Barking Mad Forbes.com Nina P. West, Artfact.com 02.29.08 “There’s a market for everything. Need proof? A painting of dogs playing poker, by little-known American artist Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, was recently purchased at Doyle New York for $193,000. The...
Buying blind builds excitement starbulletin.com | Features | /2008/02/26/ By Gary C.W. Chun gchun@starbulletin.com Hawaii collectors line up for the newest French Dunny figures “Wanna buy a Dunny? Collectible French Dunny designer toys went on sale Thursday at a...
Mesopotamian sculpture sells for record 57 million dollars Yahoo! News Wed Dec 5, 2007 “NEW YORK (AFP) – A tiny and extremely rare 5,000-year-old white limestone sculpture from ancient Mesopotamia sold for 57.2 million dollars in New York on Wednesday,...
Heart Breaking Record Forbes.com Nina P. West, Artfact.com, 11.21.07 “Even the most Scrooge-like art critics smiled last week when Sotheby’s auctioned Jeff Koons’ gigantic, shiny ”Hanging Heart (Magenta/Gold),” a dazzling piece of...
Faberge Egg Goes Back To Its Nest Forbes.com Parmy Olson, 11.28.07 London “For 10 minutes late Wednesday morning, a jam-packed sale room at Christie’s auction house in London was silent. The race was on for lot No. 55, a translucent, pink Faberge egg....
Diamonds deals with super-rich outshine art sales International Herald Tribune By Douwe Miedema, Reuters Published: November 19, 2007 “ZURICH: A string of spectacular diamond sales last week showed that the world’s richest people are still willing to...
Dead Sea Scroll of Rock & Roll The Beatles’ “Peace to Monterey,” a psychedelic sketch drawn by all four members, was created for the Monterey Pop Festival program book in 1967. The original artwork, kept in a vault for nearly 40 years, is being...
Rags To Riches Raphael Forbes.com Nina P. West, Artfact.com 07.18.07 “How often does a $325 investment turn into a $35 million profit? Never? Yet it happened to one shrewd New Yorker who trusted his instincts and knew how to play the art game. In 1968, Ira...
Monet’s Moody Masterpiece Forbes.com Nina P. West, Artfact.com 06.26.07 “A London bridge built up of oil paint and canvas recently helped Christie’s set a new auction record. On June 18, the classic Claude Monet painting, “Waterloo Bridge,...
A fine art: warning shot fired as investors buy up modern masters The Business – Global Business News Online By : Abigail Townsend 27/06/2007 “THE one thing you know about asset classes is that they go up and down – and art is no different.” Wise...