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Wisening Up, Auction Houses Will No Longer Offer Gurantees to Art Sellers (The New York Observer) According to the Wall Street Journal the art market has officially burst. With prices dropping 30 percent and auction houses' stocks plummeting, layoffs are inevitable. Galleries are closing. And the effects are rippling through the community of collectors, dealers, and the artists themselves. Mary Boone keeps telling us that last week's disappointing auctions were actually ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Heffel auction shows strong Canadian art market (Portage Daily Graphic) TORONTO — A drip painting by late Montreal artist Jean-Paul Riopelle drew a winning bid to the tune of $1.4 million at the Heffel Fine Art sale on Wednesday, the third-highest price paid at auction for a work by the artist. us.rd.yahoo.com
Art exhibit, auction to help Brickton Center (Niles Herald-Spectator) The fourth annual Benefit Art Exhibition and Auction will be at Brickton Art Center, 308 Busse Highway, Park Ridge (east of Greenwood) from Friday to Dec. 6, featuring works donated by professional artists for a silent auction and art exhibition. us.rd.yahoo.com
Heffel auction hints at state of Canada's art market (CTV.ca) A drip painting by late Montreal artist Jean-Paul Riopelle drew a winning bid of $1.4 million at the Heffel Fine Art sale on Wednesday, the third-highest price paid at auction for a work by the artist. us.rd.yahoo.com
Art Auction and Sale will Benefit School in Kenya (East Aurora Advertiser) "Light Up the Life of a Child" is the theme of the third annual Art for AIDS Orphans silent auction and sale to be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Fri., Nov. 21, in the salon of The Roycroft Inn, 40 South Grove St., East Aurora. Proceeds of the sale will go to the building fund for Crossroads Springs Institute, a school and care center in Hamisi, Kenya, for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. us.rd.yahoo.com
Art for Life buyers benefit HIV/AIDS patients (Vancouver Sun) MOVING PICTURES: No dough left in the economy for art? Not so, say city-based auctioneers David and Robert Heffel, who split the estimate uprights by moving $5.1-million-worth in Toronto on Wednesday. Days earlier, three-time Art For Life gala chair Sherree Mitchell, event organizer Drew Dickenson and presenting sponsor Derek Shepherd saw their live auction raise $108,000 to benefit HIV/AIDS ... us.rd.yahoo.com
St. Patrick's art auction (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza) New and previously owned art will be available from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Non-Profit Center. St. us.rd.yahoo.com
Argentine art stands out in lackluster Latam sale (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Argentine art drew record prices at Christie's auction house to become the standout in an otherwise lackluster Latin American art sale. us.rd.yahoo.com
Seasons, Art Auction to Benefit TCA (BloodHorse) Thoroughbred Charities of America will conduct its 19th Annual Stallion Season and Art Auction Friday, Dec. 5 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington. us.rd.yahoo.com
MFA Art Auction at Penn (Phillyist) We're big fans of student artwork as a brilliant way to get started as an art collector, and a good place to start is next Friday, Nov. 21st at the annual UPenn MFA Art Auction to benefit the 2009 MFA thesis exhibition. There you will find one of the nation's best venues to get some good original artwork on your walls and finally get rid of those posters. The auction is from 5:30-9 PM at ... us.rd.yahoo.com
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