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It pays to stroll through the flea market and avoid the TV shows
A very good eye for Fine Art ... $50 makes $284,000 ...
A painting bought for less than $50 at a Manhattan flea market 23 years ago sold at auction in London this week for $284,000. The picture, an oil on canvas by the Indian artist Francis Newton Souza, is a portrait of a bald, frowning man in a black suit, his eyes obscured by wire-rimmed glasses, and is dated 1958.
"Bought for Less Than $50, Sold for $284,000," By Ben Shapiro, Arts, Briefly, The New York Times, September 16, 2006
Also, he enjoyed the painting for those many years ... It pays to stroll through the flea market and avoid the TV shows ...
Photographs - at Christie's
Exhibition of photographs at Christie's, Rockefeller Centre, New York, this week-end ... worth a detour ...
Photographs by Ansel Adams, Helmut Newton, Edward Curtis, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peter Beard, Irving Penn, Marion Post Wolcott, and others ...
- Sale 1625, Lot 208, Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990), Belle Glade, Florida, 1939
- Sale 1625, Lot 206, Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), Fish Weir Across Trinity River, c. 1923
- Sale 1625, Lot 30, Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), 3 photogravures from Camera Work, Number 36, 1911
- Sale 1625, Lot 17, Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), Sioux Warrior, 1904
- Sale 1625, Lot 3, Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), Hyères, 1932
- Sale 1625, Lot 6, Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), Sale of Gold in the Last Days of Kuomintang, Shanghai, China, 1949
Exhibition:
- Sunday, February 12, 2006, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Monday, February 13, 2006, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sale, No. 1625, February 14, 2006, 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000
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Important Old Master Paintings - at Sotheby's
Important Old Master Paintings, Auction Sale N08162, January 26-27, 2006, New York
- Lot 10, "Study Of An Elderly Woman In A White Cap," by Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn, Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam, oil on panel, 21 by 14 3/4 in. ; 53.3 by 37.5 cm.
- Lot 15, "A Bearded Old Man," by Gerrit Dou, Leiden 1613 - 1675, signed middle right GDOV (GD in monogram), oil on panel, 7 by 5 in.; 17.8 by 12.7 cm.
- Lot 54, "Still Life With Wild Strawberries In A Late Ming Blue And White Bowl," oil on panel, by Du Mélezet, Active Mid-Seventeenth Century, 13 1/2 by 22 in.; 39.5 by 56 cm.
- Lot 72, "Flowers In A Terracotta Vase On A Marble Ledge," signed lower right Jan Van Húysúm / fecit, oil on mahogany panel, by Jan Van Huysum, Amsterdam 1682 - 1749, 31 1/2 by 24 in.; 80 by 61 cm.
- Lot 74, An Important Italian Terracotta Relief Of The Madonna And Child, By Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi, Called Donatello (1386-1466), Formerly Belonging To The Borromeo Family And In The Church Of San Giovanni Battista In Lissaro Di Mestrino, Circa 1450, Padua, modeled in half-length, the Child supported in her arms and on her right hip, His loose swaddling cloth partially covering His torso, the Virgin’s head inclined downward to the left; as He touches His cheek to hers, they gaze lovingly at one another, His left arm pulls at her neck and the right hand gently tugs on her bodice, the Madonna’s thin veil falls about her neck and shoulders revealing parts of her body beneath it, remainders of original polychromy and gilding. height 32½in; width 20½in; 81.2cm; 50.8cm
Sotheby's New York, 1334 York Avenue, at 72nd Street, 212-606-7000
Buyer beware ... the Art Market is hot and crazy
Buyer beware ... the Art Market is hot and crazy ... Happy Winter and Good Tidings ...
Artprice.com, a French company that tracks world auction results, figures overall prices in New York and London topped their mid-1990 peak for the first time this year -- by 33% and 19%, respectively. Meanwhile, Chinese art often soared to four or five times pre-auction estimates at recent Sotheby's and Christie's Hong Kong sales. Indian and Russian works are seeing similar gains.
