The Australian Art Auction Market - Statistics for 2008 (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Statistics from the Locker 227 database of Australian art auction records for the 2008 calendar year. Includes the top prices, the top artists by sales volume and total prices, and the biggest surprises of the year - the artworks and artists that exceeded the estimated prices.

A look back at 2008 (Harlem Valley Times)

2008 may be a year to go down in national history, just as 1929 is a year remembered for the notorious stock market crash that sent both the nation and the world into a decade long economic depression.

Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 Exhibitor Profiles (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SAN FRANCISCO----Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 takes place January 5 - 9, 2009 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

How Monet, Freud, Hirst Records Led Art-Market Bubble to Burst (Bloomberg)

Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Art prices extended a seven-year surge for much of 2008, with a Claude Monet painting of water lilies, Lucian Freud ’s portrait of a civil servant called Sue and a Francis Bacon triptych setting records.

Warhol, Hirst Works Languish as Prices Plummet at End of 2008 (Bloomberg)

Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Damien Hirst ’s record “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever” sale and collapse of Lehman Brothers Inc. in September marked the turning of the art market in 2008.

Artfact Live-Bidding Ready as eBay Live Auctions Prepares to Close (AuctionBytes)

Artfact announced that complimentary registration for its Artfact Live online live-bidding platform is now open. The company offers traditional fine auction houses a range of services, including live-bidding through eBay Live Auctions.