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Magritte’s Surrealist Masterpiece Sets $121.2 Million Auction Record

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Million Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News. The work, offered at Christie's in New York, had been in the collection of Mica Ertegun for more than half a century. The post Magritte’s Surrealist Masterpiece Sets $121.2

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This Leonora Carrington Painting Is Guaranteed to Smash Her Auction Record

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The post This Leonora Carrington Painting Is Guaranteed to Smash Her Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News. The women of the Surrealist movement are gaining long-overdue attention.

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Stegosaurus Skeleton Sells for a Whopping $44 Million, a Dinosaur Auction Record

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The post Stegosaurus Skeleton Sells for a Whopping $44 Million, a Dinosaur Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News. The sale price was 643.3 percent more than the high estimate.

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Gertrude Abercrombie’s ‘The Magician’ commands almost $470K, sets new auction record at Freeman’s Hindman

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CHICAGO – A new world auction record for a work by Gertrude Abercrombie was set at Freeman’s Hindman in its September 25 Post War and Contemporary Art sale. Titled The Magician and dating to 1956, the oil on Masonite featured the mysterious Surrealist imagery for which Abercrombie (1909-1977) is known.

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A Floral Still Life by Florine Stettheimer Shatters Her Auction Record

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The post A Floral Still Life by Florine Stettheimer Shatters Her Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News. The paintings is just one of 10 Stettheimer works that have come to market.

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This Newly Restored Quentin Metsys Painting Is Poised to Shatter His Auction Record

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The post This Newly Restored Quentin Metsys Painting Is Poised to Shatter His Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News. The painting went off the radar for centuries and has now been restored to its earlier glory.

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This $5 Million Civil War-Era Stamp Could Smash an Auction Record

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The post This $5 Million Civil War-Era Stamp Could Smash an Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News. The rare piece will be offered in a sale of Pimco founder William H. Gross's renowned philatelic collection.