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Voices of the Old Masters Sales

July 6, 2009 by Marion Maneker

Scott Reyburn previews the Old Master sales that take place on Tuesday and Wednesday on Bloomberg with some comments from dealers and specialists:

  • “A collapse in the market for contemporary art always results in a bounce-back for Old Masters,” Savile Row-based dealer Charles Beddington, one of Master Painting Week’s debut participants, said in an interview. “Some people are starting to look again at buying a more solid kind of art.”
  • “There are more buyers than there were 10 years ago for fantastic things from all periods,” Paul Raison, Christie’s London-based head of the Old Masters & 19th century art department, said in an interview. “Seeing an Ingres drawing in the catalog looks shocking at first, but after a while it makes absolute sense.”
  • “There are very few good pictures around,” Jean-Luc Baroni, a London-based Old Master dealer, said in an interview. “It’s nobody’s fault. The auction houses can’t give guarantees, and it’s hard for them at the moment.”

Johnson & Johnson Heiress Paintings Top $136.3 Million Art Sale (Bloomberg)

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