"The Art Of Buying Art: Today's market looks awfully inflated. Tread carefully," Business Week, December 26, 2005
More
- "Why Collectors Are Crazy For Chinese Art: It's not only dynastic porcelain vases. Art mavens are buying contemporary works as well," Business Week, December 27, 2004
- "Time to sell in a hot market," by Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune, February 7, 2004
- "Positively Sizzling," by Missy Sullivan, Forbes, December 26, 2005
- "Auction packed," by Murray Whyte, The Toronto Starr, December 17, 2005
- "Deaccession roulette," by Hilton Kramer, The New Criterion, December 2005
- "'Art Funds' Starved for Investors" - WSJ, A Guy In New York, August 22, 2005
Post by Peter
Property from the Estate of Laurance S. Rockefeller - from Sotheby's
Property from the Estate of Laurance S. Rockefeller, Auction Sale N08152, October 11-12, 2005, New York
Exhibition starts Wednesday, Ocober 5, 2005.
Sotheby's New York, 1334 York Avenue, at 72nd Street, 212-606-7000
Fine Musical Instruments at Christie's
Fine Musical Instruments auction, October 14, 2005, at Christie's Rockefeller Plaza location ...
- Sale 1562, Lot 36, Lyon and Healy, A Forty-six string, Double Action Harp, Style 22, Chicago, 1915
- Sale 1562, Lot 26, Gibson Incorporated, A Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Les Paul Model, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1959
- Sale 1562, Lot 3, Gibson Incorporated, An Arch-Top Electric Guitar, Style L-5P, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1940
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000
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Old Master Paintings - at Christie's
Here are some paintings from the "Old Master Paintings" auction, September 30, 2005, 10:00 am ... open for viewing September 24 through September 29, 2005 ... at Christie's Rockefeller Plaza location ...
- Sale Number 1556, Lot Number 2, "The collector of tithes," Studio of Pieter Brueghel II (Antwerp 1589-1638/9)
- Sale Number 1556, Lot Number 89, "A bozetto for a ceiling: Merit crowned by Nobility," Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (Scaria 1686-1775 Como)
- Sale Number 1556, Lot Number 98, "A storm at sea," Pieter Mulier the Younger, Cavaliere Pietro Tempesta (Haarlem 1637-1701 Milan)
- Sale Number 1556, Lot Number 24, "The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine," Biagio dalle Lame, called Biagio Pupini (born in Bologna, active c. 1511-1551)
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000
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The Work of Al Hirschfeld - Auction, September 22, 2005
Swann Galleries is having an auction of Al Hirschfeld drawings ... exhibition starting tomorrow, September 17, 2005 ...
The September 22 auction of The Work of Al Hirschfeld offers some 200 lots. Among the approximately 25 original drawings are portraits of Bob Hope, George Burns, Pearl Bailey, Alistair Cooke, Paul Muni, and Henry Fonda. There are also drawings for the New York Times of Desperate Hours, a 1955 play that featured a young Paul Newman; Awake & Sing, which starred John Garfield; and prints of more contemporary subjects such as the cast of Seinfeld.
Date: September 22, 2005, 2:30 pm
Exhibition: Saturday, September 17, 10-4; Monday, September 19 through Wednesday, September 21, 10-6; and Thursday, September 22, 10-noon
104 East 25th Street, between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue, 212-254-4710
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Christie's summer House Sale
Christies is having The House Sale August 9-10, 2005 ... no reserve (means that there is no minimum bid price, i.e., you can find bargains if there are no other bidders) ... located at 49th Street and Rockefeller Centre (btwn 5th Ave. and Avenue of the Americas/6th Ave.) ... no charge for looking and browsing ... a very wonderful way to spend some time browsing in a very civilised enviroment ...
Wu Liang Ye is around the corner on 48th Street for lunch or dinner (36 West 48th) ... Le Maison du Chocolat is across the street (30 Rockefeller Center) ...
Wu Liang Ye
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