LONDON.- James Service has been appointed Senior Business Consultant in East Anglia by Bonhams, the international fine art auction house. His brief is to develop client business across the region from Bonahms regional headquarters at Bury St. Edmunds. Matthew Girling, Bonhams CEO Europe and the Middle East, commenting on the appointment, says: ?We are delighted to welcome James Service to Bonhams. He will add significantly to our strength in East Anglia where he has spent most of his professiona...
CHICAGO, IL.- The largest single collection of Buck Rogers original comic art, prototypes, toys, books, and collectibles, will be coming into the 21st century on August 28, 2010 at Susanin's Auctions in Chicago. This single owner auction is from the collection of Lorraine Dille, the granddaughter of the newspaper magnate John F. Dille. Said Susanin's Auctions president, Sean Susanin, "We are thrilled to be the caretakers of the Dille family's collection, and have come to know Buck and his advent...
LONDON (AP).- A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill ? described as the teeth that saved the world ? sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.) The upper dentures, one of several sets specially made for the wartime prime minister, were crucial for maintaining his distinctively slurred speaking style famous from World War II-era radio broadcasts. "From childhood, Churchill had a very distinctive natural lisp; he had trouble with his S's,"...
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Published 30-Jul-10
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CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago presents a landmark presentation of one of the country’s leading private collections of contemporary art, Contemporary Collecting: Selections from the Donna and Howard Stone Collection, on view through September 19, 2010, in the Modern Wing's Abbott Galleries and in the eponymous Stone Film, Video, and New Media Gallery. The first public exhibition of the Stones’ collection, it features 59 works by artists ranging from Gerhard Richter and Sol LeWi...
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CHICAGO, IL.- The largest single collection of Buck Rogers original comic art, prototypes, toys, books, and collectibles, will be coming into the 21st century on August 28, 2010 at Susanin's Auctions in Chicago. This single owner auction is from the collection of Lorraine Dille, the granddaughter of the newspaper magnate John F. Dille. Said Susanin's Auctions president, Sean Susanin, "We are thrilled to be the caretakers of the Dille family's collection, and have come to...
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Viktor Vekselberg, one of the Russian billionaires that Christie's necessarily courts, is to sue the auction house, alleging that they sold him a fake, reports the Telegraph. Vekselberg bought a work by painter Boris Kustodiev, Odalisque, for £1.69m in November 2005. The collector's investment arm, the Aurora Fund, apparently began to have its suspicions over the authenticity of the work a year later. These were further fueled when the Rosokhrankultura, a Russian government department charged wi...
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Published 29-Jul-10
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CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago presents a landmark presentation of one of the country?s leading private collections of contemporary art, Contemporary Collecting: Selections from the Donna and Howard Stone Collection, on view through September 19, 2010, in the Modern Wing's Abbott Galleries and in the eponymous Stone Film, Video, and New Media Gallery. The first public exhibition of the Stones? collection, it features 59 works by artists ranging from Gerhard Richter and Sol LeWitt...
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Published 29-Jul-10
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The Aurora Fine Art Fund argues that a Kustodiev painting purchased from the auction house in 2005 is a fake. ...
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Published 28-Jul-10
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-- Photo finish: The next round in a debate over the authenticity of a stash of photographic negatives that some say were created by Ansel Adams. (Los Angeles Times)-- Heading to court: The heirs of a Jewish banker have filed a lawsuit demanding the return of an art collection from Hungary. (New York Times)-- Keeping busy: Condoleezza Rice, the former U.S. secretary of State, performs the piano with the Philadelphia Orchestra. (Reuters)-- On the record: Donald Rosenberg, the former classical m...
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Published 28-Jul-10
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2010 Art Market Status Report – 2nd half – artmarketblog.com
The art market has found its self in a rather interesting predicament. On the one hand, confidence in the art market has increased considerably since the beginning of the year. On the other hand, the ever increasing likelihood of a major financial crisis has seen more cautious and selective buying. Adding to the drama is the increasingly obvious lack of top quality paintings by the Old Masters, which the market is currently showing ...
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Published 28-Jul-10
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