Thomson painting considered jewel of Sotheby's auction set for Toronto (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - An iconic oil sketch by Tom Thomson will be the centrepiece of a Sotheby's art auction set for Monday in Toronto. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Record Wool Price Set in Australia
An Indian fabric maker paid nearly $250,000, a record price, for a 200-pound bale of exceptionally high grade wool at an auction Thursday in Australia. nytimes.com |
Art Auctions and Previews
A schedule of viewing and sale hours for the top evening auctions. nytimes.com |
A Trove of Steinbeck
A rare archive of letters, draft manuscripts, character descriptions and pages of dialogue from the author will be sold at Bloomsbury Auctions in New York on Tuesday. nytimes.com |
Has Conceptual Art Jumped the Shark Tank?
To see why works of conceptual art have an inherent investment risk, we must look back at the whole history of art, including art’s most ancient prehistory. nytimes.com |