TS Eliot’s widow’s art collection to be auctioned for charity
TS Eliot’s widow’s art collection to be auctioned for charity – Valerie Eliot passed away last year all her belongings will be sold the fall. The sale is expected to raise more than £5m and includes works by Constable, Freud, Spencer, Churchill, … More…
Painting of the Day (hitting the SOLD archives this week): Montague Dawson’s “The U.S. Frigate Constellation”
The U.S. Frigate Constellation. Here is an amazing example of Montague Dawson’s work that we sold this week. I first saw The U.S. Frigate Constellation back in the 1980s while visiting Dr. John J. McMullen’s offices in lower Manhattan … … More…
Donald Judd’s SoHo Loft Opens After $23 Million Makeover
Donald Judd’s SoHo Loft Opens After $23 Million Makeover – originally purchased by Judd in 1968 for $68,000 (nice investment), the 1870 building at 101 Spring Street, which houses works by Judd and some of the artists he collected (Oldenburg, Reinhardt, … More…
CNET Founder Minor Files for Bankruptcy After Selling Art
CNET Founder Minor Files for Bankruptcy After Selling Art – it always amazes me to see how people, even rich ones, can spend more than they have. Guess ML Private Finance was lucky he had some artwork to help satisfy part … More…
New Evidence About the Rotterdam’s Kunsthal Museum Theft
New investigative analysis about the October 16th Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum theft may become a worst case scenario for the seven stolen works, valued at more than $133m. The paintings taken in the burglary, including Picasso’s Tete d’Arlequin, Monet’s Waterloo Bridge and Lucian Freud’s Woman … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 150 … it is out!
Newsletter Archives. Our Comments on the Art Market – Volume 150 is now available. In this issue we cover a great deal: The Aston Knight Museum Show, Upcoming Gallery Shows, The Stock Market, Alyssa’s take on the Contemporary market. Lance’s … More…