04/18/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Auctions.

• Works by artist Basquiat to appear at NYC exhibit _{2013-04-18, 03:25 pm}
  This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows "Love Dub for A," by Brooklyn-born artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who was was 27 when he died in 1988.
• Works by artist Basquiat to appear at NYC exhibit _{2013-04-18, 01:16 pm}
  More than 30 works by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will appear at a New York City exhibit before a private sale.
• Nizam of Hyderabad's 'Princie' Pink Diamond sells for nearly $40 million _{2013-04-18, 11:23 am}
  Diamonds are a woman's best friend, but they also are highly cherished item amongst jewelry collectors, as we noticed recently.
• Rare blue diamond found in S Africa _{2013-04-18, 11:09 am}
  The 25.5-carat stone was recovered by Petra Diamonds at its Cullinan mine and is expected to bring large profits.
• Rotarians' first peek at birdy _{2013-04-18, 09:40 am}
  SIGNIFICANT DONATION: Dr Rob Sharp, right, with Rotary members Phil Penman, Helen Tickle and Narelle Langfield.
• Bay Psalm Book: First Book Ever Printed in US to be Sold in Sotheby's Auction _{2013-04-18, 06:18 am}
  The first book ever to be printed in the US could fetch up to $30m when it is sold at auction later this year for the first time since 1947.
• World's most EXPENSIVE jewels sold at auctions _{2013-04-18, 04:40 am}
  An extraordinary 34-carat 'Princie' diamond from the mines of Golconda in South India, once owned by the world's richest man - the last Nizam of Hyderabad - fetched a whopping $39 million at an auction.
• Whose $40 Million Diamond Is It? _{2013-04-18, 03:45 am}
  The beautiful pink 'Princie' diamond just fetched a record haul at Christie's. The only problem: a squabbling clan of Italians who claim the gem is theirs.
• Tuned in _{2013-04-18, 01:34 am}
  Jamie Bernstein was hoping for harmony. It was 2000, and the concert narrator and broadcaster, who's the daughter of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, had just separated from her husband and was looking for an apartment.
• 74-Carat Diamond Sells For A Record $14.1 Million _{2013-04-18, 01:32 am}
  A 74.79-carat, pear-shaped diamond fetched more than $14.1 million at Sotheby' s Magnificent Jewels sale Wednesday, setting an auction record for any white diamond sold in the Americas.
• Art detectives trace Nazi confiscations _{2013-04-17, 12:02 pm}
  They've been hot on the trail of works by Dix, Kollwitz and Marc. For years, experts and students have been solving the mysteries behind artworks confiscated by the Nazis and have created a one-of-a-kind database.
• Petra Diamonds announces recovery of a 25.5 carat blue diamond at Cullinan mine in South Africa_{2013-04-18, 12:32 am}
  Petra Diamonds Limited announces the recovery of a 25.5 carat blue diamond at the Cullinan mine in South Africa.
• Roy Carroll to appear on 'Katie' talk show today _{2013-04-18, 12:10 am}
  Curious about how a piece of abstract art originally purchased for $9.99 at an Oak Ridge Goodwill store ended up hanging in the lobby of the Center Pointe high-rise tower in downtown Greensboro? Then tune in to Fox 8 at 11 a.m. today to hear Greensboro developer Roy Carroll discuss the story with Katie Couric on her eponymous talk show.
• Petra Recovers 26-Ct. Blue Diamond at Cullinan _{2013-04-17, 11:12 pm}
  Petra Diamonds recovered a high-quality top color 25.50-carat blue diamond from its Cullinan mine in South Africa.
• Market Report: Oils slide as Tullow team draws a blank _{2013-04-17, 11:07 pm}
  Laura Chesters is digital, consumer and luxury goods reporter at The London Evening Standard, i, The Independent and The Independent on Sunday.
• Letter Facilitating Zionism to Be Sold at Auction _{2013-04-17, 03:11 pm}
  A letter written in prison by Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish officer in the French army who was falsely accused of high treason, is to be sold at auction in Paris.
• Weatherly International, Petra Diamonds, Ormonde Mining news briefs _{2013-04-17, 11:58 am}
  Weatherly International announced its March quarterly production figures. Third quarter production from Central Operations was 67,833 tonnes of ore containing 4,948t of copper concentrate, for copper production of 1,142t of copper metal, a decrease in production over the previous quarter due to a series of one-off events at the underground ... (more)
• Letter sent by Alfred Dreyfus after false conviction for treason set for auction in Paris _{2013-04-17, 01:08 pm}
  A letter written in prison by Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army captain whose dismissal more than a century ago on trumped-up charges of spying triggered a protracted national crisis in France, is to be sold at auction in Paris.
• Agents Descend on a New YorkGallery, Charging Its Owner _{2013-04-17, 12:41 pm}
  ... But for those who trade in multimillion-dollar paintings, they have long been a major presence at the premier auctions held every spring and fall at Sotheby's and Christie's, where they often descend, wives and children included, and have been known ...
• Rare Indian Princie Diamond sold for $39m at NYC auction _{2013-04-17, 11:45 am}
  London, Apr 17 : One of the largest pink diamonds in the world has fetched more than 39.3 million dollars at an auction in New York.