Auction NewsAuctions news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.The Tate takes on gallery sprinters- June 30, 2008 A runner will sprint through a gallery every 30 seconds for the next four months in the latest art installation by artist Martin Creed.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/the-tate-takes-on-gallery-sprinters?fromrss... London auctions prove that art is now for the super-rich- June 29, 2008 If proof were needed that the international art market has become a playground for the super-rich, it was delivered by record-breaking auctions in London this week.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/london-auctions-prove-that-art-is-now-for-t... Sotheby's June 2008 Series of Impressionist & Modern Art Sales Realises $255 Million- June 28, 2008 Claude Monet, La plage a Trouville, 1870. 48 X 73.5 cm. Oil on canvas. Sold for 7,657,250 GBP.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/sothebys-june-2008-series-of-impressionist-... Copart Now Selling Cars for the Public Through CopartDirect- June 27, 2008 Copart, Inc. today announced that it is now using its patented VB2 sales technology to sell vehicles for the public.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/copart-now-selling-cars-for-the-public-thro... $40,000 painting left at Goodwill- June 26, 2008 Had it not been for the discerning eyes of Goodwill store employees, the research skills of the store manager and the help of a few art historians, the Parisian street scene painted by Impressionist Edouard-Leon Cortes might well be hanging today in a college dorm room, over a bed in some cheap Highway 50 motel, or on the faux wood-paneled walls of an Eastern Shore double-wide.Instead, the painting that was dropped off along with the rest of the day's intake at the Goodwill store in Easton -...http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/40-000-painting-left-at-goodwill?fromrss=1 Sotheby's teaming up with Bellevue realtor- June 25, 2008 The well-to-do of the world are checking out the Eastside, hungry to snap up high-end homes.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/sothebys-teaming-up-with-bellevue-realtor?f... McEnroe to sell work by Warhol- June 24, 2008 Former tennis star John McEnroe is selling a portrait Andy Warhol made of him and his ex-wife Tatum O'Neal next week at Sotheby's in London, the auction house said Monday in a statement.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/mcenroe-to-sell-work-by-warhol?fromrss=1 New Hirst works to be auctioned- June 22, 2008 Hirst dominated the British art scene during the 1990s A series of new works by artist Damien Hirst - including a trademark animal preserved in formaldehyde - are to be auctioned in London.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/new-hirst-works-to-be-auctioned?fromrss=1 TransAuction LLC vs. Bidz.com Inc. et al- June 17, 2008 TransAuction LLC vs. Bidz.com Inc. et al Plaintiff TransAuction is a Texas limited liability company based in Frisco and claims to own the rights to U.S. Patent No.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/transauction-llc-vs-bidz-com-inc-et-al?from... Sale of the century- June 17, 2008 Natalia Goncharova's "Nature Morte aux Fruits" was sold on Monday for $2.26 million.http://www.topix.net/business/auctions/2008/06/sale-of-the-century?fromrss=1 |