art and market - Finestre sull'Arte

Public television is worth $1.3 million to Bonhams: painter Bob Ross takes it home

Do you remember Bob Ross (Daytona Beach, 1942 - Orlando, 1995)? The U.S. painter and television personality known for the TV program The Joy of Painting, broadcast in the United States between 1983 and 1994, in which he taught audiences how to create...
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Florence, Lalanne's Pigeon lamp goes up for auction at Pandolfini's

Florence is preparing to host the fourth installment of Spotlight Design, Pandolfini 's auction dedicated to excellence in 20th-century design and decorative arts, scheduled for Feb. 25. Following the debut of the auction cycle inaugurated in 2023, t...
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Swatch and Guggenheim present a collection of four watches inspired by 20th century masterpieces

The Swatch Art Journey is enriched by a new chapter with the presentation of the Swatch × Guggenheim collection, a project that brings 20th-century art and contemporary watchmaking into dialogue through four models inspired by as many masterpie...
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Hammershøi leads 12 million Loeb collection, works up to 5 million at Phillips 2026 auctions

In the spring of 2026 Phillips will devote itsentire auction season between London and New York to the collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. one of the most significant private collections of Danish art ever assembled. The project will feature so...
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Action Comics No. 1 sold for 15 million: comic book cover recalls Pollaiolo's Hercules

A copy of Action Comics No. 1, the famous 1938 comic book that marks the first appearance of Superman and the beginning of the superhero genre, has been sold in a private deal for $15 million. The deal sets a new all-time high in the comic book marke...
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Does the art market really reward innovation or only annuity?

In the business world,innovation is what shifts the balance. It is the force that designs the future, that breaks paradigms, that forces the system to reinvent itself. But in the contemporary art world, where everything seems unstable and in flux, wh...
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The Bridge leads art and philately auctions between Milan and Paris in late 2025

The second half of 2025 sees Il Ponte Auction House consolidating its position on the international art sales scene with an articulated and diversified calendar embracing philately, painting, sculpture, oriental art and 20th-century design. The appoi...
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New Piguet auction: the second part of the Savoy's numismatic collection

Auction house Piguet announces the second part of the numismatic collection that belonged to Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Savoy, heiress of the Italian royal house. The new sales round follows the success of the first part, which concluded between Jun...
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