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Fall Auction Season A Question Mark For Art World

Crain's New York Business | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: NY Art Investor, Pablo Picasso, Recession, Auction Season, Christie's Impressionist Modern Art Sale, Art Auction, Christie's, Blue Chip, Claude Monet, Sotheby's, New York, New York City, New York News

The art world is anxiously awaiting the coming fall auction season, a major gauge of whether collectors are still feeling the wrath of the economic do...

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Great Houses of New York: River House, the Best Address, Part II

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Fdr Drive, Uneeda Biscuit, William Pahlmann, William Lawrence Bottomley, Marta Raymond, Akron Ohio, Lord & Taylor, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Maurice Fatio, Mrs. Diego De Suarez, Audrey James Coats, River Club, Sidney Wagner, Walter Hoving, Making the Mummies Dance, Harold S. Vanderbilt, The National Cash Register Co., Marty Richards, Jr., Tom Hoving, Artful Tom, George Perkins Raymond, Harry Cushing, Joseph Mullen, Etienne Drian, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitneys, Walter and Pauline Hoving, Tiffany & Co, Mr. And Mrs. William Robertson Coe, Marshall Field III, River House, Ruth Baker Pratt, Frederick W. Patterson, King Edward VII, David Adler, William Rheinlander Stewart, Columbia, Eleanor McMillen Brown, Claude Monet, Mary Lea Johnson Richards, Clare Booth and Henry Luce, James A. Burden, Susan Hume Fraszer, Bonwitttelle, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Another trip to the fabulous River House overlooking the East River.

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French Delights Overshadow Economic Slump, Uncertainty

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Mont St. Michel, MuséE Des Impressionismes, Val D’Europe, French, Sophia Loren, Dom Perignon, Princess Grace, Crayfish, Oysters, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Normandy, Paris, Belgian, Coke, Afp, Hervé Novelli, Euro Disney, Champagne Region, French Fries, Christian Dior, MoëT Et Chandon, Louvre Museum, Granville, Japanese, Wwii, Economist Intelligence Unit, Mona Lisa, Napoleon Bonaparte, France, Lobsters, Eiffel Tower, Medieval, Ile De France, Youtube, Place Du Tertre, Montmartre, MuséE EugèNe Delacroix, Mussels, Claude Monet, James Bond, Notre-Dame De Reims, Gothic, Scriptorial, Provins, Avranches, Epernay, Reims, Marne-La-ValéE-Chessy, Giverny, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

France may be in a slump, with a hyper-kinetic president intent on structural reforms to counter mounting deficits, but it remains the number one international destination for visitors offering more delights than can be fathomed on a 20-day visit.

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Christie's Fails To Find Buyers For 14 Works

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Christie's Auction House, Christie's, Claude Monet, Business News

For the first time in four years, Christie's fell short of its pre-sale estimate at an evening art auction. The auction house sold off $277 million wo...

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Gunmen Grab $163m in Art at Swiss Museum

AP | ERNST E. ABEGG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Art Heist, E.G. Buehrle Collection, Claude Monet, Monet, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Swiss Museums, European Museums, Zurich Museums, Art Robbers, Paul Cezanne, Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Degas, Business News

ZURICH, Switzerland — Three gunmen in ski masks and dark clothes burst into a museum just before closing time. After a quick run through the bui...

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