Highlighting the Hong Kong sales was a  118.28-carat, D flawless, type IIa oval-shaped diamond.  It received a great deal of pre-sale publicity as the largest D flawless stone to be sold at auction.  Bidding opened at $180M HKD, stalled at … More…

Zeng Work at $23.3 Million Leads Records at H.K. Auction – it appears this is going to be a hot season.  This past weekend sales in China were doing well and a record price was paid for Zeng Fanzhi’s The Last … More…

Think Matisse’s work could be done by a child? Think again, says Sir Nicholas Serota – this blockbuster exhibition at the Tate Modern is going to prove wrong the critics who claim that Matisse’s late cut-out works could have been done … More…

Seeing Double – Van Gogh the Tweaker – Van Gogh Repetitions opens at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. this weekend.  The exhibit explores van Gogh’s répétitions with 13 examples and attempts to resolve the sequence of these works through X-rays and … More…

Magritte’s Weird Eyes, Nude Torsos Amuse; Indiana LOVE – here are two shows that are currently on view in NYC: “Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938” runs through Jan. 12 at the Museum of Modern Art AND “Robert Indiana: Beyond Love” runs … More…

Ferrari GTO Becomes Most Expensive Car at $52 Million – amazing prices being paid for amazing and rare autos.    

Do you really know what you are selling? By Howard Rehs – a new posting on the Art, Antiques and Luxury Design Blog.