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Madonna, DiCaprio, Allen Boost $1.3 Billion May Auctions
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Madonna, DiCaprio, Allen Boost $1.3 Billion May Auctions

The auction action will begin this evening … should be an interesting month.  We will keep you updated on the results. Source: Madonna, DiCaprio, Allen Boost $1.3 Billion May Auctions 

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Tim Jahn’s “The Assessment”
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Painting of the Day (SOLD) Tim Jahn’s “The Assessment”

JUST SOLD at the Spring Show NYC!!

Renoir Girl Mystery Continues
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Renoir Girl Mystery Continues

Marcia Fuqua shocked the public when news came out that her small $7 purchase at the flea market was an authentic Renoir that could fetch $75,000 at auction.  The small painting was stolen 60 years ago from the Baltimore Museum, … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Charles O. de Penne’s “Hounds Before the Hunt”
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Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Charles O. de Penne’s “Hounds Before the Hunt”

  Hounds Before the Hunt.  Here is a pretty, little, French sporting painting by Charles Olivier de Penne that the gallery sold many years ago.  

Duchamp’s Motor, Kapoor Mirror, Fog Art in Paris
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Duchamp’s Motor, Kapoor Mirror, Fog Art in Paris

Duchamp’s Motor, Kapoor Mirror, Fog Art in Paris – “Dynamo: A Century of Light and Motion in Art 1913-2013” at the Grand Palais — through July 22.

‘Burst of Light – Caravaggio and His Legacy,’ Is At The Wadsworth Atheneum
“Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy” by Caravaggio

‘Burst of Light – Caravaggio and His Legacy,’ Is At The Wadsworth Atheneum

‘Burst of Light – Caravaggio and His Legacy,’ Is at the Wadsworth Atheneum – the exhibition features 34 masterworks … four by Caravaggio, and the rest by artists influenced and inspired by the Old Master.  The exhibition is on view … More…

Steven Brooks Sues Sotheby’s Claiming They Sold Him Nazi Art
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Steven Brooks Sues Sotheby’s Claiming They Sold Him Nazi Art

Courthouse News Service – Steven Brooks is suing the auction room over a painting by Louis-Michel van Loo titled Allegorical Portrait of a Lady as Diana Wounded by Cupid that he bought back in 2004.  Turns out that the painting was … More…

Billionaire Jeweller Pays £1 million For Chinese Girl Painting
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Billionaire Jeweller Pays £1 million For Chinese Girl Painting

Billionaire jeweller pays £1 million for Chinese Girl painting – Laurence Graff just bought  Vladimir Tretchikoff’s “Chinese Girl” for about $1.5M.  “Chinese Girl” is thought to be one of the most widely reproduced paintings from the 1950s and 60s.