Jeff Koons Record Breaking Price

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 Sets Record

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 or Art?

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...

Raphael Painting sells for $37 million

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...