Archive for September 2011
The State of the Fairs
Our reporter recaps trends in the ever-evolving art-fair scene, and takes a peek ahead.
Read MoreMoney and Art
On September 4 in Los Angeles, Bonhams will auction rare coins and banknotes from the collection of the late casino and hotel owner Charles Mapes and his wife, Helen, of Reno, Nev.
Read MoreHollywood and the Wild West
This month will see auction action in the West. On September 17, the fifth annual Jackson Hole Art Auction will take place, co-organized by Trailside Galleries of Jackson, Wyo., and Scottsdale, Ariz., and the Gerald Peters Gallery of Santa Fe, N.M. The event will take place at the Center for the Arts in downtown Jackson.
Read MoreInto the Third Dimension
Time-honored but long undervalued, sculpture is coming into its own as a collecting phenomenon.
Read MoreSurround Sound
One of the rarest and most collectible Braun items, the portable “Combi” radio-phono designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld, sold at the Quittenbaum auction house in Munich for €4,500.
Read MorePsyched Out
The term “psychedelic” has a surprisingly cute origin story.
Read MoreHoly Money
In early Renaissance Florence, art and finance fed off each other uncomfortably, much like today.
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