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Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on August 17, 2008 at 3:37pm

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Fun. I just devoted an article to John Glover in Tasmania, and now here is an oil on canvas by the same artist, but in Scotland and showing Oban, for sale by Sotheby's at Gleneagles Hotel on August 26 (72x125 cm, lot 1, 40 K £ ).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on August 9, 2008 at 6:43pm

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Koller sells in Zurich on 19 September flowers by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (oil on copper, 26 x 18 cm, 2.5 MCHF). There will also be in this sale two paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (700 and 600 KCHF).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on August 2, 2008 at 7:44pm

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A rare landscape of Australia by John Glover will be sold by Sotheby's in Melbourne on August 25 (1.8 MA $, 74 x 114 cm, lot 45).

Another Hicks' Peaceable Kingdom! It is at Sotheby's in New York on September 26 ($ 2 million).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on July 6, 2008 at 6:52pm

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In the sale of European sculpture in London at Sotheby's on July 9, I have chosen, although these are not the most expensive lots, the marble bust of a man by the circle of Francesco da Laurana (47 cm, 80 K£, lot 54) and a bronze horse by Ferdinando Tacca (19 cm, 60 K£, lot 111).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on June 29, 2008 at 5:00pm

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On July 9 in London, Sotheby's sells two drawings of the eighteenth century showing panoramas of Constantinople (30 K£ each, the largest measuring 1.5 m) and three drawings by Rubens. One of them is inspired by Giulio Romano (120 K £), the other two are estimated 80 and 40 K £.

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on June 22, 2008 at 1:32pm

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On July 9 in London, Sotheby's sells a portrait of a sitting man by Frans Hals (47x37 cm, £ 3 million, lot 26) and a beautiful riverside by Jan Brueghel the elder (oil on copper, 26x38 cm, 2.5 M£, lot 19).

The same Brueghel made a painting in similar spirit, for sale at Christie's in London on July 8 (oil on copper, 33x50 cm, £ 1.2 million, lot 29). At number 38, his older brother Peter the younger offers a uncommon topic, the Bad shepherd (oil on panel, 74x105 cm, £ 1 million).

On July 9 at Christie's London, Fuseli shows an unexpensive Vision of Deluge (254x210 cm, £ 80K, lot 209).

More expensive but also more enjoyable to watch, an interesting view of Venice by Marieschi is expected at 500 K € by Hampel in Munich on July 4 (62x98 cm, lot 209).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on June 7, 2008 at 6:15pm

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On July 9 at Bonhams in London, a view of the Piazza del Popolo by van Wittel is estimated 500 K£.

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on May 31, 2008 at 6:44pm

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The portrait of a princess, an oil on canvas, 76 x 63 cm, dated 1606, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, for 250 KCHF, is it a bargain? It is at Fischer Auktionen, lot 1009, on June 11 in Lucerne (found in surfing on Artnet).

The top seven estimates of the sale of British art at Sotheby's in London on June 5 are four by Romney and three by van Dyck (maximum low estimates 200 K£ for each of the two artists).

In the sale of Old Masters at Sotheby's New York on the same day, June 5, there is a genre scene by Ochtervelt (600 K$, lot 46) and a view of Venice by Albotto (550 K$, lot 116).

The press has already forwarded the rediscovery of three drawings made by Goya, that Christie's sell in London on July 8. It is expected an overall £ 2 million of these three works. They will be sold separately.

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on May 18, 2008 at 4:46pm

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On May 20 in Brussels, lot 5 of the sale organized by Pierre Bergé and Associés is a sympathetic tondo of 19 cm by Pieter Brueghel the Younger showing a country-woman holding water and fire (200 K€).

At Espace Tajan, Paris, on June 26, an unexpected Presentation of the Elephant by Pietro Longhi is estimated 300 K€.

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on May 11, 2008 at 3:59pm

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The low estimate is only 100 K€ for lot 5 of the sale of Finarte in Rome on May 29. It is an oil on panel of Andrea Solario, 29x24 cm.

Incredible: Sotheby's did not even yet sell its Peaceful Kingdom by Hicks, that already Christie's announces another one. I checked, it is not the same one!! Christie's expects 4 M$ from it, in New York on September 24.

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