| Mixed Results for Contemporary Art Sale at Christie’s Of the 75 works on the block, nearly 0ne-third failed to sell, including a 1964 self-portrait by Francis Bacon. nytimes.com |
Dear Amish Diary: After Floods, Made a Quilt A hundred examples of Amish life, written in dryly detailed, unintentionally revealing manuscripts, find their way to auction. nytimes.com |
Paintings Attributed to Hitler Are Sold Thirteen paintings said to have been made by Hitler were sold on Thursday for a total of about $143,000 at an auction in Shropshire in Britain, Reuters reported. nytimes.com |
Risk-Defying Sale of Contemporary Art at Christie's Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale, seen by market pundits as the most risk-fraught of all fields, brought $31.77 million. nytimes.com |
Prices Far Surpass Estimates at Sotheby’s Auction Of the 66 works offered in an Impressionist and modern art sale at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, only 10 failed to sell. The auction house sold $181.7 million worth of art. nytimes.com |