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Patrick Boyd Carpenter: ' It’s a Proper Old Fashioned Antique Shop.'

Grays Antiques

I also make a good living by buying ‘auctioneers mistakes’. Just between you and me, many auction houses are not the experts they pretend to be! Influenced by Giacometti and the Surrealists, now much of his work is exhibited at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Mis- catalogued items. I buy from the gut.

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“People Realized the Need to Make Connections Along the Whole Spectrum of Art History” - Leon Tovar on Latin American Art

Art Dealers Association of America

And from that period I started to learn to be involved in the arts all my life. When I was young there was an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, and it was one of my first exposures to geometric abstraction and optical art. I came here and learned a lot in the auction houses.

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Insights on Auction Sales: White Jade, Picasso

WorthPoint

An incredible auction wrapped up with Bertoia s Toy Sale, and its a chance to reflect on a bit of history. Some of you might not know, but Bertoias was the very first auction house to join the WorthPoint family. A Picasso Pencil A Picasso pencil drawing sold for $100,650 at Blackwell.

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