Meltdown brings buyers to art auction, cuts prices - International Herald Tribune

Meltdown brings buyers to art auction, cuts prices International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 30, 2008 AP JERUSALEM: The world financial meltdown hung heavily Sunday over a Jerusalem art auction that brought a large crowd of buyers looking for, and finding, ...

Oliver Stone’s Chinese Art Fetches Top Price at Hong Kong Sale - Bloomberg

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Oliver Stone’s Chinese Art Fetches Top Price at Hong Kong Sale Bloomberg - Nov 30, 2008 Demand for Southeast Asian art, whose prices defied the demand weakness at Sotheby’s October auction, eased at this sale. A mixed-media painting by the ... Sales drop by half in Christie's Asian art sale in HK Reuters Has the Asian Contemporary Bubble Burst? ARTINFO Art world eyes upcoming HK sale for clues on price trends AFP Bloomberg - Bloomberg all 52 news articles

Dubai Provides Iranian Artists a Bridge to the World - New York Times

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Dubai Provides Iranian Artists a Bridge to the World New York Times, United States - Nov 30, 2008 Prices for art in the October and November auctions dropped drastically. Mohammad Ehsai, who sold one piece for $1.2 million in April, for example, ... Essay: Spreading the Wealth ARTINFO all 2 news articles

The Big Question: Has the bottom dropped out of the contemporary ... - Independent

The Big Question: Has the bottom dropped out of the contemporary ... Independent, UK - 3 hours ago The Art Newspaper reported that auction houses were reducing guarantees and lowering reserve prices in the aftermath of weak sales to fend off an outright ... Russia still showing signs of life Telegraph.co.uk Market News: Oliver Stone nets a profit from Chinese art Telegraph.co.uk all 3 news articles

Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World Seattle Post Intelligencer - 3 minutes ago One might think that the art world was at the vanguard of gender equality, but the disparities in price in an auction room are quite extreme. ...

Pissarro Painting Sets Record Price for Art Auctions in Israel - Bloomberg

Pissarro Painting Sets Record Price for Art Auctions in Israel Bloomberg - 14 hours ago Rosette Antebi Pascal, sales director of the Matsart auction house, said she was happy to get that price even though it fell short of the work’s presale low ...