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...Minor Attractions groups 20 galleries across two locations in Soho and London Bridge during Frieze week (October 10-15)....
...In 2013, a sculptural shoulder-to-navel silver necklace by Calder sold at Sotheby’s for $2mn....
...With every work guaranteed to sell, either by the auction house or third parties, and rumours they are covered for a higher amount, Sotheby’s will be hoping for even more....
...Diego Maradona’s shirt from the “Hand of God” match against England at the 1986 Fifa World Cup is going on auction at Sotheby’s....
...He has had just one win in a minor case concerning a small number of ballots....
...But as the owner of Sotheby’s, Drahi is no stranger to a bidding war....
...We are experiencing a minor downturn, but I’m not too worried, cycles come and go.”...
...There’s no way [for Sotheby’s] to win.”...
...a photo, hold it down for video or swipe again for a “boomerang”, which can make the image look like a gif, in which the picture references its own colour palette in order to emphasise or exaggerate a minor...
...Museums are holding special shows, from Performing for the Camera at Tate Modern to Paul Strand at the V&A, while many commercial art galleries have put on photography: for instance, Shigeo Anzaï at White...
...Social media now sends almost as much traffic to news sites as Google — 36 per cent v 41 per cent. Traffic diversion on this scale poses a dilemma for publishers....
...He reportedly outbid three kings for it, including Britain’s King George V – today it remains the only rare stamp not in the Queen’s collection....
...(Financial Times) Sotheby’s has attacked Daniel Loeb’s record as a director of public companies, as it stepped up its defence against the activist investor’s attempt to force his way on to its board of...
...True: around 35,500 v 33,500 for each MP elected in 2010. But misleading, since tactical voting means that many Labour supporters in hopeless seats have until now voted Liberal Democrat....
...The anti-tax message in that 1992 decision, Quill v North Dakota, is not as clear-cut as Amazon’s friends let on....
...In keeping with the nameless spirit of their movement and to guard against lawsuits, they picked a uniform disguise – Guy Fawkes masks like those used in the movie V for Vendetta....
...Oracle’s best approach now is full co-operation with Brussels to resolve what both say is a minor issue. Then a deal that both also agree is, overall, pro-competitive can proceed....
...Joanna Hardy, director of jewellery for Sotheby’s in the UK, says some pieces will never get into the hands of this sort of secondary market....
...It seems that all those well-worn copies of Rocky V and Sleepless in Seattle are gumming up the works. Netflix customers watch roughly 8m DVDs a week....
...The rest struggled: South Africa’s biggest name was a minor-league pitcher with Wichita. Italy’s star was a 37-year-old American with a Sicilian grandfather....
...At Sotheby’s minor picture sales at Olympia, and Christie’s in South Kensington, hundreds of historical portraits regularly pass under the hammer for between £1,000 and £2,000....
...I’ve switched to Vonage for my VoIP calls, using its V-phone that runs off a plug-and-play USB memory stick. But the number of Skype users has grown....
...picture dealers but from June 14 Koopman Rare Art, the London silver dealer, is holding a loan exhibition of the work of Rundell Bridge, Royal Goldsmiths from 1797 to 1843, with loans from the Queen and the V&...
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