Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) George Cole’s “Early Morning on the Tamar, Devon”
Early Morning on the Tamar, Devon. Here is a beautiful British Victorian landscape by George Cole (1810-1883) that we just posted to the Online Inventory. This important work was exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1872. … More…
Zhu Dequn’s $9.1 Million Painting Sets Artist’s Record
Zhu Dequn’s $9.1 Million Painting Sets Artist’s Record – these prices are out of control … the real questions is: how did the rest of the sale do? Of the 68 works offered, 64 sold (94%) and the top lot was … More…
More victims of Abstract Expressionist fakes scandal revealed
The victims of the Knoedler Gallery fakes scandal include at least two museums, several dealers and a number of prominent collectors. A list shows numerous buyers of the fake Abstract Expressionist works and the prices they paid. Murry and Key … More…
Smithsonian Launches 3D Scanning, Printing Project
The Smithsonian Institution is well on their way carrying their collection into the 21st century online obsession. $350k is designated annually to fund 3D scanning and printing of their gigantic collections of 137 million objects. They plan to use this … More…
Thompson Comic Book Collection May Fetch $1M By The Years End.
Maggie Thompson is a well-known name in the comic book collectors’ world. Since the 1940’s she has acquired a collection of tens of thousands of comic books, keeping them in pristine condition. Now, at 70 years old, Thompson has decided … More…
TS Eliots widows art collection sells for more than £7m
Nobel prize-winning poet, TS Eliot’s widow sells off their art collection. All of the works sold for over £7m, £2m over the estimate. The top selling lot from the Eliot collection was a John Constable water colour sketch making £662,500. … More…
Romanee-Conti, Zeng Fanzhi, Diamonds Boost Asia Auctions
Romanee-Conti, Zeng Fanzhi, Diamonds Boost Asia Auctions – it is amazing to see that when the auctions find a hot market they try to bleed it dry as fast as possible. In this instance they are throwing everything at it … … More…
Dealer of Chihuly fakes facing prison
I have to be honest, I am growing tired of reading news about scummy people taking advantage of others to make a quick buck. This storyline repeats itself time and time again in the art world, someone sees on opportunity … More…