Christie’s Latest Stories 9/7/18

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  • POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART
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  ‘Truth comes when one is totally involved in the act of painting’ — Red Square(1959) by Helen Frankenthaler
  Offered to benefit a new scholarship initiative from Bennington College, this work distils the unique form of abstraction for which the artist would become famous
  
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  • POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART
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  • ARTISTS
  A portrait of Francis Bacon as a young man
  A group of rugs and paintings from 1929-30 — seminal years that saw the artist steer a course from design to painting
  
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  • POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART
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  • ARTISTS
  George Condo — the latest hero of American painting
  A guide to the artist who came of age alongside Basquiat and Haring, and whose sometimes shocking work is more coveted by collectors than ever before
  
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  • POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART
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  10 things to know about Alighiero Boetti
  The colourful life and times of the Italian conceptualist, featuring standout works from his Arte Povera days, as well as his ‘Arazzi’, ‘Mappe’ and ‘Tutto’ series
  
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  • POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART
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  Seen for the first time in 30 years: Gerhard Richter’s Schädel ( Skull)
  Last exhibited in January 1988, a masterpiece that stems from the height of Richter’s photo-painting practice
  
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  • POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART
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  • ARTISTS
  ‘All the pulsations of a person’: Bacon’s Figure in Movement
  Held for 41 years in the collection of Magnus Konow and offered in London on 4 October, this 1972 painting is a poignant meditation on the human condition
  
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  • HANDBAGS & ACCESSORIES
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  • AUCTION PREVIEW
  Virtual tour: What Goes Around Comes Around
  25th Anniversary Sale
  Discover a curated vintage trove from decades of collecting and one-of-a-kind items by Hermès and Chanel to be offered in the What Goes Around Comes Around 25th Anniversary Auc...
  
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  • ARCHITECTURE
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  • LUXURY LIVING
  Luxury Living: Homes with vineyards
  From the rolling hills of Chianti to the valleys of Oregon and California, 5 delectable homes for house-hunters with grape expectations
  
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  • IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART
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  • COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS
  An American Place: The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection comes to Christie’s
  The greatest privately owned collection of American Modernist art ever to come to market, featuring O’Keeffe, Hopper, Sheeler, de Kooning, Pollock and more
  
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  • WATCHES
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  • COLLECTING GUIDE
  Collecting guide: A. Lange & Söhne watches
  An introduction to one of the key names in German watchmaking — illustrated with lots offered online at Christie’s in September
  
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  • OLD MASTERS
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  • COLLECTING GUIDE
  Artist guides
  A series of guides to the some of the most important artists we offer at auction
  
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  • HANDBAGS & ACCESSORIES
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  • COLLECTING GUIDE
  7 hot trends in handbags
  From Micro Minis to handbags in bright colours and limited editions — including some highly desirable pieces in our 18 September auction in New York
  
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  • ASIAN ART
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  • INTERVIEW
  Akbar Padamsee: ‘Art for me is to express the invisible’
  At 90 years of age — and ahead of three of his works being offered in New York — one of the great figures of Indian post-war art reflects on his long career
  
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  • IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART
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  • AUCTION PREVIEW
  5 minutes with… Giacometti’s Figurine de Londres I
  Modelled by Alberto, cast by Diego and owned by Bruno, this ’intimate and personal’ bronze was a family affair
  
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  • ASIAN ART
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  • VIDEO
  5 minutes with... A 3,000-year-old bronze gui
  Offered on 13 September, this bronze vessel is one of only 15 four-legged examples known to our specialist, and once belonged to the emperor Qianlong
  
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  • JEWELLERY
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  • COLLECTING GUIDE
  Collecting guide: Cultured and natural pearls
  Christie’s specialists Angelina Chen and David Warren on the gems that have captivated both Eastern and Western collectors for centuries
  
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  • ASIAN ART
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  Who was Su Shi, and why is he so revered within Chinese culture?
  Art critic Alastair Sooke and Christie’s specialist Sophia Zhou discuss the life and times of this giant of Chinese culture
  
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  • ASIAN ART
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  Su Shi’s Wood and Rock— one of the most important Chinese artworks ever offered at auction
  A 1,000-year-old ink-on-paper scroll by revered Chinese artist Su Shi leads Christie’s November auction season in Hong Kong
  
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  • HANDBAGS & ACCESSORIES
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  • AUCTION PREVIEW
  Meet the men behind What Goes Around Comes Around
  At the close of New York Fashion Week, Christie’s will be mounting a sale of some of Seth Weisser and Gerard Mainone’s favourite vintage luxury accessories
  
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  • COLLECTING GUIDE
  Handbags — The insider’s guide to protecting your investment
  Everything you need to know about how to invest in and properly maintain your arm candy, illustrated with pieces offered in New York on 18 September
  
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  • ASIAN ART
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  • COLLECTING GUIDE
  Collecting Guide: 7 things to know about Chinese traditional painting
  Specialist Elizabeth Hammer on why age-old themes, materials and techniques continue to flourish among artists and collectors
  
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  • FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS
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  Studio visit: Michael S. Smith
  The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York
  
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  • FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS
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  • INTERVIEW
  The tastemaker: Martin Brudnizki
  The world-renowned interior designer selects favourite objects from our forthcoming Interiorssale in London on 13 September
  
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  • ASIAN ART
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  5 minutes with… Two limestone Tang-dynasty bodhisattvas
  Chinese Works of Art specialist Olivia Hamilton reckons these two superb sculptures — around 1,300 years old — are among ‘the finest I've seen come up for sale‘
  
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  • COLLECTIONS
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  Journey to the new: Property from The Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
  In November Christie’s will offer almost 200 works from the California couple’s stellar collection, by artists such as Hockney, Lichtenstein, Calder and more
  
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  • ASIAN ART
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  • VIDEO
  Studio visit: Ma Xinle
  The Chinese artist, whose painting The Nine Galloping Horses was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II, reveals how he absorbs influences from both East and West
  
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  • PHOTOGRAPHS & PRINTS
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  • COLLECTING GUIDE
  Collecting Guide: 11 key things to know about Prints & Multiples
  From woodcuts to lithographs and originals vs editions. Illustrated with works offered at Christie’s in September
  
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  • POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART
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  • AUCTION PREVIEW
  Big names at surprising prices
  Accessibly priced works by Yayoi Kusama, Helen Frankenthaler, Jean Dubuffet, Wolfgang Tillmans and Lucio Fontana, offered in our First Open Onlinesale
  
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  • ARCHITECTURE
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  • LUXURY LIVING
  Luxury Living: Homes for golfers
  Five exclusive homes with access to world-class courses, whether you want to tee off in Hawaii, Montana or the Algarve
  
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WELL, when I saw the link on Collecting guide: Cultured and natural pearls, of course I just HAD to take a look and then spied this lovely piece HEADING THE ARTICLE, NO LESS!!:

"1. Pearls don’t have to be pricey

Coveted by both Eastern and Western collectors for centuries, pearls have historically adorned some of the world’s most extravagant monarchs and society figures. Famous wearers of pearl jewellery include King Henry VIII, Coco Chanel, who wore cultured pearls, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor — whose natural 16th-century pearl La Peregrina (below) set two world auction records when it sold for $11,842,500 at Christie’s in 2011."
(If THAT'S not pricey, someone PLEASE tell me what IS????)

SO, talk about a "CHOKER"......................Albeit absolutely STUNNING!!!!!!.......and I'd be afraid to have it in the house OR bank vault!!!!