Blog - AUCTION FEVER

2008-10-01 19:00:01

Wondering what to do with the money you've stuffed under your mattress? Buy more Art!  Rumor has it that the Art market is alive and well even during the current financial crisis. Here are some resources about the buying and selling of Art.Overweight nude sets art world record. The 1995 life-size work, "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping", by Lucian Freud fetched $33.6 million during bidding at Christie's auction house in New York.CNNArtist reaps $200M at auction Despite the economic downturn, British artist Damien Hirst managed to sell his work at auction for nearly $200M.CNNBono’s (RED) campaign to combat the Aids epidemic in Africa hooks up with Damien Hirst tonight for a red-themed mega-auction at Sotheby’s in New York.Sotheby'sLIVING LAGERFIELD The Legend reveals his own inimitable approach to collecting.Art + Auction MagazineArt's Numbers Game It's not just the prices of contemporary art that have been soaring, making works has become more expensive too.Portfolio.comC H A N G E A M E R I C A Robert Berman Gallery A Group Exhibition October 4 - November 4, 2008 D5 Gallery | Bergamot Station Opening Reception: Saturday, Oct 4, 2008, 3 - 5 pmRobertBermanGallery.comART FOR OBAMA is an online auction of photographs to benefit the Obama Campaign. Fifty of the country's most prominent artists and photographers have donated their work for this cause. All proceeds will be donated in strict accordance with the regulations of the Democratic National Committee and the Federal Election Commission.ArtForObama.net| Views: 13 Votes: 0 Rating: 0.0

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