Times Art - October 26th, 2009 05:14
The art owned by financial institutions should get out more — at the least to give the taxpayers, who have been so generous with the financial sector, an aesthetic return. Deutsche Bank is believed to own the largest corporate collection in the world, with some 60,000 pieces of contemporary art. UBS owns 40,000 pieces, and JPMorgan Chase 30,000. Combined, that approaches the Museum of Modern Art’s trove. Read more | |
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 | Buyers Eager for Edo Period: Japanese armor hits record price of $602,500
Japan Today - October 26th, 2009 17:11
A 17th century suit of Japanese armor fetched a record $602,500 at an auction in New York on Friday. The successful bid for the Edo Period armor named Honkozane Nimai Do Gusoku—red and blue laced and gold lacquered—marked a new world auction record for Japanese armor, Christie’s said. The armor, estimated at $250,000 to $300,000, was sold to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The auction was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which a day earlier opened a special ...Read more | |
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 | Chinese Art for Sale: Great English collections going to foreign buyers
New York Times Art - October 24th, 2009 08:04
As Asian Art in London opens on Thursday, British collecting in the field of Chinese art is in steep decline, in startling contrast with the strength of the English trade. London is the undisputed international capital of the Chinese art trade, with some 30 serious dealers, more than the whole of Europe and the United States put together. Yet, foreign buyers are expected to outnumber Britons by 10 to 1... Read more | |
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