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Drouot

A Letter by Van Gogh Discussing His Trips to Brothels Sold for $237,000

The letter was written while van Gogh and Gaugin were working in Arles in 1888, where they apparently made a number of trips to the local brothels together.
By Helen Holmes
A porter holds up the manuscript of Marcel Proust's questionaire, 27 May 2003 put up for sale in Paris by Beaussant-Lefevre auction house at Drouot hotel in Paris. The manuscript from 1884-1887, conceived by Proust at 14, was sold 120.227 Euro, four time its estimate price, to French designer Gerard Darel.

French Court Jails Auction House Thieves, Museum of Arts and Design Names Director

Members of an art handling union caught stealing from French auction house Drouot have been sentenced to jail time, and their union has been dissolved.
By Alanna Martinez
Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci.

These Famous Artists Loved the ‘World’s Ugliest Color,’ Long-lost Gauguin Found

Pantone 448C, also known as “opaque couché,” has been dubbed the “World’s Ugliest Color.”
By Alanna Martinez
Tenzing Asian Art (San Francisco, CA) Pagpa Chenrezig (Padmapani-Lokeshvara) Tibet (Newar School) Circa 13th Century.

Looted Asia Week Antiquities Seized, French Auction Porters Go on Trial—and More

By Alanna Martinez
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