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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, October 30, 2009
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 | Discovery: $900 painting at Kentucky antiques shop somewhat undervalued
Kentucky.com - October 29th, 2009 21:27
Dr. Jim Huffman waffled whether to put down $900 for a painting he liked at a Lexington, Kentucky, antique store. The ophthalmologist finally bought it and then sent the work to an art restorer. A cleaning revealed the artist's signature: Robert Scott Duncanson, a noted 19th-century artist who was the first African-American painter to gain international recognition. Now valued at about $100,000, the work is on loan to the Speed Art Museum.Read more | |
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 | Art Wars: Singapore vs. Hong Kong
Wall Street Journal - October 29th, 2009 20:10
Among the trophies of a war between Singapore and Hong Kong: an ancient Chinese imperial throne worth US$11 million which set an auction record in Hong Kong recently. Longtime rivals in trade and finance, Hong Kong and Singapore are vying to become Asia's regional arts hub, part of a strategy to be crowned Asia's top city. Already the third-largest art-auction market in the world, Hong Kong has set aside nearly US$3 billion for a massive development known as West Kowloon Cultural ...Read more | |
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 | American Charmer: Folk artist Grandma Moses on the block in Nov.
Citizen Times - October 29th, 2009 20:01
Just in time for the holidays, "Grandmother's House We Go,” by self-taught artist Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses, New York and Virginia, 1860-1961), is up for sale at North Carolina's Brunk Auctions on Nov. 14. Her 1940 painting depicts a family in a horse-drawn sleigh crossing a bridge in an idyllic winter landscape. Estimated at $60,000 to $90,000, the picture predates her first exhibition at the Galerie St. Etienne in New York City. A $50 label is affixed to the ...Read more | |
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 | Destination City: Explore Savannah's historic homes, squares and gardens
MSNBC - October 29th, 2009 16:49
Founded in 1733, Savannah, Georgia, originally had 24 squares. It's a remarkable feat of preservation that 22 are still in existence. Surrounded by stately homes and beautiful gardens, they form the heart of a two-and-a-half-square-mile historic district with more than 2,000 historic or architecturally significant buildings. The city includes the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, founder of Girl Scouts; art dealer Jim Williams's 1860s Mercer House made famous in the book "Midnight ...Read more | |
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