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If nothing else comes from dealer Marc Jancou's ongoing legal battle with legendarily reclusive artist Cady Noland, it at least has offered a bit of window into how difficult it is to get ahold of her. In fresh court documents filed in the last few days, a...
Sotheby’s Australia achieved mixed results with their Tuesday 3rd April Important Jewels auction held at their Melbourne saleroom. A number of the top lots were passed in leaving Sotheby’s with a sale total of AUD$1,094,400 including buyer's premium (IBP...
Is it possible to create a new photograph from an old negative? That’s the question at the center of a bitter legal dispute between collector Jonathan Sobel and photographer William Eggleston. On April 4, Sobel filed a complaint against the artist in federal...
The last few days have brought an onslaught of announcements from the big auctions houses about their May sales, which are already looking to be some of the all-time biggest art auctions. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of material will be offered...
SALE: Titanic Memorabilia in New YorkLOCATION: Guernsey's and Bonhams, New YorkDATE: April 11-15ABOUT: There are two very different auctions this week having to do with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. At Guernsey's you can buy the whole...
The sale record for Song Dynasty porcelain was smashed at Sotheby’s Hong Kong today when a 900-year-old brush washer from the Dynasty’s fabled Ru kilns sold for HK$208 million (US$26.7 million), more than trebling the previous record for Song ceramics of $8....
Indonesian-Chinese collector Budi Tek (aka Yu Deyao) went on a spending spree at Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s last night, snapping up historic works byZhang Xiaogang and Fang Lijun and helping the house to a healthy $27 million total for the evening, their second...
Tonight, Paris auction house Cornette de Saint-Cyr had planned to sell a collection of torture instruments that once belonged to Fernand Meysonnier, one of the last executioners of France. But, responding to outcry from human rights organizations and...
Indonesian Chinese collector Budi Tek (AKA Yu Deyao) spent up big at Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s last night, snapping up historic works by Zhang Xiaogang and Fang Lijun and helping the house to a healthy HK$211 million (US$27 million) total for the evening, their...
SALE: Photographs in New YorkLOCATION: Sotheby's, Christie's, Phillips New YorkDATE: April 3-5ABOUT: The black-and-white image is in the spotlight this week, as New York's major auction houses all hold big photograph sales. The big names on top of everyone's...
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February 09, 2013