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art dealer stories: 4 news summaries

 Color Christie's Blue 
 Over Weak Modern Sale 

Picasso, Mondrian flop at sparsely attended auction

Nov 4, 09 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A New York art dealer at the Christie's auction last night decreed "the recession is ending," but apparently not soon enough to move 13 of 41 modern and impressionist art works on offer, leaving the auction house millions of dollars short of pre-sale estimates. Major works by Picasso... More »

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art market • Christie's • Picasso • art auction • Degas • art dealer • Piet Mondrian • Auguste Rodin

 Da Vinci Fingerprint 
 IDs Lost Painting 

15th-century portrait hailed as most important Da Vinci find in a century

Oct 13, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A painting bought for $19,000 by a Canadian dealer two years ago has been valued at $150 million after it was determined to be a work by Leonardo Da Vinci. Carbon dating and infrared techniques convinced experts that the portrait on vellum was a genuine Da Vinci. The final... More »

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fingerprint • painting • Leonardo da Vinci • portrait • art dealer

Kinkade's Art Firm Loses Court Battle

'Painter of light' must pay two 'duped' gallery owners $2.1M

Jun 18, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugely popular painter Thomas Kinkade claims God is his art agent, but a federal appeals court has ruled against his company for putting art gallery owners through financial hell, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The plaintiffs accused Kinkade and his firm of exploiting their Christian faith to lure them into... More »

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fraud • art • painter • art dealer • Thomas Kinkade

(Newser) - A New York art dealer was charged today with stealing $88 million in investments and artwork in what may be an art-world Ponzi scheme, the Times reports. Investors and collectors say they entrusted Lawrence Salander with funds or artwork after the dealer promised hefty returns. In many cases, they were... More »

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fraud • New York • art • lawsuit • Old Masters • Ponzi scheme • art dealer

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