Dog painting may reap big return at auction
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You won&#39;t see any dogs playing poker or chewing slippers in the art for sale next week at Christie&#39;s.
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A series of paintings, by controversial artist Jack Vettriano, are sold at auction for more than Â£1m.
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A painting from Cuba offers a glimpse into the world of art smuggling.
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A three-canvas painting by the figurative artist Francis Bacon is to be auctioned in London next month, where experts estimate it will break the record for the sale of any British or Irish work.
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Art collectors, sensing that the market, may soon reach its peak have consigned hundreds of millions of dollarsÂ worth of works for November sales.
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A rare watercolour painting by sculpture Modigliani sells for Â£423,000 at an auction in London.
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Lovers of Kennedy lore will get a rare  chance at owning some common possessions of late President John  F. Kennedy and his family in an auction of art, furniture and  other effects from their homes.
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Artworks from the formative period of John Constable's career are to go on sale in London.
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Impressionist art still brings out the  big spenders, but a successful auction at Christie's on  Wednesday pulled in $92.5 million and showed that contemporary  art sales are where the action.
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A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was looted by Nazis during World War II reportedly sells for a record $135m.
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A historic painting of a meeting between Indian and British officials during the Raj is sold for a record price.
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Some mutual funds invest in stocks; others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering the chance to own fine art.
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Two of the four paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned car
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MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...
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An Andy Warhol painting that a man tried to consign to Christieâs auction house turned out to be listed as stolen.
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To heiress Paris Hilton, Tinkerbell was worth &#36;5,000. To   value-minded eBay users, a piece of the once-wayward Chihuahua's going   for a not-too-shabby three figures.
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A work by artist Damien Hirst, famed for preserving a shark in formaldehyde, on Thursday became the most expensive by a living artist ever sold at auction, the auctioneers said.