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The Easter Break.
Hi All, We are taking a few days off to re-charge our batteries. We should like to take this opportunity to wish all AAD readers, authors and commenters a very happy Easter. See you next Best wishes, AAD THE EASTER ISLAND HEADS HAVE BODIES The annual re-post * Rano Raraku quarry (Figure 1), within which […]
Billionaire Steven Cohen buys a Picasso for $155m
Hedge fund manager Steve A. Cohen, has bought the oil painting of Picasso’s mistress Marie-Therese Walter, titled Le Reve, from casino mogul Steve Wynn, for a record $155m(£102m) according to the the New York Post . This work is now the most expensive piece ever sold by the Spanish artist and represents the third work […]
Creativity is electrifying Paris’s Grand Palais! Art Paris Art Fair…
Creativity is electrifying Paris’s Grand Palais! Wednesday evening a line of literally thousands of people waited to enter to see the 144 galleries representing about 1,500 artists from 20 countries, (125 galleries from 16 countries in 2012) which are presented at Art Paris Art Fair’s 15th edition. The stands were packed with every type of […]
MALLETT IMPROVES PERFORMANCE AMID CHALLENGING MARKET CONDITIONS
Mallett, the Art and Antiques retailer today announced an improved performance for the year ending 31 December 2012 with a loss before tax of £0.1 million on an unchanged group turnover of £10.2 million. In 2011 Mallett lost £0.9 million once the one-off profit on the assignment of the lease of its former New Bond […]
Rare Collection of Russian Glassware From Exiled Member of the Russian Imperial Royal Family Makes £48,000
A large collection of 19th century Russian Imperial Glassware belonging to Grand Duke Michael Milkhailovich grandson of Tsar Nicholas I and first cousin to Tsar Nicholas II was sold at Lyon & Turnbull on the 26th March 2013 for £48,000. The rare collection of glassware descended through the family of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich to […]
PAD Paris, and an interview with Patrick Perrin.
PAD Paris 2013 – A celebration of L’Art de Vivre and The Art of the Collector. With the crème de la crème of the European design scene exhibiting, not to mention a few select US galleries, PAD Paris is always a treat for collectors and this 17th edition of the Fair did not disappoint. The […]
Louis Vuitton Update number 3
Last week, AAD received a statement from Christie’s Press department concerning lot 99 in sale 8174. which they were invited to post themselves on AAD, an invitation which they declined. The statement reads:- ‘’Following further research, there is nothing to suggest that any part of this trunk has been replaced.’’ AAD was told that it would […]
Rare early poem by 13 year old Charlotte Brontë up for auction..
The manuscript of Charlotte Brontë’s poem, I’ve been wandering in the greenwoods, written when she was just 13, is to be sold on 10 April in Part I of the sale of The Roy Davids Collection Part III: Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets. It is estimated at £40,000 – 45,000. The poem is […]
Breaking New Ground – Michael Kanyuchi
Being an artist is not an easy profession . Artists have to endure the pressures of continually being relevant with their art-works. The industry is not as constant as many might believe; tastes and preferences are always changing. One month an artist can be in favour, and the next month everything can be different. Past […]
March 29, 2013 by Editors
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