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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Team Anna charges Manmohan, Chidambaram, Pranab of corruption (Second Lead)
May 26th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday charged Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers of "massive" corruption and asked for an independent probe, but the Congress ... Read more...
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Team Anna attacks Manmohan, Chidambaram and Pranab (Lead)
May 26th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday renewed its attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, alleging Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were ... Read more...
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CBI probe sought into Chidambaram’s role in 2G scam (Second Lead)
February 24th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A voluntary organisation, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), Friday sought from the Supreme Court a court-monitored CBI probe into Home Minister P. Chidambaram's ... Read more...
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CBI probe sought into Chidambaram’s role in 2G scam (Lead)
February 24th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) Friday moved the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into Home Minister P. Chidambaram's role ... Read more...
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Hitler’s bedsheets up for auction
November 25th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 25 (IANS) Adolf Hitler's bedsheets are expected to fetch up to 3,000 pounds when they go up for auction next week.The single white linen sheet and pillowcase were ... 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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Tyeb Mehta still rules art auctions
September 25th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Even two years after his death, Tyeb Mehta, pioneer of post-Independence modernism in Indian art, continues to rule international auction markets.
The works of Mehta, who ... Read more...
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Tyeb Mehta’s ‘Kali’ sells for Rs.5.72 crore in online auction
June 20th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Tyeb Mehta's untitled painting of Hindu deity Kali set a price precedent at an auction by Saffronart, India's biggest online art trading forum, selling for ... Read more...
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Historic Nepali mandala art sets world record at Sotheby’s
June 2nd, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) South Asian art scaled a new high in the European auction market with a 14th century Nepalese painting, "Vasudhara Mandala" selling for 825,250 pounds at ... 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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Two of M.F. Husain’s works feature in Doha auction
December 1st, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Two artistic interpretations of calligraphy by Maqbool Fida Husain, "Allah" and "Al Qaf", will feature at the Sotheby's "Hurouf: The Art of the World" auction in Doha ... Read more...
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Auction market for watches, jewels looking up
October 21st, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Jewellery and watches have returned to the auction circuit as a pair of emerald and diamond ear pendants topped the Saffronart Autumn Online Auction of Fine Jewels ... 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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Art, accessory auctions gather pace in India
August 18th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The art and accessories auction market is humming with activity in India and abroad, putting memories of the economic meltdown behind. The goods on ... 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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12 rare Tagore art works auctioned in London
June 15th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Twelve rare art works by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore were auctioned by Sotheby's at its sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art in London Tuesday. Most ... Read more...
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Souza’s archival works yield windfall for Christie’s
June 10th, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Late India-born modern master Francis Newton Souza was the talk of the auction market this week when Christie's auctioned rare art from his personal archives, ... Read more...
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Indian art market has consolidated since 2010: Neville Tuli
June 10th, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Indian art market has witnessed a period of consolidation in 2010 and the coming months will see further strengthening, predicts Neville Tuli, founder-chairman of ... 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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Hewitt suffers over 440 K dollar eSwap Internet loss
January 4th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan.4 (ANI): Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt's internet business eSwap has run up losses of over 440,000 dollars, company accounts show.According to the Herald Sun, the business, which runs the auction ... 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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A Rare Blue Diamond Fetches a Record Price
May 14th, 2009 - 12:33 am ICT by GD
A rare, flawless and a vividly blue diamond that weighed approximately 7.03 carats was sold on 12th May at a record 10.5 million Swiss francs(around 6.2 million pounds). According to the Sotheby's ... Read more...
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Of reviving modernists, pearl carpet and an art blitz (Weekly art column, Rainbow Palette, With Images)
February 27th, 2009 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) After the roller-coaster brush with contemporary art throughout 2008, the market for modern Indian art seems to be looking up again.
Co-founder of Saffronart, Dinesh Vazirani, whose ... Read more...
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Subodh Gupta’s canvas to be highlight of Sotheby’s Hong Kong sale
September 26th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Leading contemporary artist Subodh Gupta will be the highlight of Sotheby's first-ever Evening Sale of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art in Hong Kong. ... Read more...
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Only original pics of JFK’s assassination up for auction at Christie’s
November 14th, 2007 - 2:34 am ICT by admin
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