Art auction market witnessing new generation of buyers (With Images)
July 11th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A curious dichotomy has gripped the art auction market with a sudden boom in sales at record prices even as economies in Europe, the US ... Read more...
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Stella McCartney donates sketch to auction
May 5th, 2012 - 1:58 am ICT by IANS
London, May 5 (IANS) Former Beatle Paul McCartney's daughter, designer Stella McCartney has donated a signed sketch to a charity art auction, which will benefit children with special needs.The ... Read more...
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Munch’s ‘The Scream’ sold for record $119 million at U.S. art auction
May 3rd, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream", one of the world's most recognizable images, was sold for a record $119,922,500 at an art auction in New York City ... Read more...
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Indian artist’s painting fetches $300,000 in US auction
April 2nd, 2012 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 2 (IANS) A previously unrecorded work by the master Indian artist Bagta fetched a record $302,500 at the Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art auction here last ... Read more...
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Husain fetches Rs.1.45 crore at art auction
November 6th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) An untitled composition of galloping horses by the late M.F. Husain, painted in acrylic pigments on canvas, sold for Rs.1.45 crore at an auction here.The ... Read more...
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Rare Indian art, memorabilia on sale at Bonhams’s
September 23rd, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The first printed depiction of Taj Mahal, the 17th century mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, is among the highlights of a heritage art ... Read more...
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E-commerce changing India’s art mart: Saffronart CEO (Interview)
September 15th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) E-commerce sites are changing the way people buy art in the country, says Dinesh Vazirani, CEO of India's biggest online art auction house Saffronart. The ... Read more...
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James McAvoy to star in ‘Trance’
June 25th, 2011 - 2:41 am ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS) Actor James McAvoy is set to take up the lead role in Danny Boyle's directed thriller "Trance".The film tells the story of an assistant at an ... Read more...
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Napoleon letter to be auctioned in Moscow
February 26th, 2011 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A love letter by Napoleon Bonaparte, addressed to his first wife Josephine de Beauharnais in 1796, will go under the hammer Saturday in Moscow.In his letter, the ... Read more...
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Arpita Singh sets record as art mart booms again
December 11th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The boom is back in the auction market. With Arpita Singh's "Wish Dream" mural selling at Rs.9.6 crore ($2.24 million) - a record for an Indian woman ... Read more...
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Dennis Hopper’s art fetches $10mn at auction
November 15th, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 15 (ANI): Late Dennis Hopper's art collections have fetched more than 10 million dollars, almost double the minimum estimate, this week at a Christie's contemporary-art auction.The "Easy Rider" ... Read more...
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Playboy Art Items Up For Auction
November 11th, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The sexy sirens who have enticed readers all over the world with seductive poses on the cover pages will have an all-male attention soon at the Christies ... Read more...
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Gayatri Mantra opens fundraiser for choreographer’s hip surgery in Nevada
October 25th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada(US), Oct 25 (ANI): Eminent Hindu statesman Rajan Zed opened fundraising art auction with Gayatri Mantra in Reno (Nevada, USA) for choreographer Dr. L. Martina Young's hip surgery.Organized by Bone on Bone ... Read more...
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Tendulkar’s bat to be major attraction at sporting memorabilia charity auction in Mumbai
October 16th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): A cricket bat autographed by ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar would y be the major attraction at a sporting memorabilia charity auction scheduled to be held on ... Read more...
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Raza, Husain, Souza top grossers in online art auction
September 14th, 2010 - 2:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sept 13 (IANS) Early contemporary masters stormed back to the art auction market this week, steering the top-of-the chain price trends at the two-day Saffronart's autumn online auction that made ... Read more...
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Christie’s unveils art works for Sep 15 sale (With Image)
August 13th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Art auction house Christie's has unveiled seven works by top artists here in a preview of its Sep 15 sale of South Asian modern and contemporary art ... Read more...
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Padamsee’s painting sells for Rs.2.52 cr at Osian’s auction (With Images)
June 24th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The trend of resurgence in the art auction market continued with a composition by Akbar Padamsee, "Nude", notching a winning bid of Rs.2.52 crore, at the Mumbai-based ... Read more...
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Picasso masterpiece auctioned in Britain
June 24th, 2010 - 8:58 am ICT by IANS
London, June 24 (DPA) A masterpiece from Picasso's "blue period" sold for 34.7 million pounds ($51.8 million) at a major auction of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie's in London Wednesday.
