“In another sign that the smart money set is selling art this auction season, investment banker Herb Allen said his family is planning to auction off a Claude Monet painting of a water lily pond for between $30 million and $50 million next month in New York.”
Tag: 10.10.12
German Customs Officials Seize Second Old Master Violin
“On Sept. 28, German violinist Yuki Manuela Janke, concertmaster at the Staatskapelle Dresden, was carrying a 1736 Stradivarius when she flew in to Frankfurt Airport, and customs officers seized it,” demanding €1.18 million in duty. The instrument was ultimately released, reportedly on the direct order of Germany’s finance minister.