Small bowl fetches big bucks at Hong Kong auction Yahoo! Canada News Tue Nov 28, 12:19 PM “HONG KONG (AFP) – A tiny bowl believed to be around 270 years old smashed the record for a piece of Chinese ceramic art at auction when it was sold for 151.3 million...
Medieval Masterpieces Found In House Oxford Mail 14th November 2006 By Ruth Keeling “Missing medieval art masterpieces thought to be worth at least 1 million pounds ($1.9 million US) have been discovered in the spare room of a house in Oxford. Two 15th century...
Record art prices astonish New York dealers FT.com / World / US & Canada By Deborah Brewster in New York November 19 2006 “More than $1.3bn in works of art have been sold in the past two weeks during a record New York auction season that has...
Tom Thomson painting sells at auction for close to $1M CBC.ca Arts Monday, November 20, 2006 “A Tom Thomson oil sketch of Ontario’s northern wilderness sold for $934,000 at auction in Toronto on Monday, well above the last record price for a Thomson...
Warhol’s ‘Mao’ portrait sells in Christie’s auction for record $17.4 million Associated Press November 16, 2006 “NEW YORK — Andy Warhol’s iconic image of Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, considered one of his most...
Open wallets of rich buyers drive prices into stratosphere Tuesday, November 07, 2006 Stevenson Swanson CHICAGO TRIBUNE “NEW YORK – If you’re an art dealer or an auction-house executive, happy days are here again. The global art market is booming with...
Christie’s May Get $140 Million for Four Klimt Paintings Bloomberg.com: Muse By Linda Sandler “Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) — Christie’s International said it will auction four Gustav Klimt paintings owned by heirs of a Nazi victim for as much as $140...
Christie’s May Sell Gauguin Painting for a Record $45 Million Bloomberg.com: Muse By Linda Sandler Sept. 15, 2006 “Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — Christie’s International said it may sell one of Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings,...
Now here was a good deal: Valdosta man finds priceless treasure at Yard Sale www.walb.com July 21, 2006 “Valdosta – It’s every junker’s dream. Pick up an item at a yard sale that turns out to be worth of millions. That’s just what...
The Klimt Sensation: A Mona Lisa for America SPIEGEL ONLINE – News June 26, 2006 By Thomas Huetlin, Ulrike Knofel and Joachim Kronsbein “Early last week painter Gustav Klimt’s “Gold Adele” became the most expensive painting of all time,...