The 1903 ... Read more...
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Saffronart summer sale to focus on modern masters (With Images)
June 13th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Modern masters will once again take centrestage when online auction house Saffronart opens its summer art auction June 16-17.
The sale will feature 90 art works by 45 ... Read more...
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Return of modern masters at Sotheby’s India Art Auction
June 8th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Masters of modern art are set to grab the limelight at Sotheby's India Art Auction in London next week.
Twelve rare figurative compositions by Nobel laureate Rabindranath ... Read more...
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Picasso sets new art auction record: $106.5 mn
May 5th, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 5 (DPA) A 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso sold Tuesday night in New York for $106.5 million, a new world record auction price for a work of art, the ... Read more...
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Jewellery auction market shows signs of recovery
April 15th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The jewellery auction market that slumped under the impact of financial meltdown is showing signs of recouping with increasingly discerning and confident buyers bidding for jewellery.
The ... Read more...
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Husain’s work fetches over Rs.2 crore (With Image)
March 19th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) An untitled work by eminent painter M.F. Husain sold for over Rs.2 crore at the Saffronart Spring Online Auction 2010.
The art work that crossed the Rs.2 crore ... Read more...
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Cuba art auction falls short of expectations
November 13th, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Nov 13 (EFE) An auction of 69 lots of Cuban plastic and decorative art raised some 400,000 euros (about $600,000), less than half the expected total, organisers said here.
Wednesday's auction of ... Read more...
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‘200 One Dollar Bills’ Silk Screen Painting Sold At 43.8 Million Dollars
November 12th, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
New York, Nov.12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) New York's contemporary-art auction exhibited some of the marvelous art pieces and gained huge appreciation from the bidders. The major attraction of the auction was ... Read more...
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Hong Kong graffiti sells for record $65,000 at auction
October 7th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Oct 7 (DPA) A piece of graffiti by Hong Kong's self-proclaimed "King of Kowloon" has sold for a record 500,000 Hong Kong dollars ($65,000), auction house Sotheby's confirmed Wednesday.
The piece ... Read more...
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Guru Govind Singh’s canvas on sale at Sotheby’s auction
September 10th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A large oil-on-canvas portrait of the 10th and last Sikh Guru - Guru Gobind Singh - will be up for sale at Sotheby's Indian Art auction in ... Read more...
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Art auction comes to your cell phone
September 6th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Imagine bidding for art or even jewellery on your cell phone! Auction house Saffronart has just made it possible, with its CEO, Dinesh Vazirani, saying ... Read more...
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A new art magazine in the circuit (Weekly art column, Rainbow Palette, with images)
June 19th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Are you an avid art collector or an investor? Do you have a passion for art? Well, here is something new to look forward ... Read more...
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Art auction markets become competitive after correction (Weekly art column, RAINBOW PALETTE, with Images)
June 5th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The price band in the online art auction market is gradually moving up and becoming more competitive - defying the downturn.
The total lower and higher price estimates ... Read more...
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Art auction for polio eradication
May 26th, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Works of eminent artists, including M.F. Husain and Satish Gujral, will go under the hammer Saturday to raise funds for the fight against polio in India.
Over 90 ... Read more...
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Pleasures great and small at the Saint Laurent art auction
February 27th, 2009 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Feb 27 (DPA) Thomas Leysen couldn't contain his happiness and wanted to tell everyone about the excellent purchase he had just made at the Paris auction of the art collection of ... Read more...
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Artists seeking publicity claim faking of their works: Neville Tuli (Interview)
January 23rd, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 23 (IANS) Neville Tuli, chairman and founder of Osian's Connoisseurs of Arts - the country's biggest private art auction house, feels that the lack of authentication of art works in ... Read more...
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Jaipur literary fest gets off to exciting start
January 21st, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 21 (IANS) Pledging to promote diverse genres of writing, both foreign and indigenous, the fourth edition of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival Wednesday kicked off to an exciting session of ... Read more...
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Unique blend of literature, art at Jaipur literary fest (Lead)
January 20th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) The Jaipur Literature Festival, whose third edition will begin here Wednesday, will host 116 authors and 30 artistes, including Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, in a unique blend of ... Read more...
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