News and updates from around the arts and auction community:
- As the World Series heads for its exciting conclusion, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is also winding down its popular exhibit “The Old Ball Game: New York Baseball, 1887-1977.” New Yorkers have two more weeks to view rare memorabilia from their home teams. [Read more from The Met]
- The earliest surviving Nikon production camera is being auctioned in Germany. It’s a Nikon One, made in 1948, and bidding starts around $100K. [Read more from Popular Photography]
- Everything is for sale eventually, so it seems — even the lilac silk knickers Eva Braun wore to impress her German dictator boyfriend. “There’s a market for this sort of thing,” said the British auctioneer who’ll be selling them on Thursday. [Read more from the Daily Mail]
- A French electrician employed by Pablo and Jacqueline Picasso has changed his story and says he “lied” when he said the artist and his wife had given him 271 artworks in a cardboard box. Picasso’s heirs aren’t buying either the old or new story, and the judge presiding over the current court case is expected to render a verdict on Dec. 16. [Read more from the Art Newspaper]
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