Sotheby’s Forstmannia
There’s a big bakeoff going on right now at Sotheby’s for 17 paintings from the collection of the late financier and philanthropist Theodore J. Forstmann. The hardworking staff’s favorite? Chiam...
View ArticleWhy The WSJ Is A Great Newspaper (Picasso Sculpture Edition)
The Weekend Wall Street Journal devotes three full pages to a piece chronicling the quest by one of Pablo Picasso’s granddaughters to catalogue the more than 2000 sculptures created by the 20th...
View ArticleNYT Beats Boston Globe On Old South Church Bay Psalm Book Sale
Late last year, the Boston Globe was on the Old South Church sale of its historic Bay Psalm Book like Brown on Williamson. But now that the auction is actually on, it’s the New York Times that has...
View ArticleThe War of Art in NYC’s Auction Houses
It’s auction season for the arterati, and yesterday’s New York Times was the Antietam of tony gavel houses in the Big Town. There was, for instance, this Christie’s ad in the A section: Which sends...
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