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Great link. Thanks..... now,

Obey — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:20:04 +0000

In reply to I am duely flattered,

Great link. Thanks.

.... now, can we pleeeease off them and eat these people...? ;0)

I am duely flattered,

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:51:04 +0000

In reply to I am absolutely thrilled to

I am duely flattered, destor.

However I must explain why that is about the last thing I'd like to do:

1) I am here avoiding work. Nearly always. There are lots of places I can talk about the art market with people if I want to.

2) All I can see getting out of doing that on a site like this is a lot of "off with their heads, eat the rich" comments of anger and outrage, which would be of zero usefulness or interest to me. And I don't envision just the lack of stimulating input, I can see having to take a lot of abuse and not getting a single positive thing out of doing it,....I even envision stalkers should I not clearly state in each post that I want to see all these people decapitated.

If you yourself really would like to keep up with the general news of the mega$$$ art market, I suggest bypassing the bloggers and go straight to their sources. You really just need to visit these once a month to get pretty well informed:

Art & Auction magazine
http://www.artinfo.com/artandauction/

and

Artnewspaper market section
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/market

Artnet does have a lot but it is scattered and hard to find and way too detailed and not big picture. Those other two will sum up the big news and trends for you.

(For those more interested in Americans and the American antique market, and not the megadollar international market, see Maine Antique Digest: http://maineantiquesdigest.com )

Everyone interested in what I said on this thread might like to take a gander at Art & Auction's cover story from this month:

Why a Chinese Vase is Worth $86 Million.
By Madeleine o'dea
Was it a perfect storm of new money and national pride that drove this piece to amazing heights?

....Conspiracy theorists saw this extraordinary price — paid by a Beijing-based bidder for an unknown client at a provincial English auction house whose previous record was $161,000 — as evidence of market manipulation. But experts in China believe that it was the product of a perfect storm of new money, national pride, and historical cachet. And the strength of these combined forces is likely to increase. Following is a breakdown of the factors contributing to the remarkable valuation of a centuries-old piece of imperial pottery and what this previously unseen sum means for the market.....

I figure that when he's older

Michael Maiello — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:44:10 +0000

In reply to Man, just imagine all of the

I figure that when he's older his birthday parties are going to extend right into that day the same way mine extends right into St. Patty's as I was born on March 16th. But I've just got beer, he'll have bo--

Man, just imagine all of the

Verified Atheist — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:30:54 +0000

In reply to They're both doing

Man, just imagine all of the jokes he would've had to endured if he'd been born one day later…

His Oneth birthday!!!

we are stardust — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:19:13 +0000

In reply to They're both doing

His Oneth birthday!!! Sublime, Destor. Thanks for the almost-update. ;o)

They're both doing

Michael Maiello — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:13:14 +0000

In reply to By the by, Destorito, when

They're both doing fantastic. He turns 1 on April 19th!

I'm not sure irony is the

Flavius — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:53:00 +0000

In reply to Just adding a example to give

I'm not sure irony is the right word - maybe poignancy - that the family seems to be so unlucky.

One of the younger generation was kidnapped and I believe badly mistreated. Then I believe that Edmond's death may have been partly caused by his own security system. Perhaps, prevented help from getting to him when the fire was discovered.

They seem to have been at least reasonable employers. At least the employees were sorry when they sold the bank. With good reason because many were let go. At least that was before the financial follies which may have given them an opportunity to be hired before the rest of the industry was in a panic.

By the by, Destorito, when

we are stardust — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:12:19 +0000

In reply to Hating On Workers

By the by, Destorito, when will you tell us how your squeeze and Littler Destorito are doing?

This kind of think has in the

cmaukonen — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:05:45 +0000

In reply to Good, so I'm not just

This kind of think has in the past resulted in some very nasty consequences. Of course these elite folks think they are immune to the rage of the masses. But then so did some other elites.

I want Double A, not Saatchi!

Michael Maiello — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:05:34 +0000

In reply to Too late:

I want Double A, not Saatchi!