04/06/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Auctions.

• Chateau on Central Announces Partnership with Luxury Real Estate... _{2013-04-06, 03:17 am}
  Chateau On Central, the five-story luxury brownstone community located on Central and Palm Lane in downtown, announced it has finalized contracts to work with Russ Lyon Chateau On Central's unique-to-Phoenix architecture and timeless luxury create a true urban live-work space that has brought interest from buyers nationally and internationally.
• Artists donate important works to benefit the Whitney Museum of American Art's new building project _{2013-04-06, 01:49 am}
  Sotheby's announced that its Evening and Day auctions of Contemporary Art on 14 & 15 May 2013 will offer a group of 25 works to benefit the Whitney Museum of American Art's new building in downtown New York, together estimated in excess of $8 million*. Works from artists championed by the Whitney over the course of its 83-year history - including ... (more)
• More _{2013-04-06, 01:48 am}
  Sotheby's will offer The Collection of Alex & Elisabeth Lewyt in a series of auctions in New York and Paris in 2013, including seminal paintings by Paul Cezanne and Amedeo Modigliani that will lead the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York on 7 May 2013.
• Estimated $8M of art to be donated for NYC auction _{2013-04-06, 12:27 am}
  Original works from 25 artists coming to auction are estimated to bring in more than $8 million to support the construction of a new building for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
• Adria's El Bulli Cellar, Lafite Sell for $8.8 Million in Hong Kong Auction _{2013-04-05, 10:23 pm}
  ... runs through to April 8 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition and Center. Following is a table of major wine auctions held so far this year, with the total sold. Links are to auction websites or results statements. (Frederik Balfour is a ...
• Gem of the Baltic _{2013-04-05, 12:03 pm}
  Residents dance around a midsummer pole in Gotland, where house price growth has exceeded that of Stockholm in the past year The Swedish island of Gotland - the largest island in the Baltic sea - boasts tranquil countryside, beautiful beaches and a growing reputation as a destination for food lovers.
• Spanish wines star of the show at HK auction _{2013-04-05, 12:51 pm}
  All eyes were on Vega Sicilia at Sotheby's sale in Hong Kong on 4 April, with six bottles of the 1953 leading the ex-cellar collection.
• The Art Market: wasting assets, winning strategy _{2013-04-05, 12:18 pm}
  ... but one that is fenced around with all sorts of difficulties, both regulatory and cultural. Christie's has held auctions on the mainland with local firm Forever, Sotheby's has a deal with GeHua to hold sales in the country, and another grouping of ...
• Monumental Richter canvas coming to NYC auction _{2013-04-05, 10:34 am}
  A monumental 20th century masterpiece by German artist Gerhard Richter is coming to a New York City auction.
• IAA Launches I-Pay Through IAA Buyer App for Android _{2013-04-05, 10:18 am}
  Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. the leading live and live-online salvage auto auction company and wholly-owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc.
• Nazi-looted art returning to heirs of NY collector _{2013-04-05, 10:03 am}
  Two artworks sold under duress during the Nazi occupation of Germany will be returned to the heirs of a New York art collector.
• Notable Losers: Sothebys, Plug Power Inc, Peabody Energy Corporation, Credit Suisse Group AG_{2013-04-05, 09:41 am}
  ThePennyStockProfiler.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:- Sothebys went down 1.97% and closed at $34.78 on a traded volume of 1.23 million shares.
• Raphael's Head of a Young Apostle: Italy's race to save 30m sketch _{2013-04-05, 07:11 am}
  Too precious: Head of a Young Apostle, by Renaissance artist Raphael, has been prevented from leaving the country by the Government Head of a Young Apostle, by the celebrated Italian artist Raphael, has been in Britain for more than 300 years.
• Major Calabasas Retail Center Sold for $50 Million _{2013-04-05, 06:12 am}
  The Courtyard at the Commons retail center in Calabasas was bought by a global asset management firm for $50 million, according to a press release issued by Retail Development Advisors Corp.
• Bill Koch's Bad Trip With Counterfeit Wine Is Cautionary Tale For Collectors _{2013-04-05, 03:48 am}
  ... chef, Daniel Boulud. It was a festive and highly exclusive event, sponsored by Scarsdale, NY-based Zachys Wine Auctions, to promote a sale on the following two days titled, "Over 17,000 Bottles of Greatness." At the dinner, which according to the ...
• Nazi-Looted Art to Return to Heirs of N.Y. Collector _{2013-04-05, 03:03 am}
  Two artworks sold under duress during the Nazi occupation of Germany will be returned to the heirs of New York art collector Michael Berolzheimer, who died in 1942 after escaping from Germany and settling in suburban WestchesterCounty.
• Ron Devlin: Man has high hopes for duck-shaped potato chips _{2013-04-05, 01:33 am}
  James Stauffer with Chippy Quack Quack, a ball of chips resembling a duck the Hershey man hopes to sell online to chip collectors.
• How much would you pay to dine with the world's best chef? _{2013-04-04, 10:37 pm}
  A rare chance to dine with world-famous Spanish restaurateur Ferran Adria has sold at auction for HK$220,500 . Bidding started at HK$40,000 for the meal with Adria, often cited as the planet's most talented and imaginative chef.
• Where the Rich Go To Hide _{2013-04-04, 10:16 pm}
  A massive leak of offshore accounts shows just how much money billionaires try to hide in offshore accounts.
• Stolen checks signed by Wright brothers found after years missing _{2013-04-04, 08:51 pm}
  The Wright brothers are credited with inventing the airplane and making the first controlled flight in the early 1900's. They're also the subject of this week's Crime Beat.