- (Newser) – The modern art market is boiling hot right now. (Newser)
- Lichtensteins Sleeping Girl, depicting a woman with closed eyes and flowing blond hair, fetched $44,882,500; Weiweis 1-ton, handmade porcelain Sunflower Seeds brought $782,500. (Daily Telegraph)
- trumpeted the headlines "Most valuable post-war and contemporary art auction ever" and "14 new world auction records set" and "41 works sell above $1 million; 9 works above $10 million." It's probably a smart move. (Des Moines Register)
- NextLot's online auction platform is really providing one particular heavy equipment auctioneer with excellent results as of late. (PRLog (free press release))
- The sale, which capped two weeks of sales at Sothebys and rival Christies that were marked by numerous records including the most expensive work ever sold at auction, took in $266,591,000, against a pre-sale estimate of $215 million to $304 million. (msnbc.com)
- :Freemans marathon day of auctions on April 30 — American furniture, silver, folk and decorative arts followed by the Historic USS Constitution Colors from the collection of H. (Antiques and Arts Weekly)
- The annual auction, which has been organized for 20 years by Harrows Auctions Inc. in Tampa, brought the district $206,906, records show. Russell believes the bottom line should have been double that. (St. Petersburg Times)
- Adolf Hitler farted uncontrollably, used cocaine to clear his sinuses, ingested some 28 drugs at a time and received injections of bull testicle extracts to bolster his libido. The U.S. (Lez Get Real)
- Princess Dianas childhood music collection will be sold at auction. (Monsters and Critics)
Sunday, May 13, 2012
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