Banksy’s Donated Painting Sells For WHAT?!
Banksy’s Donated Painting Sells For WHAT?! — as many of you may know, Banksy has been tagging the City of NY all month long and along the way to added a little something to a painting he found in a … More…
Happy Birthday Vermeer & Bonnard!
Happy Birthday Johannes Vermeer, the 17th century Dutch painter, most famous for his masterpiece, “Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665),” with a top selling lot of over $30 million for his “A young woman seated at the virginals (1670)” in … More…
Anne Frank’s Amsterdam
One of the most wide known personal accounts of the Holocaust is from a young Jewish girl’s diary; Anne Frank. Born in 1929, it was not long until young Anne’s life turned into an endless nightmare. After Hitler gained control … More…
Calder’s Heirs Accuse Trusted Dealer of Fraud
A friendship between sculptor Alexander Calder and his gallery representative Klaus G. Perls turned the two men into “family.” Unfortunately, the tight bond was recently shattered when Calders’ heirs claimed fraud. According to them, Perls withheld tens of millions of … More…
Banksy Alters Painting Found at a Thrift Shore and Donates to Charity
Two months ago, a painting by K. Sager was bought at a NYC thrift shop for $50. Yesterday, the work was dropped back off at the shop without being noticed by who, with a small yet very important alteration. British … More…