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.

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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.

Federal deal to acquire rare Canadiana nearly collapsed (Edmonton Sun)

OTTAWA -- A deal to repatriate a huge collection of rare Canadian art from England nearly fell apart as the selling family grew frustrated with the slow response of officials in Ottawa.

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.

Sotheby's to Sell Historic Weathervane in January 2009 Sale of Important Americana (Art Daily)

A Rare and Important Molded Copper Fireman Weathervane Made for the Union Fire Hall, now Charley Rouss Fire Company, Winchester, Virginia, circa 1850, height 73 in. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby´s.