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Art Sales
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Wife of Lehman chief to sell pricey art, dealers say
Business |
September 27, 2008
Kathy Fuld, the art-collecting wife of Lehman Bros. Read more
Friday, November 9, 2007
QUICK TAKES - Painting sets Chinese record
Entertainment |
November 9, 2007
A Ming Dynasty painting has been auctioned for $10.7 million, a
record price for a Chinese painting, state media in China reported. Read more
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
QUICK TAKES - Palace will house Rostropovich art
Entertainment |
October 2, 2007
The billionaire who bought the art collection of the late cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich said Monday it would be on permanent display in
a palace outside St. Read more
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Sorayama prevails over art dealer
Entertainment |
September 22, 2007
A federal judge has taken some of the sweetness out of the
cheesecake business for a Beverly Hills art dealer and publisher
known for selling soft-core erotic paintings and prints of female nudes. Read more
QUICK TAKES - Rostropovich art for $73 million?
Entertainment |
September 22, 2007
A Russian billionaire says he bought the art collection of the
late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich for the state by offering the
upper limit of the value established by the auction house. Read more
QUICK TAKES - Looted Chinese art donated
Entertainment |
September 22, 2007
A Macau casino mogul paid $8.9 million for a bronze horse head,
stolen 147 years ago from China’s imperial palace, and plans to
donate it to a Chinese museum. Read more
Friday, August 17, 2007
Historians angered by auction of black art
Entertainment |
August 17, 2007
A collection of black art owned by Golden State Mutual Life
Insurance Co. Read more
Friday, July 13, 2007
QUICK TAKES - Art market has a bigger purpose
Entertainment |
July 13, 2007
Summers in Santa Fe, N.M., are punctuated by art markets that are a
boon to collectors and an opportunity for serious oohing and ahing
from throngs of visitors. Read more
Thursday, May 31, 2007
A shared love of art
News |
May 31, 2007
GETTING in on the booming contemporary art market can be a daunting
endeavor, particularly for neophyte collectors. Read more
Friday, May 18, 2007
Warhol painting tops record
Entertainment |
May 18, 2007
An Andy Warhol painting sold for $71.1 million, more than quadrupling
the previous top auction price for the pop artist’s work, Christie’s
auction house in New York reported. Read more
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Rothko painting sets postwar auction record
News |
May 17, 2007
The record price for postwar art was broken twice at a Sotheby’s
auction in New York this week, first with a Francis Bacon work and
later with a Mark Rothko painting. Read more
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Auction peeks in Beverly Hills
Entertainment |
April 24, 2007
Artworks consigned to auction are on public view this week at
Sotheby’s and Christie’s Beverly Hills showrooms. Read more
Monday, April 23, 2007
Red art turning to green
World |
April 23, 2007
THE painting exudes the sweet softness of idyllic village life: A
mother, towel wrapped around her head, braids her daughter’s hair
while a young woman draws a red comb through her own tresses. Read more
Monday, April 16, 2007
Dog-themed art fetches soaring prices at auction
Business |
April 16, 2007
Luxury retailers such as Burberry and Gucci have long harnessed the
sales potential of pampered pooches. Read more
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Satellite TV host pleads guilty in bogus art scam
California | Local |
April 11, 2007
A satellite TV show host has pleaded guilty to federal charges
stemming from an investigation into bogus artwork sold through
televised auctions that defrauded customers of more than $20 million. Read more
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Entertainment |
March 17, 2007
An ancient Indian sculpture quietly consigned for sale in a New York
gallery by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be returned to
the museum, LACMA Director Michael Govan said, as the museum
reconsiders policies on the perpetually controversial issue of such “de-accessions.” Read more
Saturday, February 10, 2007
$27.6 million to bring home the Bacon
Entertainment |
February 10, 2007
A portrait by British painter Francis Bacon sold for $27.6 million, a
record price for the artist, Christie’s auction house said. Read more
By the numbers? Hah!
Entertainment |
February 10, 2007
Mark Ryden’s newest work is a vintage paint-by-numbers portrait of a
young girl – or it was before Ryden re-imagined its subject to show
her holding a baby that appears to be growing out of a sweet potato. Read more
Buyer is betting heirloom’s a Mola
Entertainment |
February 10, 2007
A paralegal from Garden Grove put an heirloom painting up for auction
on Super Bowl Sunday, hoping she’d get a few thousand dollars to help
offset her daughter’s tuition at UC Berkeley. Read more
