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Removing French trade barriers still leaves London auction houses with upper hand
Five years ago, France finally allowed outsiders to hold auctions in the country by ending the 400-year-old monopoly of state-appointed auctioneers
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Fritz the Cat comic drawings hot on the art market, but highly rare
Robert Crumb, the creator, is now a cult figure in the contemporary art market
Pre-Colombianarchive
Respected Pre-Colombian art dealers indicted over fraud
The Merrin brothers are accused of defrauding clients out of millions of dollars
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Auction sales of art shrank again in 2003
Figures show between 1.2% and 17% decline in turnover
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The photography market has been going strong in the past few years, and these October sales may mark the return of steady growth in the field
Eggleston peddles to a new record
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Disappointing sales for sothebys.com
Only a quarter of the lots are selling, mostly at prices under $5000
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Chirac’s Musée de l’Homme raises prices for primitive art
Fetish figures, tribal shields and masks command attention