AGO Gets More Time – Saga Continues
On Wednesday the Massachusetts Appeals Court granted the AGO and their investigators more time to finish reviewing the Berkshire Museum’s planned sale of some 40 works of art. While he gave them until January 29th to finish, he also required … More…
Sotheby’s London: 19th Century European
Today we had Sotheby’s sale of 19th century works of art. While this sale covers the same period of art we see in the New York sales, they usually contain a slightly different mix of works – more Spanish, Swedish, … More…
AVAILABLE: Andre Hambourg’s “À Trouville an Août”
We just added this little gem by the 20th century French artist Andre Hambourg to our available online inventory. According to Wikipedia: Trouville-sur-Mer, commonly referred to as Trouville, is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in … More…
This Divorce Is Heating Up!
The divorce of Maurice Alain Amon and Tracey Hajailan-Amon is heating up … quite literally. Maurice is claiming that his wife runied part of their art collection when she tried to open a safe in their Paris apartment with a … More…
My 15 Minutes Of Fame!
Glenn Dixon gives a nice overview of the Internal Revenue Service’s Art Advisory Panel in The Washington Post. This one is definitely worth the read since I am mentioned a couple of times … it’s my 15 minutes of fame! … More…
How Do They Know?
An article on Bloomberg quotes Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism: “We worked very closely with the broker on this piece and we bid on it and it was acquired, thank God, … More…
The Berkshire Museum Saga Continues
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office has requested, from the Boston Appeals Court, an extension until the end of January to finish their investigation into the Berkshire Museum’s desire to sell 40 important works of art. I do not believe that … More…
You Know What? I Do Not Care Anymore!
Another twist in the da Vinci sage. Today it was reported that the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi had authorized Prince Badr bin Abdullah al Saud to bid up to $500M hammer for the work .. guess … More…
Christie’s Old Master Sale: Like I Have Said, Size Does Not Matter
Tonight, Christie’s presented their selection of Old Master works and if my calculations are correct, it seems to have been a huge hit! Taking the top spot here was El Greco’s Saint Francis and Brother Leo in Meditation which hammered at £5.9M … More…