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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, June 30, 2011
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"Dschungel" (Jungle) (1967) by Sigmar Polke. Record $175m contemporary art auction in London
Bloomberg - June 29th, 2011 18:52
The contemporary art auctions in London this week sent high-level works to top prices. The 88-lot Sotheby’s evening auction on June 29 totaled a robust 108.8 million pounds ($175 million), the highest total ever...

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This original tintype is the only authenticated photo of Billy the Kid in existence today. It was purchased for $2.6 million (with 15% commission) at a Denver auction on June 25, 2011. Billy the Kid tintype wrangles $2.6m
- June 28th, 2011 17:23
Private collector William Koch ponied up $2.6 million (with 15% commission) for the only known surviving portrait of Billy the Kid at a Denver auction. The tintype of the legendary outlaw blew away its pre-sale estimate of ...

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MOTEL, 2008, 16" x 24" chromogenic archival print Holiday Weekend Celebration for Lauri Gaffin's photography exhibition: HOLD STILL
Release Date: 29 June 2011
Harris & Ruble ART invites you to join us for a Holiday Weekend Celebration for HOLD STILL by Lauri Gaffin. These photographs display her a whimsical sense of humor and an irresistible attraction to beauty. Please stop in to view her work and enjoy a star-spangled refreshment. Holiday ...

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American Art Deco furniture. Collection of Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art. Time Travel—Decorative Art from Kirkland Museum
Release Date: 29 June 2011
Be sure to visit Colorado's Arvada Center this summer to see international decorative art from the Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Wiener Werkstätte, Bauhaus, Art Deco, and Modern styles. Much like our previous "100+ Years of Colorado Art" partnership, the Arvada Center and Kirkland Museum of ...

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Rouen Cathedral, Façade, 1894, Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Monet/Lichtenstein: Rouen Cathedrals
July 3 - September 25, 2011
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
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N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) One January Afternoon, 1915. Signed "N.C. Wyeth" lower left. Oil on canvas, 20 by 16 inches. Estimate: $100,000-$150,000. Highlights from Copley Fine Art Auctions' annual Sporting Sale, July 21-22, 2011
Release Date: 29 June 2011
  On Thursday, July 21 through Friday, July 22, Copley Fine Art Auctions will conduct its annual Sporting Sale, offering over 700 lots of top-notch American paintings, decoys, folk art and books. The auction will be held in Plymouth, Massachusetts at the Radisson Hotel, where Copley is pleased ...

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