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Strategic or speculative? Once again, art investment funds are on the rise

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Insights on Auction Sales: Barbie, Cherry Chippendale

WorthPoint

Neither piece was in pristine condition, but the strength of the maker and provenance carried the results. Modern and designer furniture clearly found eager buyers, as shown by a Finn Juhl chair fetching $2,432roughly the same as a standout two-piece 18th-century American Chippendale secretary in another sale.

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No-holds-barred biography of dealer and collector Douglas Cooper paints a picture of a fearless, controlling and deceitful man

The Art Newspaper

Sirvins: courtesy Lille Métropole Musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut Photo: Gloria Etting This book is the result of remarkable, two-pronged research into the life and collection of Douglas Cooper (1911-84) by the biographer Adrian Clark and the art historian Richard Calvocoressi.

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In Memoriam: Carl Grimm

WCG

He interned at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, studying with lab Co-directors James Bernstein and Inge- Lise Eckmann. It was a remarkable synthesis of art history, scientific analysis, and a true understanding of paintings and their appearance and materials.