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  • November 2007

    • Art Market Defies Crash Fears With Record Sale

      New York Times  |  Nov 14, 07 6:21 AM CST

      Art Market Defies Crash Fears With Record Sale

      (Newser) - So much for a correction: at last night's sale of modern and contemporary art at Christie's in New York, 16 artists achieved record prices and 61 out of 66 lots sold. Dealers were in shock as collectors continued to snatch up works at astronomical prices. Even a lesser work such as Andy Warhol's Liz , put up for sale by Hugh Grant and expected to bust, went for $23.5 million. More »

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      painting  • art market  • Sotheby's  • Christie's

    • Matisse Pulls Impressive $33.6M

      New York Times  |  Nov 7, 07 7:20 AM CST

      Matisse Pulls Impressive $33.6M

      (Newser) - A nervous New York art world breathed a sigh of relief on the first night of the fall auctions yesterday when a Matisse painting fetched a whopping $33.6 million, far above its high estimate. Collectors and dealers are watching November's sales at Sotheby's and Christie's with anxiety, reports the New York Times , but Christie's modern and impressionist sale broke several records, hitting new highs for Matisse, Cézanne, Signac and Pissarro. More »

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      painting  • art market  • Sotheby's  • art auction  • Christie's  • Matisse  • Cézanne

  • May 2007

    • $72M Sale Shatters Warhol Record

      BBC  |  May 17, 07 4:33 PM CDT

      $72M Sale Shatters Warhol Record

      (Newser) - An Andy Warhol painting sold for $71.7 million last night at Christie's, more than quadrupling the previous record price for a work by the pop artist. The price for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)," part of Warhol's "Death and Disaster" series, more than doubled the presale estimate and overshadowed the $28 million sale of "Lemon Marilyn." More »

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      art  • painting  • art market  • Sotheby's  • art auction  • Christie's  • contemporary art  • Andy Warhol  • pop art  • Mark Rothko

    • Rothko Fetches $73 Million

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 16, 07 8:18 AM CDT

      Rothko Fetches $73 Million

      (Newser) - Sotheby’s sold a Mark Rothko painting last night for $72.84 million, a record price for a piece of art created after World War II and a signal of a new boom in the market. Seller David Rockefeller bought the 7-foot-tall "White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender)," an early example of the painter's signature blocks of color, for $8,500 in 1960. More »

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      art  • painting  • globalization  • art market  • Sotheby's  • Christie's  • Damien Hirst  • contemporary art  • Andy Warhol  • Mark Rothko  • Jasper Johns

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