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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, September 28, 2012

Art World Divided Over Second Mona Lisa
Businessweek - September 27th, 2012 21:28

Tucked away in a Swiss vault for 40 years, a painting promoted as an earlier version of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "Mona Lisa" was unveiled in Geneva.

Sotheby's sold the contents of Brooke Astor's two homes for $18.8 million on Monday and Tuesday.

Brooke Astor Auction Doubles Estimate to $18.8 Million
Wall Street Journal - September 27th, 2012 22:37

The contents of the late philanthropist Brooke Astor's two homes sold for $18.8 million, nearly twice the high estimate, at Sotheby's.

Skylar Fein, Black Flag (Marcuse), 2009. Painted Wood, 68 x 114-½ in.

Election-Year Exhibition Looks at Founding Ideals and a Wide Range of Artists’ Views of American Society
Release Date: 27 September 2012
Ever since the events leading to Independence created our democracy, citizens of the United States of America have demonstrated their pleasure and disgust with government in an unrivaled expression of honesty, passion, patriotism, intellect and love for their country by exercising their ...

Jessie Willcox Smith’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears tops Heritage Auctions’ Oct. 13 Illustration event in New York.

Jessie Willcox Smith’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears tops Heritage Auctions’ Oct. 13 Illustration event
Release Date: 26 September 2012
Featuring the “deepest line-up of Golden Age and Classic illustration that Heritage has ever featured,” at the Fletcher Sinclair Mansion (Ukrainian Institute of America), 2 East 79th Street (at 5th Ave.). Jessie Willcox Smith’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Swift's Premium ...

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	TREASURES OF FRANCE, FROM THE SUN KING TO THE BELLE ÉPOQUE Release Date: 27 September 2012 Christie’s is pleased to announce the sale of Treasures of France, From The Sun King To The Belle Époque – Vincennes And Sèvres Porcelain, French Furniture, Old Master Paintings, Books And Textiles From The Collection Of Dr. Bruce Wilson on October 24 in New York. A noted cardiologist in ... Read more

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