Dog Art Sets Multiple International Auction Records At Bonhams N.Y. Antiques and the Arts Online “NEW YORK CITY It was standing room only as Bonhams New York conducted the firm’s 24th annual Dog Sale on Valentine’s Day, February 14. The combined...
Picasso painting could fetch $50 million: Sotheby’s Yahoo! News By Scott Malone Thu Feb 16, 2006 “NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pablo Picasso portrait of his mistress Dora Maar that has been in private hands for more than 40 years will be auctioned in New...
Black Art Is Buried Treasure In an overheated market, works by African American painters are a bargain — for now www.businessweek.com FEBRUARY 3, 2006 “Predicts Atlanta art dealer Jerry Thomas Jr.: “In the next 10 years we’re going to see a...
Gauguin Semi-Nudes Lead $437 Million of London Auctions Bloomberg.com: Germany “Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — Paul Gauguin’s “Deux Femmes,” depicting a duo of gold-skinned South Sea women in a mauve-walled room, will be the priciest — if not...
Scoop from Diamond Galleries reports on the following landmark sale of Disney’s Mickey Mouse original comic art: Industry News Scoop Friday, January 27, 2006 “Dallas, Texas-based Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers sold the Mickey Mouse daily dated January...
Munch works headline Sotheby’s auction Yahoo! Australia & NZ News Thursday February 2, 2006 “A unique collection of paintings by Edvard Munch, the angst-ridden Norwegian artist best known for his nightmarish Scream, goes on sale in London next week....
Van Gogh portrait could get $40 mln in NY auction Yahoo! News Larry Fine Feb 1, 2006 “NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vincent Van Gogh’s portrait of a cafe owner, based on a sketch by his friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin, could fetch more than $40 million...
Washington Portrait May Sell for $10M Yahoo! News Jan 17, 2006 “NEW YORK – A painting of George Washington by artist Charles Willson Peale is expected to sell for a record $10 million to $15 million when it is auctioned on Saturday, Christie’s...
The art market is booming, even in China: Art collection becomes new investment spotlight in China People’s Daily Online January 11, 2006 “From antiques to paintings, art collections are garnering huge profits for their possessors as the auction industry...
Most Expensive Art 2005 Connoisseur’s Guide Forbes.com Leah Hoffmann “Both Christie’s and Sotheby’s should have plenty to toast this holiday season. The two auction houses–which together control some 95% of worldwide fine-art auction...