Buyers Focus on Works Worth the Fight

New York Times  June 25, 2009
By SOUREN MELIKIAN

LONDON — The first signs of potential trouble are beginning to appear on the auction scene.

In Christie’s traditional early summer sale of Impressionist and Modern art held on Tuesday, desirable paintings were scarce. A desperate effort to pad the catalog with a sufficiently large number of works led to the inclusion of some mediocrities that never stood much chance to pull through.

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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/arts/25iht-melik25.html?_r=2&ref=arts

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