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Kaminski Kicks off 2008 with New Year Estates Auction

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(Beverly, MA) – Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its New Year’s Estates Auction. The auction, Kaminski’s first in 2008, includes consignments from multiple estates spanning Massachusetts to the West Coast. The auction commences at 11am on Sunday, January 27 at the Sheraton Colonial Ballroom in Lynnfield with … Read more

From Beijing to Bacon and back

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From Olympics-coordinated Chinese exhibitions to the opening of a Francis Bacon retrospective at Tate Britain, 2008 looks set to be a spectacular year for the visual arts. Our critics select the best of a good lotART Rachel Campbell-Johnston – TimeOnline.com Liverpool The capital will be in upheaval this coming year. It will be decamping to … Read more

Rare ‘Inverted Jenny’ stamp sells for $825,000

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DALLAS — One of the most famously flawed stamps in U.S. history sold for $825,000 to a New York man who bought it slightly cheaper than the record price another “Inverted Jenny” copy fetched at auction last month. The rare 24-cent stamp, depicting an upside-down Curtis JN-4 biplane known as “Jenny,” was sold privately this … Read more

As markets turn sour, art soars

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NEW YORK (AP) — Art is hot. Despite turmoil in the financial markets, there are no signs that the art market is softening. The fall auction season in New York saw robust prices across most categories, with postwar and contemporary works in particular going through the roof. Read full story