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Insights on Auction Sales: Freddy Mercury’s Jacket, a Prehistoric Mug

WorthPoint

We thought it would be a great idea for him to select some of his favorite sold items and explain why those sales stood out to him. Take a look at his thoughts on a few of our partners’ recent sales. In total, Omega’s 520-lot event generated $620,705.65, a solid outcome for an international sale held during a typically slow U.S.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Terracotta Sculpture, a Hobby Race Car Model

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We thought it would be a great idea for him to select some of his favorite sold items and explain why those sales stood out to him. Take a look at his thoughts on a few of our partners’ recent sales. The post Insights on Auction Sales: A Terracotta Sculpture, a Hobby Race Car Model appeared first on WorthPoint.

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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

The Art Newspaper

The Wiltshire gallery attracts 150 to 200 visitors a day and large-scale sculpture shows are the biggest draw, alongside regular talks and symposiums, says its founder Johnny Messum. You lose some of the urgency for sales here, but you can be a place where things happen first,” he adds. Education is a key component.

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Artistic Mediums of 2025: Where Touch and Technique Meet

Invaluable

Sales of NFT artworks skyrocketed, and even well-established figures like Damien Hearst embraced its potential. For some, this medium allows them to reconnect with age-old traditions of making in a conversation across time. Soon, though, the NFT art market crashed. Sold for $1,800 USD via Skinner (February 2013).

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Revealed: how Van Gogh's nephew exchanged two of the artist's drawings for butter and bacon

The Art Newspaper

© Martin Bailey In early 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Vincent van Gogh’s nephew gave two of the artist’s drawings to the owner of a cheese business—in exchange for 35 packets of butter and a little meat. This suggests that the pair of Van Goghs would now be worth around £1m. 20,000 Dutch people died from starvation.

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In tough times for dealers, Art Basel debuts a section for new works

The Art Newspaper

For a gallery under the age of four to come to Art Basel, its booth should be special A first impression is important Freddie Powell, Ginny on Frederick For most galleries coming to Basel, the challenges of staging a compelling and commercially viable booth are a chief concern. A first impression here is important.”

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Have we reached peak painting?

The Art Newspaper

In a digital age, painting may seem quaint, but its appeal endures, among artists, scholars and collectors Dale Berning Sawa 11 June 2025 Share Heads up: Jenny Saville’s Reverse (2002-03), which will be on show in the painter’s retrospective at London’s National Portrait Gallery Photo: Stephen Chung/Alamy Stock Photo; © Jenny Saville.

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