Art Historians Say Chinese Work Sold by Sotheby’s Is a Fake – here is another story about the difficulties of trading in the Chinese market and it will be interesting to see what they find.  The work in question (shown below) … More…

Perls Victory Ruling.  Mr. Wolfe, the lawyer for the Perls estate, was kind enough to send us the full court ruling on the case … it makes for an interesting read.

Calder Heirs Lose Fraud Suit Against Art Dealer’s Estate – We first covered this case on October 30th and the estate of Klaus Perls won.  According to Steven Wolfe, the estate’s lawyer: The case has been dismissed and the Court found, among … More…

Damien Hirst artworks stolen from London gallery – CCTV video – Here is the video that police released of the man breaking into, and stealing, two Damien Hirst works from the Exhibitionist Gallery in London.  

Ice ice baby: take our wintry art quiz  – take the Guardian’s winter art quiz.  

Bacon $142 Million Triptych Beats Warhol: Top 2013 Auction Sales – Bloomberg lists the top ten auction prices for 2013 … all but one were works of art.  Number 3 is the Pink Star — a 59.6 carat pink diamond that … More…

Chinese Artist in $80 Million Forgery Scandal Says He’s Innocent  – more on the Knoedler case … interesting addition to the story.