Eric Clapton Set to Sell Painting for 20 Times What He Paid
The 67-year-old British rocker is selling an abstract painting by German artist Gerhard Richter at Sotheby's next month which is expected to fetch $14-19 million.
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Logging In to Art from Around the World
The VIP Air Fair, which starts this Saturday, will feature 7,500 pieces of art by more than 2,000 artists, from nearly 140 galleries in 30 different countries -- and it will be held entirely online. Could online viewing change the selection -- and potentially the value -- of art?
Sotheby's Prepares to Revive Art Price Guarantees
Christie's International says expects to have a better year in 2010 than it did in 2009. Yet there are degrees of recovery: Though the practice of guaranteeing minimum prices is poised to return, sellers won't see a swift return to the prices objects fetched at auction in 2007.
