Museum Analyzes Ash Thought To Be Burned Remains Of Art By Picasso, Matisse & More
More recent news on the October 16th Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum theft. Previous Blog post on this topic (5/30/13) – New Evidence About the Rotterdam’s Kunsthal Museum Theft Museum Analyzes Ash Thought To Be Burned Remains Of Art By Picasso, … More…
Alfred Munnings: Out in the Open at the National Sporting Museum & Library
Alfred Munnings: Out in the Open | National Sporting Museum & Library – One of the most important British Sporting artists of the 20th century – Sir Alfred Munnings – is the subject of an exhibition at the National Sporting Museum … More…
The Newport Antiques Show – July 26 – 28 – Discount Coupon
The Newport Antiques Show (Discount Coupon) – The gallery will be exhibiting at The Newport Antiques Show which opens to the public on July 26th at 10am (Gala Preview Party is July 25). We will be showing paintings by Boudin, Corot, … More…
Looted Art From Cypriot Churches Is Returned by Germany
For more than a decade, Cyprus has been fighting to have art and artifacts returned after they were discovered back in 1997 in Munich. In all, 173 works were deemed to be taken illegally after the Turkish invasion and were … More…
Lego Artist Nathan Sawaya
I cannot tell you how many times I limped around the house when I was younger after stepping on one of my brothers legos…which were everywhere! And while he made some pretty awesome pieces I do not think they ever … More…
Christie’s Sales Rise 9%, Boosted by Record Auction
Christie’s Sales Rise 9%, Boosted by Record Auction – Sales were up, but since they are not a public company we have no idea what their profit was. In any event, the upper end of the market is still doing well … More…
Fangio Mercedes Racer Sets $29.7 Million Auction Record
Bonhams held their 20th-anniversary “Festival of Speed” sale last week and in that sale was a true piece of racing history. A new record for a car at auction was set with the 1954 2.5 litre Mercedes-Benz W196 Formula 1 … More…
Happy Birthday Rembrandt van Rijn!
Who is the dark and mysterious man glaring out at you when you open up Google today? It is the legendary 17th century painter, Rembrandt van Rijn. Today marks the Dutch masters 407th birthday! Happy birthday Rembrandt! And…..Today also marks … More…