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Directories | The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of past auction results of over 345,000 works by more than 12,100 artists who have either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, offered for sale in Australia and New Zealand over the last thirty-five years. Our data covers over 1,860 auction sales from over 52 auction houses, and extends back to the early 1970s. News and Opinion Bidding Is Thin at Christie’s in London 30-Jun-2009 LONDON — The summer season of evening contemporary art auctions ended here at Christie’s on Tuesday night when collectors went bargain hunting, feeling comfortable dropping $2 million, but thinking hard when the numbers started rising. Crucial US link overlooked in Queensland's US blockbuster By Terry Ingram on 28-Jun-2009 Whatever happened to the artist who most closely linked America and Australia in the age of Impressionism? And why isn't he represented in the Queensland Art Gallery's current blockbuster, asks Terry Ingram. The exhibition evokes one of the great Australian saleroom mysteries of all time but provides no answers. The art market: Slow Tuesday, fast Wednesday and the danger of a double dip 27-Jun-2009 It was a tale of contrasting sales this week in London, as Christie’s and Sotheby’s rolled out their summer impressionist and modern auctions. Hats off to the Galloping Major By Terry Ingram on 20-Jun-2009 Auctioneering lost one of the last great characters of a racier, more colourful age with the death of Major William (Bill) Spowers after a fall at his Arboretum in rural England on June 12, writes Terry Ingram Made in Indonesia, sold as Aboriginal 19-Jun-2009 THE Aboriginal artist Ubanoo Brown depicts Australian fauna in a lively, colourful style. There's one problem: he doesn't exist.  Charles Blackman, Mad Hatter's Tea Party, 105 x 121 cm, sold by Sotheby'sMelbourne 05/05/2009, lot no. 223, price $720,000 | Subscriber log in: Problems logging in? Your browser must be set to accept cookies. Using This Service All you need to know about information provided. Demonstration/Tutorial Information available to subscribers. Subscribe Monthly subscription $Au30.00 Annual subscription $Au175.00 Allows unlimited access to the full site. Approximate rates in foreign currency:
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