World's Most Expensive Book to be Auctioned in New York; Estimated $7-10M

14 January 2012

A rare first edition of John James Audubon’s illustrated Birds of America, which will be auctioned off on Jan. 20 at Christie’s in New York. The four-volume set, fully adorned with 435 color illustrations, is worth an estimated $7 to $10 million.

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Chinese jade sculpture weighing in at 40 pounds may earn up to $20M

28 November 2011

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – A rare Chinese solid nephrite jade bear, the largest known jade sculpture of its time and dating back to China’s Warring States in the Eastern Han Dynasty (475-B.C.-220 A.D.), is expected to bring $10 to $20 million at a multi-estate auction scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 10.

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Jean Paul Lemieux sold for record price at auction

28 November 2011

A Jean Paul Lemieux classic sold for a record-breaking price at the Heffel Fine Auction House's fall sale. Bidding for "Nineteen Ten Remembered" reached $2 million, with the purchaser paying $2.34 million in total after adding a buyer's premium.

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Rhein II becomes most expensive photograph, selling for $4.3M

12 November 2011

An image of the Rhine by German artist Andreas Gursky has fetched $4.3m (£2.7m) at Christie's New York, setting an auction record for a photograph.

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Will Chinese buyers acquire a taste for Western art?

22 October 2011

According to the European Fine Art Foundation, China has overtaken Britain to become the second-largest art market after America. Auction and gallery sales in China were $8.3 billion last year, accounting for 23% of the global market, compared with America’s 34%.

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At-a-glance: Art's most powerful people ‎

16 October 2011

ArtReview magazine has named its 100 most powerful people in the art world for 2011.

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Picasso’s Nude Lovers May Fetch Record $25 Million at Sotheby’s

05 October 2011

Pablo Picasso’s 1967 painting “L’Aubade” could fetch as much as $25 million at Sotheby’s in New York next month.

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Sotheby's to offer fine & decorative arts from the collection of Edward P. Evans

21 September 2011

Sotheby’s announces that it will offer Property from the Collection of Edward P. Evans across a series of sales this autumn in both New York and London.

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Damien Hirst speaks about his art and "For the Love of God"

10 August 2011

"For the Love of God": reportedly,  the most expensive work of art by a living artist.

Painter Lucian Freud dies at 88

22 July 2011

Lucian Freud, one of Britain's most distinguished and highly-regarded artists, grandson of the psycho-analyst Sigmund Freud, has died at his home in London aged 88.