World’s Biggest Round Blue Diamond May Fetch $19 Million – this little ‘rock’, now known as The Premier Blue, may bring an amazing price!  

Sotheby’s Auction House Becomes Target of Loeb’s Third Point – could the auction giant be in play?  Third Point now has a 5.7% stake and Trian Fund Management has amassed almost 3%.

Keith Haring drew 302,000 visitors.  A very nice turnout for the show which ran for 4 months in Paris and included about 250 works.  

The Met Exhibits Works of Painter Balthus – Starting in September the Met will exhibit 35 of the artist’s most accomplished works of art from the 1930s through the 1950s.  

Rauschenberg Friends Seek $60 Million From Estate – a very interesting story of greed.  I want those hourly wages!  

For Art Dealers, a New Life on the Fair Circuit – It is a shame how the landscape has changed in the art world, but if you do not move with the times you will be left behind … and may … More…

Berlin Does $174 Million U-Turn on Modern Art Museum – seems like a nice solution that will take about 9 years to finish.