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Colonial Art Gets More Attention with High Prices and Museum Shows

Colonial Art Gets More Attention with High Prices and Museum Shows

Look at this pair of Casta paintings (see below for info on Castas) that fetched $641,000 at Sotheby's Latin Art Modern & Contemporary Sale! They were estimated at $80,000-120,000, which was very modest but to reach this level is really remarkable. 

Impressive Price at Auction for Portrait by Greuze

Impressive Price at Auction for Portrait by Greuze

This portrait of a man by Jean-Baptiste Greuze fetched 620,000 Euro at auction this week - what an incredible price for a work by this French romantic painter of the 18th century. The auction house Rieunier & Associes in Paris put an estimate of 120,000 - 150,000 Euro.