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Insights on Auction Sales: R2-D2, GAR Soldiers Photograph

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The sale also included other GAR-related photographs, including an image of an African American soldier printed from the original negative. While it likely wasn’t a Type One photo (a print created from the original negative during the same time period), it still stood out as a desirable collector’s piece. Sold for only $185.15

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Sotheby’s Giacometti Bust

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He worked in two and three dimensions, with sculptures, paintings, and prints all part of his work. Functional output (produced in association with his brother Diego) like furniture regularly fetches figures around $1 million, such as this sculptural table titled “ La Promenade des Amis ,” which sold for $900,000.

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A quartet of key art market players join forces to form ‘super group’ consultancy

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Old models no longer working Gorvy thinks that traditional platforms including auctions and art fairs are no longer functioning like they used to. Dolman notes that the digital revolution, which reduced auction houses to relatively small footprints in terms of staff, printing and marketing costs, hasn’t really benefited profit margins.

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A century of Robert Rauschenberg: Blurring Boundaries, Redefining Art

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Rauschenberg’s integration of the everyday incorporated painting, sculpture, prints, photography, and performance to challenge gestural abstract painting. The everyday items and expressive brushstrokes were replaced with silkscreen printing and layered photos of political figures, astronauts, and commercial symbols.

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Knots, Spirals, and the Symbolic Power of Celtic Art

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Metalwork was at the heart of all things essential to daily life – whether functional or ritual-based. Scottish-American designer Maeve Gillies recently unveiled an innovative, 3D printed platinum and titanium collection, incorporating Celtic patterns and one-of-a-kind Scottish gems.

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Art and Science Collide: The Beauty of Scientific Instruments Through the Ages

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From the intricate designs and beautiful functionality of ancient astrolabes to the ornate craftsmanship of Renaissance telescopes, and the sleek modernism of personal cameras, the evolution of scientific instruments has provided a fascinating meeting point between aesthetic and functional precision through the ages.

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Collecting Antique Maps: Navigating the Cartographic Treasures of the Past

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Once considered prized pieces of art, cartography today holds a more functional and utilitarian place in society. A century earlier, Copernicus printed his groundbreaking book On the Revolutions of the Spheres , but it was Blaeu who first incorporated this revolutionary heliocentric theory into a map of the world.