17 May 2008

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A group to post and discuss art auctions around the world

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A high price for a very important work (Kaufmann house)

Yesterday at Christie's, the Kaufmann house by Richard Neutra was sold 16.8 M$ including fees at Christie's. A very good price, but at the low estimate. It was probably not so easy to find a buyer.... Continue

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki 14 May

Big Price for Big Sue (on Freud)

33.6 M$ including fees at Christie's New York yesterday for "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping", oil on canvas by Lucian Freud. World auction record for a living artist. Is it worth the money ? Yes of ... Continue

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki 14 May

Claude Monet's "Le Pont du chemin de fer a Argenteuil"
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Claude Monet's "Le Pont du chemin de fer a Argenteuil" sold for a record $41 million during Christie's New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale May 6, 2008 in New York City. Worth the mo... Continue

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Started by artmarketblog.com. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki 12 May.

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My Indian Art Adventure - artmarketblog.com

My Indian Art Adventure - artmarketblog.com Today’s post is going to be a (very welcome) diversion from the time consuming and mind bending series I am doing on the reasons for the art market crash in the early 90’s. I will continue the series with my next post so don’t think that I have [...]

Art Plus Wealthy Egotists Equaled Chaos - artmarketblog.com

Art Plus Wealthy Egotists Equaled Chaos - artmarketblog.com The last post I wrote dealt with the reasons for the beginning art market crash in 1991 in which I said that I would continue with this topic for a few posts. The reason that I have focused so much on the events surrounding the collapse of [...]

Crashing the Art Market, Japanese Style - artmarketblog.com

Crashing the Art Market, Japanese Style - artmarketblog.com With all this talk of art market crashes and art market corrections I am surprised that no-one has actually looked at what caused the art market crash that took place around 1991. If all those so called art market analysts and art critics out there actually took [...]

The Next Star Artist ? - artmarketblog.com

The Next Star Artist ? - artmarketblog.com With entries for the Next Star Artist competition (http://www.nextstarartist.com) closing on the 23rd of May I thought that I would showcase some of the entrants who have websites where you can view their work. Below are links to the websites of those entrants who included a link to their [...]

Fossicking for Profitable Art - artmarketblog.com

Fossicking for Profitable Art - artmarketblog.com Definition of Fossick: Pronunciation: \ˈfä-sik\ Function: verb Etymology: English dialect fossick to ferret out Date: 1852 1.Australian & New Zealand : to search for gold or gemstones typically by picking over abandoned workings 2. chiefly Australian & New Zealand : to search about : rummage Australian & New Zealand : to search for by or as if by rummaging : ferret [...]

How to Exploit Dirty Art - artmarketblog.com

How to Exploit Dirty Art - artmarketblog.com In modern society everyone seems to be determined to fit in as much into their day as possible and most people seem to be under the impression that with every single event in their lives, no matter how small, “time is of the essence”. Because of the hectic [...]

The Art Auction Roller Coaster - artmarketblog.com

The Art Auction Roller Coaster - artmarketblog.com Here in Australia there have been some rather interesting developments in the art market the most important of which is the closure of two long established auction houses. Now before you start jumping to conclusions about the state of the whole art market there are a some [...]

Buying Art Through an Artist’s Blog - artmarketblog.com

Buying Art Through an Artist’s Blog - artmarketblog.com Buying art online is often made more difficult by the inability to interact with the artist and experience their perosnality, practices and procedures. For me one of the most interesting and exciting aspects of being involved in art is going beyond the artwork it’s self and getting to [...]

Regulating the Art Market - artmarketblog.com

Regulating the Art Market - artmarketblog.com The art market is generally considered to be an unregulated market which basically means that it is not controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law. Another term for an unregulated market is a free market the definition of which is, according to the Farlex financial dictionary, [...]

Using Logic to Beat the Art Market - artmarketblog.com

Using Logic to Beat the Art Market - artmarketblog.com Making predictions regarding the art market or the value of an artist’s work is always going to be a difficult task but there are certain instances where one can make an educated guess based on common sense, logic and historical data. By analysing artist’s careers, [...]

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Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki 13 hours ago: I feel a little bit alone as a contributor to this group.
So I invite you to have a look at my network Art Auction Knowledge, also on Ning.
It is just started. I put therein a daily article selecting a lot to be sold at auction, and I publish results of these selected lots when they are available.
Best regards
Pierre