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Insights on Auction Sales: A Corvette, Rare Titanic Postcard

WorthPoint

Four examples were featured in this auction alone, ranging in price from $17,000 to $25,000. This nighttime scene shares a subject with a daylight version sold by Voght in 2021, though this one nearly doubled the price of that earlier sale. The standout piece was Moulin de la Galette en la Neige , which brought in $25,960.

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Great Discoveries: Antique Plate Found at Goodwill Could Fetch Thousands

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After purchasing the plate, Carcerano performed a Google Lens search and found a similar plate sold at auction for $4,400. A specialist in Chinese export art from auction house Sotheby’s confirmed that Carcerano’s plate dates back to the Qing dynasty’s Qianlong period, which took place around 1755.

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The Story Behind an Epic Lincoln Collection

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Money, management, and misunderstandings became too much, and the museum ended the partnership in 2021. The sale and the backstory of the struggles faced by the two organizations exemplify the importance of preservation for auction houses, nonprofits, and museums when handling items that often serve as firsthand sources of historical events.

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A quartet of key art market players join forces to form ‘super group’ consultancy

The Art Newspaper

The pandemic also significantly altered the way auction houses sell art. Unlike auction houses, which often operate large teams, Gorvy points out the new consortium can keep operations streamlined and private. Profitability is a problem for auction houses.

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Remembering Sebastião Salgado, world builder, photographer of collective humanity and prophet of possibility

The Art Newspaper

The exhibition included more than 200 of his photographs of the Indigenous communities and landscapes of the Brazilian rainforest Photo: SMP News/Alamy Live News There was something almost mystical about the way Sebastião Salgado held his camera.

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Collecting Wimbledon   

WorthPoint

It’s always best to buy from a reputable auction house that will have checked items beforehand. A card from the 2003 NetPro set signed by both Williams sisters sold for nearly $4,000 in 2021. Match-Used Items Perhaps the most coveted category of Wimbledon collectibles consists of items actually used during tournament play.

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Crowning AI-chievement: robot artist creates portrait of King Charles

The Art Newspaper

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