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☆ Millionaires are leaving Hong Kong, but its art scene is booming
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Narration: Home to a host of financial institutions, Hong Kong is one of the world's wealthiest cities. The Hong Kong Art Gallery Association recorded a 27% increase in member galleries between 2021 and 2023. Nicolas Chow: Chinese art and ancient Chinese art is really at the genesis of Sotheby's Hong Kong when we came here. Angelle Siyang-Le: We firmly believe that Hong Kong is the best place to do art business in Asia, Hong Kong is a natural melting. Emily Tan: That's all from Hong Kong – join us next time in a new city as we explore 'The Art of Appreciation.'

Persons: –, Nicolas Chow, Emily Tan, we've, they've, It's, Emperor Chen, Chen, it's, I'm, who'll, she's, Mak2, Allison Cheung, Angelle, Hong Kong, they're, Emily, Hong Kong – Organizations: Hong, Hong Kong Art Gallery, Asia, Art, Basel, Art Basel Locations: Hong Kong, Asia, Art Basel, Sarthe, Hong Kong's, Swiss, Basel, Miami, Paris, Hong, US, Australia, Switzerland, France, Southeast Asia, Korea, Mak2, Sims

☆ How to buy your first luxury watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Learn the lingoJust like buying a car, there are some technical terms prospective watch buyers can benefit from knowing. Parts of the watchCrown: Small knob found on the side of the watch used to change the date and time. Automatic movement: A mechanical watch that does not need a battery to move, it relies on movement from the wearer to wind. Buy a watch for the right reasons and consider what you need from itDon’t get sucked into hype around a watch. See if the designer made any othersWhile on the lookout for a watch to wear to his wedding, Pang saw a six-figure Audemars Piguet watch.

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☆ What’s in a Name? For This Rembrandt, a Steep and Rapid Rise in Price.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Colin Moynihan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The dramatic change in value came about only because some experts decided the painting was by Rembrandt. Reattributed to da Vinci, it sold in 2013 for $83 million and then again for $127.5 million. “Adoration,” thought to have been painted around 1628, has at various times in its 400-year life been viewed as a work by Rembrandt. Three years later, it was offered for sale by Sotheby’s as a Rembrandt but went unsold. In 1985, the painting came back on the market, at Christies, and this time it was sold — but only as a work from the “circle” of Rembrandt.

Persons: Rembrandt, Philip IV, Salvator Mundi, Christ, Leonardo da, Reattributed, da, ”, Sotheby’s, Kurt Bauch Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christie’s Locations: da Vinci, Christies

And I think he’s right there with Reagan as far as his track record, what he did overall throughout his presidency. I think it really does set her up well as you do move on into some other states. nick corasanitiSo New Hampshire has a long history of really just going against Iowa, right? Those independents is where the question of the final results really, really come in. They were economic voters, taxation voters, pro-gun voters, not any of those kind of evangelical issues that we heard in Iowa.

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☆ Shakespeare's portrait sent to edge of space to mark 400 years of 'First Folio'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

William Shakespeare's First Folio on display at Christies in London, April 24, 2023. Shakespeare's First Folio was compiled by his friends and published on Nov. 8, 1623, seven years after his death. Some 750 copies are believed to have been printed, containing 36 of the 37 plays Shakespeare wrote, arranged for the first time as comedies, tragedies and histories. "A tiny copy of the speech we used, which is 'The Lovers and Madmen' speech from 'Midsummer Night's Dream', (was) inserted into the portrait," Jewers told Reuters. "The Stranger's Case" features a speech Shakespeare contributed to an unperformed play alongside footage of refugees at sea.

Persons: William Shakespeare's, Anna Gordon, William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Jack Jewers, Tom Baker, Jewers, Will Tosh, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Shakespeare's Globe, Thomson Locations: London, Ukraine

☆ The Business of Being Chris Christie
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Nick Corasaniti | Alexandra Berzon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And in 2018, the Christies bought a multimillion-dollar shorefront home in Bay Head, one of the more exclusive towns on the Jersey Shore. The business of being Chris Christie has received only sporadic attention since he left public office. Mr. Christie has made millions from interests wanting to leverage his political ties, including pharmaceutical, medical and sports betting companies, like DraftKings — whose hiring of Mr. Christie has not been previously reported. Some had business with the state when Mr. Christie was governor, and saw him as a reliable advocate for their bottom line, while others were interested in tapping into his close association with Mr. Trump and the Trump administration. Christie 55 Solutions earned roughly $1.3 million in federal lobbying fees from April 2020 to April 2021, according to federal records.

