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A Painting Resurrected – Yves Tanguy
War is nearly never good for the arts. During the Second World War alone, masterpieces by Canaletto, Durer, and Raphael were destroyed or lost, while living artists were suppressed and sometimes persecuted. In Europe, the Nazis clamped down hard on … More…
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The Case Of The Stolen Salvador Dalí
This past Sunday, a robbery was reported at the apartment of Montserrat Herrera Coromines in Barcelona’s Sarrià-Sant Gervasi neighborhood. Among the items stolen were two original works by Salvador Dalí. The stolen works, two of a series of four, are … More…
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19th-Century European Art Sale – Sotheby’s, New York
Look, enough is enough. Auction rooms need a reality check for their 19th-century works of art. Over the past ten years, the market has changed. Most collectors are interested in works in good condition, of high quality, and from an … More…
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Spurs Crafted By Edward Bohlin Gallop To A Record Price
Edward Bohlin was born in Sweden in 1895 and heard stories of the American West at a young age. He dreamed of coming to America and making a name for himself in the Wild Wild West. At the age of … More…
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Spider-Man Spins His Way To An Auction Record
Spider-Man spins his way to a new auction record as an original artwork by Mike Zeck recently sold at auction. He created the piece in 1984 for the comic book Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars No. 8 (page 25); it set a … More…
![Gouden_koets image of the Golden Coach with royalty inside - By Toni - originally posted to Flickr as the dutch royal family loves me!, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6512699](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Gouden_koets-1024x685.jpg)
Locking Up The Golden Coach
Earlier this week, the Dutch Royal Family announced that they would stop using their official state carriage, known as the Golden Coach. I first heard about the Golden Coach last summer when it was displayed at the Amsterdam Museum. The … More…
![albert_bierstadt_in_the_yosemite a landscape with water and mountains - Albert Bierstadt’s In the Yosemite](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/albert_bierstadt_in_the_yosemite-1024x746.jpg)
American Art Auction – Christie’s, New York
It was nice to have a break from the major auction action in New York. But we are now in a new year, and the sales are starting to ramp up. On January 19, Christie’s offered a selection of 19th … More…
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Will the Spice Flow?
I closed out 2021 with a piece about NFTs, mainly about how they would be a good idea if they had the proper regulation and oversight. And yet again, this issue reared its ugly head in the form of a … More…
![211004215624-03-embargo-restricted-botticelli-sothebys-man-sorrows image of Christ with a halo of angels - Sandro Botticelli - The Man of Sorrows](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/211004215624-03-embargo-restricted-botticelli-sothebys-man-sorrows-765x1024.jpg)
Behind Every Great Man (Literally in This Case)
Sandro Botticelli’s Christ portrait known as The Man of Sorrows is set to appear on the Sotheby’s auction block at the end of the month. It last came up on the market in 1963, when it sold in London for … More…