http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/rss?id=The+Fine+Art+Blog The Fine Art Blog by Joseph K. Levene presents relevant topics and news for Art buyers and sellers, online and off. en © 2009 Athena Media Group. All rights reserved. 2013-06-19T02:52:30-06:00 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/2833-will-buyers-of-counterfeit-coach-bags-on-ebay-be-left-holding-the <p style="text-align: justify;"><span><a href="http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9420332/Coach-awarded-28.3-million-in-counterfeiting-case.html" target="_blank">Coach awarded &pound;28.3 million</a></span>, but will eBay reimburse these duped buyers? &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">eBay aggressively advertises its <a href="http://pages.ebay.com/coverage/index.html" target="_blank"><span>Buyer Protection Policy</span></a>, and like most insurance policies, you need to ... 2012-07-27 18:14:20 -0600 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/2833-will-buyers-of-counterfeit-coach-bags-on-ebay-be-left-holding-the http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/7613-cindy-sherman-radically-changed-contemporary-art <p>Cindy Sherman has a <a href="https://twitter.com/JKLFA/statuses/223089556528963586?tw_i=223089556528963586&amp;tw_e=details&amp;tw_p=tweetembed" target="_blank">Career Retrospective</a> at the <a href="http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/cindy-sherman" target="_blank">Walker Art Center</a>&nbsp;until February 17, 2013,&nbsp;which has received unanimous praise along with reassessment from Art Critics around the world.<br /><br />Credit <a ... 2012-07-27 16:24:12 -0600 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/7613-cindy-sherman-radically-changed-contemporary-art http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/2376-how-did-ebay-enable-the-convicted-banksy-art-forgers <!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 16.0px} span.s1 {color: #ff0201} --> <!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; ... 2011-07-29 14:12:27 -0600 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/2376-how-did-ebay-enable-the-convicted-banksy-art-forgers http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/6511-was-the-18-million-vase-sold-by-sothebys-correctly-documented <p style="text-align: justify;">A Chinese Vase expected to sell for $800. to $1,200., was sold by Sotheby's New York for an astonishing $18 million on March 22, 2011. Described as an unusual famille rose and gold decorated vase, an Anonymous Sotheby's bidder&nbsp;paid $18 million for this 20 century porcelain.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Chinese Vase was among 300 lots consigned by J.T. Tai and Company, a well-known &nbsp;Dealer of Chinese Porcelain; the Sotheby's Sale realized ... 2011-05-11 06:40:52 -0600 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/6511-was-the-18-million-vase-sold-by-sothebys-correctly-documented http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/5304-buying-art-is-not-like-buying-detergent <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://blog.thefineartblog.com/2010/08/buying-art-is-not-like-buying-detergent.html" target="_blank">Buying Art is not like buying Detergent</a>; the key is to "<em>buy intelligently</em>". Art buyers often make the wrong decision when comparing two examples of the same Work of Art with the objective of "saving money". &nbsp;Many Buyers fall prey to buying the Work of Art with the&nbsp;<em>lowest price,&nbsp;</em>and often not the best.</p> <p ... 2011-02-14 07:17:33 -0700 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/5304-buying-art-is-not-like-buying-detergent