New Art Book
New York Times bestselling authors Les and Sue Fox at the moment are doing research on "The Art Hunters Handbook" to be published in Might, 2012. This thrilling ebook will characteristic tales of people who found invaluable work at storage sales and flea markets (like "Ripening Pears" by Joseph Decker, above, bought for $5 and offered for $1,000,000!) It should additionally showcase paintings by 120 American, European and Latin American artists whose public sale information might surprise you, with many references to AskArt.com, the world's most popular artwork website. This book might be accessible on Amazon.com as well as in bookstores and different locations. Please contact us for additional data, and watch this website for updates.
Did you know that famous Las Vegas on line casino proprietor and billionaire Steve Wynn is a critical artwork collector? A number of years in the past, Steve had a little bit accident involving his masterpiece "La Reve" painted by Picasso in 1932. Unfortunately, as a consequence of his dangerous peripheral imaginative and prescient Steve did not realize how shut he was standing to the painting whereas waving his arms and raving about it to a gaggle of buddies, including Barbara Walters. Out of the blue, his elbow pierced the canvas, leaving a small (perhaps 6") gap within the previously good portray which had been purchased at Christies for around $50 million. Wynn was scheduled to sell the portray to a different billionaire (for $139 million), but even after the small tear in the canvas was expertly repaired, and couldn't be detected by the naked eye, the deal never happened. Click on the top photo to the left to see a video of Steve telling the story. "The Art Hunters Handbook" will embrace many fascinating stories of movie star artwork collectors and fabulous finds.