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The 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including carpets from the Corcoran Gallery of Art sale realized $7,328,713/£4,441,644/ €4,918,599 and was sold 75% by lot and 82% by value.
Stefan Kist, Christie’s New York, Director of European Decorative Arts said: “Today’s inaugural sale of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, which combined European and English furniture, ceramics, […]

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Decorative Arts and Carpets Auction from the Corcoran Gallery Takes $7,328,713

The Jay T. Snider’s collection of early Americana, fetched $2.3 million at a Bloomsbury auction ending yesterday in New York.
Anais Borja, a representative of Bloomsbury Auctions, said the gallery was pleased with the result.
“In times of a wintry economy, collectibles and especially books tend to stay pretty stable,” Borja said.
Of the 375 lots put up […]

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Jay T. Snider Collection Auction Makes $2.3million

A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo was sold Tuesday for nearly $7 million at a Sotheby’s auction of Latin American art.
The mural entitled “America,” measuring 13 feet by 15 feet, fetched $6.8 million, below its pre-sale estimate of $7 million to $9 million, a spokeswoman for Sotheby’s auction house said.
“America” is Tamayo’s biggest mural, […]

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Rufino Tamayo Mural Auctions for Almost $7million

Rick Levin & Associates, Inc., a Chicago-based real estate auction marketing firm, announced it will conduct two multiple-property auctions of condominiums and townhomes located in Chicago, Illinois. The auctions will take place on December 9, and December 10.
Complete Bidder’s Information Packages are available at the scheduled open houses. A cashier’s check, as earnest money, is […]

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Chicago Condominiums & Townhomes Auction

Christie’s New York has announced details of its December 3 auction of Maritime paintings. The sale boasts over 138 paintings and features exceptional works from 19th century American artists James Edward Buttersworth and Edward Moran, as well as a superb group of fourteen oils and watercolors by 20th century British artist Montague Dawson. Many of […]

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New York Maritime Art Auction