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London’s Old Master art sales: a flourishing market for minor masters
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London’s Old Master art sales: a flourishing market for minor masters

The Old Master sales took place in London last week and from the results it appears the market for the good works is as strong as ever.  While there were no real ‘blockbuster’ works being offered, the totals and sell-through rates … More…

SOLD: Edouard Cortes’s “Palais du Luxembourg, Paris”
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SOLD: Edouard Cortes’s “Palais du Luxembourg, Paris”

Source: Palais du Luxembourg, Paris – this beautiful garden scene, by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), made its way to a new home last week.  

An Artistic Discovery Makes a Curator’s Heart Pound
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An Artistic Discovery Makes a Curator’s Heart Pound

Another da Vinci comes to light … I have lost count as to how many were recently discovered!  LOL!!  Scott Reyburn’s NY Times article makes for a nice read. Source: An Artistic Discovery Makes a Curator’s Heart Pound – The New … More…

Sotheby’s Hires Scientist, Addressing Art Market Wariness of Forgeries Post-Knoedler
Sotheby’s Hires Scientist, Addressing Art Market Wariness of Forgeries Post-Knoedler

Sotheby’s Hires Scientist, Addressing Art Market Wariness of Forgeries Post-Knoedler

Sotheby’s adds Jamie Martin to its ranks … a scientist who (as David D’Arcy’s article states): calls his stero microscope his “best friend” … and enhanced his reputation outside the specialized field of art science in recent high-profile investigations that focused on … More…

AVAILABLE: Johann Berthelsen’s “Grand Army Plaza & 59th Street”
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AVAILABLE: Johann Berthelsen’s “Grand Army Plaza & 59th Street”

Source: Grand Army Plaza & 59th Street – Only a few more weeks and New York City might start looking like this … a new addition to our available inventory by Johann Berthelsen.    

Christie’s to Lose Contemporary-Art Chief
Christie’s to Lose Contemporary-Art Chief

Christie’s to Lose Contemporary-Art Chief

Here is another auction house employee who has decided to switch sides, joining the art dealer ranks.  Mr. Gorvy is just one of many who have moved over during the past couple of years.  Kelly Crow, in her WSJ article states … More…

John Singer Sargent’s watercolors at Dulwich Picture Gallery
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John Singer Sargent’s watercolors at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Do you like Sargent’s work?  If so, you better make flight and hotel reservations since “eighty works from 30 lenders are coming together at Dulwich Picture Gallery next year…” The exhibition will focus on his watercolors and run from June … More…

Art looted by Nazis during WWII is returned to Poland by LA couple
Art looted by Nazis during WWII is returned to Poland by LA couple

Art looted by Nazis during WWII is returned to Poland by LA couple

10 years after purchasing a portrait by Melchoir Geldorp at a New York auction, Craig Gilmore & David Crocker were stunned to learn that the painting (hanging in their Los Angeles kitchen) had been looted by the Nazis during World War II. … More…

At Art Basel Miami Beach, Fewer Dabblers but Deliberative Sales
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At Art Basel Miami Beach, Fewer Dabblers but Deliberative Sales

The frenzy of past years seems to be gone, at least for the time being, in the HOT contemporary market.  Robin Pogrebin’s New York Times article gives a nice recap of the early hours at Art Basel. Source: At Art Basel … More…

Comments on the Art Market – Volume 192
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Comments on the Art Market – Volume 192

Source: Newsletter Archives – Volume 192 of our Comments on the Art Market is out.  We cover the usual topics: Upcoming Fairs (one opening tonight in Palm Beach), Stocks, Tales from the Dark Side, Really and The Art Market.  In our … More…

Dispute Over $127.5 Million Leonardo Painting Draws in Sotheby’s
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Dispute Over $127.5 Million Leonardo Painting Draws in Sotheby’s

I guess $80M was just not enough for the group of dealers who sold a long lost da Vinci that was purchased for $10,000.  According to the article, Alexander Parish bought the work at a Louisiana estate sale in the … More…

SOLD: Antoine Blanchard’s “Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre”
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SOLD: Antoine Blanchard’s “Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre”

Source: Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre – this rare view of the Moulin Rouge by the 20th century French artist Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) just hit the SOLD archives.  

Guido Cagnacci’s Eccentric ‘Repentant Magdalene’
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Guido Cagnacci’s Eccentric ‘Repentant Magdalene’

Here is one from the Old Master world … Milene Fernandez’s review of the Guido Cagnacci exhibition that is currently on view at The Frick Collection (through January 22); after which it heads to The National Gallery, London, from February 15 – … More…

SOLD: Edouard Cortes’s “Boulevard du Temple pres Place de la Republique”
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SOLD: Edouard Cortes’s “Boulevard du Temple pres Place de la Republique”

Source: Boulevard du Temple pres Place de la Republique – this 1920s work by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) has made its way to a new home.  

Van Gogh’s lost drawings: unconvincing, but does anyone care in a post-truth art world?
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Van Gogh’s lost drawings: unconvincing, but does anyone care in a post-truth art world?

Another for our: Is it Live, or is it Memorex? files. As values continue to soar, more dubious works will continue to hit the market. This is an amazing story since the Van Gogh Museum deemed the works inauthentic back in 2008 … More…

Norman Rockwell painting on 1944 election fetches $6.54 million
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Norman Rockwell painting on 1944 election fetches $6.54 million

What a perfect painting for our times … like they say, history always repeats itself.  Norman Rockwell’s “Which One? (Undecided; Man in Voting Booth)” brought $6.54 million at yesterday’s American Art sale. The Rockwell accounted for about 23% of the sale’s … More…