Posted on July 18, 2009 by artforprofits
Sold to Richard Green – artmarketblog.com While browsing through the top results of recent auctions, as provided by Sotheby’s through their press releases, I came across something that I don’t see to often – the identity of a buyer listed in the release. Usually under the heading “Buyer” there is an indication of what sort [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2009 by artforprofits
After the sale of three Niki de Saint-Phalle’s giant Nanas in Germany in December 2008 for €750,000, the Paris sale last month of her Le Banc produced another excellent result.
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Posted on June 7, 2009 by artforprofits
Smaller auction houses rarely get the sort of attention given to the big four auction houses which is a shame because the smaller auction houses produce their fair share of exciting results and top sales. Brunk Auctions, a North Carolina based auction house
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Posted on May 7, 2009 by artforprofits
Many non-profit art organisations have funding programs that involve the sale of works of art so why not help support the arts and take advantage of some of the bargains currently available
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Posted on March 8, 2009 by artforprofits
Dissecting Christie’s Feb 09 Art Auction Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com A few weeks ago I posted the first half of the results from the Christie’s February 2009 Impressionist and Modern Art auction along with information relating to whether each lot had been sold at auction previously and if it had, when it was sold and [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2009 by artforprofits
YSL Auction Boosts French Market Share – artmarketblog.com The Bergé -YSL sale was a historical sale in more than one sense: the €373.5m total for the three-day auction is the world record for a private collection and the European record for an art sale of any sort. Moreover, the collection’s Fine Art generated a sum [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2009 by artforprofits
The YSL Art Collection Sale – artmarketblog.com For at least six months, the sale of the Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent collection has been the focus of much media attention, described as the “sale of the century”. At a time when The Art Market Confidence Index (AMCI) is firmly in the red, the means [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2009 by artforprofits
Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com In Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 1 (see here) I began to take an in depth look at how people interpret auction results and exactly what it is that determines whether an art auction has been a success or not. Continuing on from that post I want [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2009 by artforprofits
Dissecting Christie’s Feb 09 Art Auction Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com I am going to make a slight diversion from my previous post on evaluating art auction results (which will be continued very soon) because I want to take a bit more of an in depth look into the actual works that were included in the [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2009 by artforprofits
Photography Auction at iGavel – artmarkeblog.com As I have mentioned before, the great thing about iGavel auctions is that all the sellers are professionals and all the objects offered on the iGavel site are guaranteed for authenticity and condition. The only way anyone other than the a registered associate of iGavel can sell an item [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2009 by artforprofits
The Reality of Feb 09 Art Auctions – artmarketblog.com The first round of major art auctions for 09 have proven that there is still a considerable amount of money available to be spent on top quality and rare works of art provided the price is right. Fresh works from private collections appeared to be particularly [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2009 by artforprofits
Global Art Market Avoids Crash – artmarketblog.com After all the predictions of doom and gloom that were made in relation to future of the art market during 2008 you may have begun to wonder why the correction that is taking place isn’t as bad as many people predicted. The reason that so many people predicted [...]
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