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Insights on Auction Sales: A Corvette, Rare Titanic Postcard

WorthPoint

Also included in the Vogt sale were two paintings by French artist Edouard Cortes, a rare sight in a South Texas auction, though not entirely unprecedented—Vogt has sold a dozen Cortes works in the past six years. both exceptional values given the rarity and quality of the work.

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So Why Was This Particular Birkin Bag Worth $10.1 Million?

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Their rarity increases demand, of course, and the brand has enjoyed the status of being both unattainable and everywhere. Birkin first met Jean-Louis Dumas, then the artistic director of Hermès, in 1984 on an Air France flight. Celebrities carry them, at least those with enough clout and cash to get one.

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Jane Birkin’s original namesake Hermès bag sells for record-breaking €8.6m at Sotheby’s Paris

The Art Newspaper

Even that initial bid nearly doubled the previous world record for a handbag at auction, set in 2021. Fans chalk up the popularity of the Birkin—and a similar Hermès model, the Kelly—to the bag’s clean lines, expert craftsmanship and rarity. Bidding opened at €1m, eliciting a gasp from the audience in the Sotheby’s Paris salesroom.

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Troika Pottery Buyer’s Guide: The Artistry of British Ceramics

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Troika was born into a time of artistic flourish within the southwest, fresh off the back of the St Ives School – a British postwar art movement taking root in the small, coastal town. A beacon for abstract artists, the scene had been set for creative innovation on a different level, with new approaches and ideas coming to the fore.

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Print or Poster?

MIR Appraisal

Etching as a means of printmaking was most prominent during the sixteenth century, utilized by such artists as Albrecht Dürer, Lucas van Leyden, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The medium was later mastered by artists like Rembrandt during the seventeenth century. link] “Lithograph.” Metmuseum.org. link] “Poster | MoMA.” link] “Woodcut.”

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Types of Chinese Art: A Guide to Valuing & Collecting Chinese Art

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The rarity of the material, as well as the beauty and intricacy of the decoration, represented status and wealth during the Qing dynasty. Sold for $650,000 HKD via Bonhams (Dec 2021). Much like the majority of artwork, a Chinese painting’s monetary value will align with its time period, rarity and condition – and of course, the artist.

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Botticelli Painting Sells for Record $92.1 Million

MIR Appraisal

1480, tempera on poplar panel Sold for $92,184,000 on January 28, 2021 Courtesy of Sotheby's Earlier this week, Sotheby’s set a new record for the sale of a work by a Renaissance artist at auction when a painting by Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel, sold to a private collector for $92.1 million USD.