News has surfaced that: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Garage Magazine founder Dasha Zhukova—one of the contemporary art scene’s biggest power couples—have split. In a statement released to the media on Monday, the couple said: “We are committed to jointly … More…

Tonight, HBO will present the documentary – Brillo Box (3¢ Off). The tale of a Warhol Brillo Box that was originally bought for $1,000 and 40 years later sold for over $3M.

Source: Newsletter Archives – we just released volume 200 of our Comments on the Art Market.  In this issue we cover the Upcoming Shows in Nantucket and Baltimore, The Dark Side, Really, Stocks and a number of sales that took place in … More…

  These stories are becoming all too common … looted antiquities. According to Tom Mashberg’s article in The New York Times, investigators were sent evidence of a looted vase in the Met’s collection by Dr. Tsirogiannis … a forensic archaeologist who tracked the … More…

  Here is an interesting case.  According to the article, a day before an anonymous bidder prepared to pay nearly $14.5 million for the rare and ancient artifact at auction on April 28, the Turkish government filed a federal lawsuit demanding … More…

News broke that the J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a collection of drawings by artists such as Michelangelo, Edgar Degas, and Peter Paul Rubens and a painting by Watteau from a private U.K. collection.  The Watteau was purchased in a … More…

  Word is out, the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA, has decided to sell 40 works from its collection to fund a $40 million endowment and $20 million refurbishment. According to the American Alliance of Museums, this is a serious … More…