Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 Victory Speech. The Original Manuscript. (his hand writing on paper!) On view at Christie’s, Rockefeller Centre. To be auctioned February 12, 2009.
“…now that the election is over, may not all…reunite…to save our common country?” “we cannot have free government without elections…”
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.
Posted 2006/09/18, 3:07 pm
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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, No. 1625, February 14, 2006, 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
Christie’s, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000
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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
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.
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
Posted 2005/10/02, 12:28 pm
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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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Posted 2005/09/16, 6:18 pm
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