Category Archives: Art
Mixed results at Heritage’s Illustration Art Auction, August 17-18, 2010
Heritage Auctions of Dallas, TX, held an Illustration Art Auction on August 17-18, 2010, with mixed results. Prices were strong for the best known artists and fairly weak for lesser known artists. The top lot of the sale was #78330, … Continue reading
Rick Norsigian may have bought $200 million worth of Ansel Adams negatives for $45
10 years ago, Rick Norsigian bought 65 old glass negatives for $45 from a man who said he bought them at a warehouse sale in Los Angeles in the 1940s. Could these views of Yosemite be the work of Ansel … Continue reading
Picasso painting sells for $106.5 million, a world record
Christie’s New York held several Impressionist and Modern Art sales, May 4-5, 2010. The PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. SIDNEY F. BRODY sale included lot 6, a Pablo Picasso painting entitled “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust”. It sold for … Continue reading
Why buy Maxfield Parrish prints when you can buy the originals?
Have you been wasting your time buying Maxfield Parrish prints, when you could have been buying the originals? Christie’s New York held their Important American Paintings sale on Thursday, May 20, 2010, with 11 originals by Maxfield Parrish. If you … Continue reading
Christie’s New York sells the Michael Crichton collection of contemporary art for over $100 million
Recent art auctions at Christie’s New York brought some extraordinary results. Tuesday, May 11, 2010, was the day that Christie’s sold the art collection of Michael Crichton, of Jurassic Park fame. The highlight of the sale was the iconic image … Continue reading
Jim Julia sells a million dollar map at auction
Jim Julia sells millions of dollars of antiques yearly at his auction house in Fairfield, Maine, but never before has he sold a single object for over one million dollars — until February 5, 2010. On that day, Jim sold … Continue reading
A Giacometti bronze sets the new world record price for a single work of art at auction
On February 3, 2010, Sotheby’s London held their Impressionist and Modern Art sale, with impressive results. 31 of the 39 lots sold, grossing a total of $229 million. The top lot of the sale, a bronze scupture by Alberto Giacometti … Continue reading
Now is the time to buy Louis Icart etchings at historically low prices
I studied economics in college, so I understand the basics of the laws of supply and demand. The price of an item is inversely proportional to the supply, i.e., the price rises when the supply goes down and falls when … Continue reading
No more room to collect? Christie’s has the solution.
I’ve often met collectors who told me they no longer have any room for new purchases. Well if you’re from the greater New York area, you no longer have an excuse. Christie’s New York has signed a lease on a … Continue reading
The Charles Martignette collection of American Illustration Art, part II
I’ve previously written about the Charles Martignette collection of American Illustration Art, but I’m writing again because this time I’m giving you advance notice of an upcoming auction, being held by Heritage Galleries on Oct 27, 2009, where you will … Continue reading