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☆ Hawthorne’s Marked-Up Proofs for the ‘Scarlet Letter’ Could Fetch $600,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Kelly Crow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones Organizations: bruce Locations: hawthorne

☆ Rare outing for six Shakespeare’s First Folio copies in London
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - Six highly rare first edition collections of William Shakespeare’s plays will go on show in London next week in what auction house Christie's says will be the largest display of the works in Britain. The exhibition, which marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio in 1623, runs in Christie's London showroom from May 2 until May 26. [1/6] William Shakespeare's First Folio on display at Christies in London, April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Gordon 1 2 3 4 5"We don't know exactly how many copies were published, but the most likely guesstimate is 750 copies, and 235 copies survive in some form. "It's the only time that the public can see six copies of the First Folio together exhibited," Ford said.

☆ This LA mansion is staring down an April 1 deadline before the seller loses millions
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Ray Parisi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

EstateLuxShootTrying to unload an expensive mansion in the midst of a banking crisis with the LA real estate market softening and uncertainty looming large isn't exactly great timing. Feinberg, like all luxury mansion sellers in LA, is also contending with the new mansion tax approved by voters in November. Yann IppolitoFor homes priced between $5 million and $10 million, sellers will have to pay the city 4% of the total sale price. According to his calculations, all of those sellers combined would have racked up a mansion tax bill of almost $131 million. "When New York implemented the mansion tax in 2019, there was a surge in closings just short of the July 1 start date and a void of sales in the following months," he said.

☆ Billionaires like Elon Musk want to save civilization by having tons of genetically superior kids. Inside the movement to take 'control of human evolution.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

"We are the Underground Railroad of 'Gattaca' babies and people who want to do genetic stuff with their kids," Malcolm told me. Ellison, meanwhile, who has two children in their 30s, has reportedly resumed having kids — with his 31-year-old girlfriend. "The person of this subculture really sees the pathway to immortality as being through having children," Simone said. The person of this subculture really sees the pathway to immortality as being through having children. Before she met Malcolm, Simone was convinced she wanted to live her life single and child-free.

☆ ArtGee and SuperRare collaboration presents inspiring new opportunities for digital art investors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Artgee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

ArtGee have partnered with the crypto art marketplace SuperRare to launch their own virtual gallery. One such player operating in this growing NFT art space is ArtGee, which was founded jointly by people with expertise in blockchain currency, crypto art, and conventional fine art. One of SuperRare's main contributions to the crypto art market's development is through this quality control and its encouragement of art curation. It will examine the randomness found in blockchain technology, crypto art, and everyday life. The crypto art market is faced with many challenges, leaving many buyers to opt for a "wait and see" mentality, said Che; but NFT art also boasts an abundance of opportunities.

☆ Două creații ale lui Brâncuși au ajuns în top 10 cele mai scumpe sculpturi vândute la licitație (FOTO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-04 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

„La jeune fille sophistiquée” a fost achiziționată în 1955 direct de la sculptor și a făcut parte dintr-o colecție privată până în 2018, când a fost vândută cu 71,2 milioane de dolari la o licitație organizată în New York de Casa Christie’s. Cealaltă sculptură Brâncuși prezentă în Top 10 este „La muse endormie”, realizată în 1913 și vândută cu 57,4 milioane de dolari în 2017, tot la o licitație Christie’s în New York. Creația face parte dintr-o serie de sculpturi „Muza adormită” care se află astăzi în colecțiile unor muzee prestigioase, precum Muzeul Metropolitan de Artă din New York, Art Institute din Chicago sau Musée National d’Art Moderne din Paris. Una dintre „muze” a fost cea care a trezit interesul Americii pentru arta lui Brâncuși, după ce a fost prezentată, în 1913, la Armory Show din New York, în cadrul unei expoziții în care artiștii europeni făceau cunoștință cu iubitorii de artă americani. Cohen a cumpărat „The Rabbit” în 2019, la o licitație a Casei Christie’s, miliardarul fiind atunci reprezentat de Robert Mnuchin, tatăl lui Steven Mnuchin, Secretarul Trezoreriei americane în administrația Trump, scrie Forbes.ro.

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