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NEW YORK -- A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions Wednesday, selling for more than $86 million after three bidders vied for it, a spokeswoman for the auction house said. The $86,281,000 price for ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 May 2008 10:32:00 GMT
NEW YORK - It took only about 120 seconds last week for a Monet to exchange hands for a small fortune. Christie’s auctioneer Christopher Burge started the bidding at $26 million for a 1873 Claude Monet painting of two puffing locomotives crossing a ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 May 2008 18:53:00 GMT
The three panels of Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976" which broke a record for contemporary art auctions Wednesday selling for $86,281,000 after three bidders vied for it. It also set an auction record for the British artist. The sale also broke ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 May 2008 10:54:00 GMT
A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions Wednesday, selling for more than $86 million after three bidders vied for it, a spokeswoman for the auction house said. The $86,281,000 price for "Triptych, 1976 ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 May 2008 16:37:00 GMT
E very year, at just about this time, we're dazzled by the jaw-dropping sales figures recorded during the spate of art auctions where old masters go for sums equal to the GNP of a small South American country. This spring season gets underway ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 17 May 2008 08:21:00 GMT
This undated photo released by Sotheby's shows the three panels of Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976" which broke a record for contemporary art auctions Wednesday May 14, 2008 , selling for $86,281,000 after three bidders vied for it. It also set an ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 14 May 2008 00:54:00 GMT
After 48 hours in which more than $800 million in art was snapped up by the world’s super-rich, several hundred collectors, dealers and art advisers went back for more, trekking to Chelsea on Thursday night for the final evening sale in a marathon ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 May 2008 15:46:00 GMT
The auction of the remaining 20 or so office condo units in the north and south towers of The Plaza in downtown Orlando went more slowly than many expected Thursday, one more sign of the stagnant real estate market. But buyers who snagged some of the ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 17 May 2008 00:28:00 GMT
The auction also included a five-bedroom Modernist house, which was snapped up for a record price. It was the first sale in a week of nonstop postwar and contemporary art auctions, and although there were often only one or two bidders for a work of ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 14 May 2008 00:54:00 GMT
A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions Wednesday, selling for more than $86 million US after three bidders vied for it, a spokeswoman for the auction house said. The $86,281,000 price for Triptych ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 May 2008 13:17:00 GMT
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