LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), long established as a champion of California artists and designers, has announced details of its October 11, 2015 Modern Art & Design Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Roland Auctions NY will conduct a Fifth Anniversary Estates Auction on Saturday, Oct. 10, commencing at 10 a.m. Eastern. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – On Monday, October 12, Willis Henry Auctions will hold their much-anticipated 35th Shaker Auction on the grounds of Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
ALLENDALE, N.J. – Leighton Galleries will sell a single-owner collection of approximately 500 antique dolls – 300-plus lots – on Thursday, Oct. 15. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.
LONDON — Is the art market sufficiently regulated? It is a question that crops up with increasing frequency as prices rise to unprecedented levels and as reports of unethical business practices leak into mainstream media. Some commentators argue that fraud, money-laundering, insider-trading and a generalized lack of transparency are becoming endemic in the art market.