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...Later editions promised to reveal how he had dispatched the “coward” John Christie, serial killer of 10 Rillington Place, west London, as well as Ruth Ellis and the Beasts of Belsen....
...Participants include Christie’s, Sotheby’s, The Met and Brooklyn Museum....
...She joins from Kirkland & Ellis. Clifford Chance has hired Jill Concannon Christie as a US securities and high yield partner, based in London. She joins from White & Case....
...gothic” desk with gunmetal mounts (£280,000) was designed by the architect Ippolit Monighetti (1819-78) and, as its label reveals, was a gift from the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich to Lt Col Arthur Ellis...
...Still haunted by the death at age 11 of Judith’s twin brother Hamnet (Sam Ellis, in flashbacks), he tries to ease his grief by planting a memorial garden....
....” — David Higgins, partner at Kirkland & Ellis....
...But the artwork, “Le Marin”, estimated to sell for roughly $70m at Christie’s, was damaged in its final preparations for the auction and pulled at the last minute....
...Last week, Christie’s sold Zao Wou-Ki’s “29.01.64” (1964) for HK$178m (HK$202.6m with fees; $26.1m), the highest price for an oil painting by an Asian artist....
...William Matthew left Christie’s in 2008. I gave him a job, which he has now made into a business....
...“It’s about availability and affordability — and the proximity to Christie’s [auctioneers],” he said. Cork Street, traditionally the heart of the capital’s art world, is undergoing redevelopment....
...Not to be outdone, Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, would even deny access to “three-year-old orphans” of whatever religious background....
...However, things soured and now Simchowitz and a Dublin gallery, Ellis King — as first reported by Artnews — have taken Mahama to court in the US, alleging breach of contract....
...His advisers, who include Richard Ellis, ex-head of Scotland Yard’s Art and Antiques Squad, believe this should be overruled by EU regulations, which do not allow title to pass on stolen works....
...David Ellis, partner at KPMG, says that part of the rise may be the growing distance from the financial crisis and the improving economy....
...“I am convinced there are more out there,” says Ellis....
...Now in its third year, Christie’s editions event, Multiplied, continues to offer a smorgasbord encompassing prints, photographs, sculpture and jewellery by big names and unknowns alike....
...Completed in 2008 by architect Ellis Nunn on a 2.5 acre plot, it also has a spa and ski locker room....
...As auction houses all jostle to cash in on the festival spirit, Christie’s is launching an initiative entitled Multiplied (October 15-18; www.multipliedartfair.com) at its South Kensington saleroom....
...“The other day I bought a little 1962 Ellsworth Kelly at the Christie’s auction, but that’s it. It was a funny thing for me to buy, too.” Why? I ask. “It’s just a white square with a yellow curve....
...Christie’s example is a bit weaker and less colourful, and is estimated at £5m-£7m. It last sold in 2005, when it made £2.7m....
...“Absolutely not,” says Ellis. There are plenty of other projects in the pipeline. One is to organise exhibitions of paintings from regional museums at Christie’s....
...“A lot of white people will never vote for a black man, and they tend to be older voters,” says Christie Samoville....
...But HFS chief economist Martin Ellis says they no longer have sufficient funds....
..., who is offering photographs by Lord Snowdon, priced around £2,000; Jonathan Poole, with a good spread of Marilyn Monroe portraits by Milton Greene, Bert Stern and others, valued at about £1,000; Will Ellis...
...“There is confidentiality for anyone looking at the home,” says Joshua Saslove of Joshua & Co, the Christie’s Great Estates affiliate agency handling the sale....
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