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• A Good Way to Spend Forty Thousand Pounds

  
  Sacnoth's Scriptorium — Authority: 123
  So, thanks to Mike Foster (thanks Mike), I learned today that an original Tolkien drawing, of his Aunt Janes farm where he wrote the first poem in his legendarium (about Earendil, in 1914), is currently being auctioned off by Sothebys on behalf of his brother Hilarys heirs. Heres the link: ...
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• Photo of nude Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate heading for auction

  
  Culture Monster — Authority: 712
  Proving once again that nothing sells like a controversy, Christies said today that a print of a photo showing a nude Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate is heading for the auction block. The portrait was taken in 1969 in London by art-fashion photographer David Bailey. The oversize print depicts Polanski and his ...
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• Comic book art for sale

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 678
  Starting in 1938 Joe Kubert has been a tireless artist in the comic book industry. Recently he has offered 18 covers and interior pages, published from the 1940s to 1990 for sale. Though he does not think much of his previous work many comic book fans will be enthralled.
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• #174 The Bi-Weekly Bombshell: Vintage Pinup Decals

  
  The Pinup Blog — Authority: 120
  Making an Entrance - Unforgettable Pinup Film Appearances Find out Sunday! Next >> I’m all for supporting my fellow pinup bloggers, so here’s a kick start for Vintage Pinup Decals . New on the scene, the blog mainly offers eBay links, for the pinup collector and online auction enthusiast. ...
  6 days ago

• Auctions and Art, What Could Be Better?!

  
  katiedid — Authority: 416
  15012 W Avenue D , by Richard Gilles Art is such a personal adventure. What appeals to each of us is emotional and varied. Many of us think that art is beyond the envelope of our pocketbooks. So we put off collecting art that would enrich our environments until we think we can "afford it". Witness , by ...
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• Art market rebounding, but still tough

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 678
  Fast sales and decent prices at London and Paris contemporary art fairs show the market for the visual arts is recovering but the demand is still slow. The fairs held consecutively over four days at Europes top art capitals show that the market is still alive.
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• Performance of Asia tops West for first timers at auction in 2008/09

  
  Art Radar Asia — Authority: 121
  AUCTION PERFORMANCE It may be of some surprise that Asian artists have outperformed their Western counterparts in “first time auction results” during the height of the art market boom. According to ArtPrice’s 2008/2009 contemporary art market report , buyers are giving Asian artists new to the ...
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• Is Singapore threatening Hong Kong as next Asian art mecca? Wall Street Journal

  
  Art Radar Asia — Authority: 121
  SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG’S COMPETING ART MARKET Singapore’s art scene has grown rapidly since its 1989 government mandate to recognize the “importance of culture and the art.” Thriving to a point that, according to The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong–Asia’s epicenter of art–is beginning to take its ...
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  IZO — Authority: 489
  Results and analysis of last weeks big contemporary sales in New York [not a single Russian contemporary work was on the block] (oneartworld). This site also puts all the lots on one page: such a relief not to have to...
  1 week ago

• Art Prices (and Mood) Inch Back Up

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  The last two weeks of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions saw the return of a surprising number of collectors, their wallets open, but only if the price was right.
  1 week ago

• Art funds follow hopes of market recovery

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Economy , Investing , Goldman Sachs Ask any investor, and hell tell you the best place to enter the market is at the bottom. Buy low and sell high, right? The institutional crowd knows this lesson best, and after a rocky year in traditional financial markets, many are now drawn to what seems to be ...
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• Lord Attenborough picture sale nets £4.6 million

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 678
  Hard times are proving to be a boon to art collectors. As the recent sale of the art of collect of Lord and Lady Attenborough demonstrates, recently earning 4.6 million pounds at Southerby’s auction house.
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• Overexposed Photos Sell for Half Milli

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 706
  The first night of Phillips de Pury’s contemporary art auction saw modest sales and nothing like Sotheby’s $39 million haul for Andy Warhol’s cash print. With the pop master’s soap box selling for $842k and Dash Snow’s Polaroid prints going for $50k, most sales fell within pre-auction estimates. ...
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• Warhol’s Painting of $200 Sells for $43.7 Million

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 706
  Sotheby’s post-war and contemporary art auction saw more then $130 million in sales last night. Helping nearly double the auction’s pre-sale estimate was an Andy Warhol tribute to the almighty dollar. The pop master’s 1962 painting “200 One Dollar Bills,” sold for $43.7 million, triple its estimated price. ...
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• Phillips de Pury Auctions Off Drug Platter

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 706
  Tomorrow, Phillips de Pury continues their contemporary art sale , starting off with some more work by recently dead artists. Items up for bid include Dash Snow’s Whitney Biennial installation “ Eat Shit and Die ,” a mirrored record lined with “cocaine” and estimated at $15-20k; Marilyn Minter’s ...
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• Contemporary art market Asia now bigger than US for first time says Artprice

  
  Art Radar Asia — Authority: 121
  ASIAN ART MARKET Visitors enter a Sothebys auction room in Hong Kong for a sale of modern and contemporary art on October 6, 2008. For the first time ever, the total auction revenue from contemporary art in Asia is greater than the total of the United States artprice reports. The statistics are collected ...
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• Art Every Day 9

  
  Crazy for Fiber — Authority: 127
  Here is another idea that I have for the Bird’s Eye View show.  A few years ago, Mr C and I went to the Grand Canyon and I took lots of photos, looking down into the canyon. I have always wanted to abstract one of these photos and create the canyon in fabric in some cool colors. I used the Photoshop photocopy ...
  2 weeks ago

• Web muster

  
  Best of 3 — Authority: 414
  Starkwhite reports on charity art auction fatigue , and comes up with some good alternatives. I imagine being hit up by people all the time for donations must get on artists nerves, and wouldnt exactly thrill their dealers either. Over the net sticks with the table tennis motif, announces opening of the On the ...
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• Auction Alert

  
  Underpaintings — Authority: 118
  Art auctions are great places to view paintings or sculptures which otherwise might not make it to public view in museums, as the works up for sale often pass between private holders. Free previews are offered by the auction houses prior to the bidding day, and this is a wonderful opportunity to get up close and ...
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• Techie - Customize your art news

  
  Making A Mark — Authority: 495
  I learned yesterday, courtesy of a tweet from Matt Cutts, head of the webspam team at Google, that its possible to customise Google News to obtain news on very specific search terms.If youre... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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