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Romanians Get 6-Year Sentence for Museum Heist
ArtfixDaily / November 26th, 2013
Two members of a Romanian gang were sentenced to 6 years, 8 months in prison for their role in stealing $24 million worth of art from the Kunsthal museum.
Auctioneer Tobias Meyer Exits Sotheby's
ArtfixDaily / November 25th, 2013
Sotheby's principal auctioneer, Tobias Meyer, will leave his post after some 20 years at the helm. From the podium, and as head of contemporary art sales, Meyer oversaw such spectacular sales as
Victims Named in Abstract Expressionist Art Scam
ArtfixDaily / November 24th, 2013
Documents filed in federal court have revealed the identities of buyers involved with the Knoedler Gallery art forgery scandal. Prominent collectors, two museums and various dealers are named in a list provided to the court by Knoedler.
Younger American, Asian Galleries Added to Art Basel Miami Beach
ArtfixDaily / November 21st, 2013
A number of younger American galleries and Asian art dealers are among the new participants in this year's edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the anchor fair of the Miami Arts Week, held from Dec. 5 to 8, 2013.
Smithsonian Launches 3D Scanning, Printing Project
Washington Post / November 20th, 2013
The Smithsonian Institution is revealing a new 3D scanning and printing project that will make its vast collections of 137 million objects more accessible to the public online, and allow for 3D models to be made in a variety of materials, from stone to metal.
Civil War Painting Could Fetch Record $5 Million
ArtfixDaily / November 19th, 2013
A work that Sanford Robinson Gifford painted when he served in the Union army during the Civil War leads Christie’s Dec. 5 auction in New York. Estimated at $3-5 million, "Sunday Morning in the Camp of the Seventh Regiment near Washington, D.C., in May 1861" could fetch a new world auction record ...
'Pink Star' Diamond Smashes Jewelry Record
ArtfixDaily / November 14th, 2013
A plum-sized, internally-flawless pink diamond rose to $83.2 million at an auction in Geneva Wednesday night. The 59.6-carat gem stole the title of priciest jewelry ever sold at auction from...
Warhol Breaks Record in Blockbuster Auction Week
ArtfixDaily / November 13th, 2013
One of the more provocative works by Pop artist Andy Warhol soared to an artist auction record price of $105.4 million at Sotheby's contemporary art auction on Wednesday.
Francis Bacon Painting Becomes World's Most Expensive Artwork at Auction
ArtfixDaily / November 12th, 2013
A triptych painted in 1969 by Francis Bacon took the lead as the priciest artwork ever sold at auction on Tuesday night. "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" brought...
Germany Unveils More Works from Munich Art Trove
ArtfixDaily / November 11th, 2013
Pressure from the art world and Jewish groups has prompted the German government to reveal more works from the massive trove of art found in a Munich apartment.
Record-Setting Giacometti Painting Leads Christie's Sale
ArtfixDaily / November 6th, 2013
Christie's Impressionist and modern art auction in New York on Tuesday brought $144.3 million, falling 23 percent short of the sale's $188 million low estimate. A bright spot was the record price of...
Masterpieces Revealed from Nazi Art Hoard
ArtfixDaily / November 5th, 2013
Artworks deemed "degenerate" by the Nazi regime, unknown masterworks by the likes of Chagall and Matisse, and dozens of works thought lost in the war, are slowly being revealed by German authorities. Part of the trove...
German Authorities Find $1.4-Billion in Nazi-Looted Art
ArtfixDaily / November 3rd, 2013
A recent search of a Munich apartment yielded the astonishing discovery of about $1-billion worth of looted art missing since the Nazi era. Some 1,500 artworks were uncovered in the home, many by the likes of Renoir, Picasso, Matisse, and Chagall.
Sotheby's to Sell Important Folk Art from Esmerian Collection
ArtfixDaily / November 3rd, 2013
Sotheby's will offer Visual Grace: Important American Folk Art from the Collection of Ralph O. Esmerian in a dedicated auction in New York on January 25, 2014. The sale comprises more than...
Court Backs Metropolitan Museum in Admissions Policy
ArtfixDaily / October 30th, 2013
On Wednesday, Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich of the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled in favor of The Metropolitan Museum of Art by granting its motion to dismiss claims that the museum’s admissions policy violates...
Guilty Pleas in Kunsthal Museum's Art Theft
ArtfixDaily / October 30th, 2013
Romanian defendants Radu Dogaru, Alexandru Bitu and Eugen Darie pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the theft of seven paintings from the Kunsthal Museum last fall. A Bucharest court charged them with...
Universities Track Down Nazi-Looted Artwork
The Gazette / October 29th, 2013
A Jewish art dealer who fled Nazi Germany after he was forced to auction off his gallery's art collection, lost everything and then rebuilt his life. His heirs say they have recovered...
Fabergé Attic Discovery Soars to Record Price at Stair Galleries
ArtfixDaily / October 29th, 2013
An attic treasure soared to a record price in 15 minutes during intense bidding in a packed sales room in Hudson, New York, on October 26th. The rare Fabergé Imperial figure ultimately sold to a phone bidder for $5.2 million (hammer price; $5,980,000 with fees) against a pre-sale auction ...
Oprah Winfrey to Auction Contents of her Montecito Mansion
ArtfixDaily / October 28th, 2013
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is selling the contents of her 23,000-square-foot, Georgian-style estate in Montecito, California. Fine art, English antiques and furnishings will be offered at auction next month.
Metropolitan Museum Can Charge Admission Fees with New Lease
ArtfixDaily / October 27th, 2013
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has changed its lease at the "city's request" and now can charge museumgoers a mandatory admissions fee. Recent lawsuits...