Richard Polsky Take the Plunge into the Warhol Authentication Pool
I commend Mr. Polsky for jumping into the deep end. The art market needs people who can help weed out the fakes in any artist’s market. It makes the art world a safer place to spend your money. Best of … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Eugene Boudin’s “Village aux Environs de Dunkerque”
Source: Village aux Environs de Dunkerque – this exquisite landscape (c.1889) by the 19th century French Impressionist artist Eugene Boudin (1824-1898) will be on view at the New York Art, Antique & Jewelry Show (67th Street Armory – Saturday – Tuesday). … More…
Biggest Diamond in More Than a Century Unearthed in Botswana – 1,111 Carats
Oh my! 1,111 carats — the largest stone discovered in more than 100 years. Now that is one big rock!! It will be interesting to see how much it brings and then how many stones can be cut from it. Anyone … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): John Atkinson Grimshaw’s “Autumn Gold”
Source: Autumn Gold – we have just added this 19th century British Victorian painting by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1903) to our available online inventory. The work will also be featured in our booth at the upcoming New York Art, Antique and … More…
A Rollercoaster Auction Week in New York
Interesting article by Kelly Crow in The Wall Street Journal about the recent set of sales and the lessons to be learned. Is the top here? Only time will tell. Are sellers getting greedy? Hard to tell if it is … More…
Top-Selling Artist Zeng Fanzhi Revisits New York
It is amazing what people will pay for Zeng Fanzhi’s work. According to Kelly Crow, over the past five years his works at auction have racked up a higher total than Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelley and Richard Prince combined. Top … More…
Mixed Night in ‘Strange’ Christie’s Contemporary and Postwar Sale
The results from Christie’s sale of Contemporary art were mixed … somethings did very well, while other had a tough go. As always, there were some pretty serious prices paid for certain works — $29.2M for the Fontana (sold by … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Gen Paul’s “Le Grenouillère”
Source: Le Grenouillère – this one by Gen Paul will be featured in our booth at the upcoming New York Art, Antique & Jewelry Show which runs from November 21 – 24. Additional information on the show and a link to … More…
‘The Art of More’ Brings the Elite Auction World to TV
Not much I can say about this … guess I will have to watch an episode or two before making any comments. Interesting to see that the art world has become the subject of a TV series; but as we … More…
Over $125K Worth Of Art Is Padlocked Inside Debt-Ridden Elena Ab Gallery
I do feel for these artists. They trusted this dealer to protect their works and manage the gallery properly. Now they appear to be at the mercy of our legal system. While we do not know the full story, nowhere does it state that … More…
Sotheby’s Offers Employees Voluntary Buyouts to Cut Costs
Missed the numbers, stock dropped 16% (33% for the year) and now a note to all employees offering a voluntary buyout — if not enough people go for it, the layoffs may begin. It is amazing to think that … More…
Stop Complaining — $2.3 Billion Worth of Art Sold!
When you really think about the fact that $2.3 Billion worth of art changed hands in the span of 2 weeks, how can anyone really complain? Yes, there were sub-par or overestimated works that did not sell; but on the … More…
Sale Offers a Reason for Relief at Sotheby’s
Last night, Sotheby’s offered its selection of Contemporary art and the good works, which were priced right, found buyers. The sale brought in $295M (low end of the pre-sale estimate range was $254M) with a sell-through rate of 81.5%. … More…