‘The most important early printed book of this century’ 20 May 2013 Billed as “the most important early printed book to be offered this century”, a deluxe vellum copy of the ‘Opera’ of Virgil is being offered at Christie’s on June 12. Previews
Christie’s toast ‘highest total in auction history’ 16 May 2013 Christie’s evening sale of Contemporary art in New York last night posted a hammer total of $435.5m (£294.2m). NewsArt Market
Contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s posts $250m total 15 May 2013 Barnett Newman (1905-70) and Gerhard Richter (b.1932) starred at Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary art last night as the run of strong performing sales in this sector showed little sign of abating. Art Market
Soutine’s pastry chefs leads Christie’s sale 09 May 2013 A painting by Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) entitled ‘Le petit pâtissier’ was the top lot of Christie’s latest evening sale of Impressionist & Modern art in New York. Art Market
Katz catches a falcon for £950,000 07 May 2013 Standing in the same spot where he had placed the winning £3.25m bid for an Egyptian statue of Isis six months before, London dealer Daniel Katz was again in action at Christie’s South Kensington’s latest antiquities sale. Auction Reports
£125,000 grant to fund advisers for national online art archive 07 May 2013 The ambitious project that made 210,000 publicly-owned oil, tempera and acrylic paintings available to view online for free has taken another important step forward thanks to winning £125,000 funding. NewsArt Market
Pinault’s gift helps to end Chinese spat with Christie’s 07 May 2013 The Pinault family, owners of Christie’s and the luxury goods group PPR, are to hand back to China the two Qianlong bronzes that caused great upset when offered for sale in Paris four years ago. NewsInternational
Swann and Rountree merge companies 03 May 2013 GALLERY NEWS – Jamie Rountree of Rountree Fine Art and Oliver Swann of Tryon Gallery have announced that they will merge their two companies under the new name of Rountree Tryon. Dealer News
Taxidermy is far from a dying art, says London specialist 02 May 2013 “An armadillo for you, from Jonathan Ross,” says the courier as he returns a box midway through my interview with Alexis Turner. Dealer News
Orientalist sale in London packs a big punch 01 May 2013 Featuring only 22 lots, Sotheby’s latest sale of Orientalist art was a small affair but one that definitely packed a big punch. Art Market
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