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Stellar results for Christie's mask deep fault lines in market

iht.com     yesterday   5 related          

While that rarity explains the price, it also points to the precarious plight of the Impressionist and Modern art market. Christie's pulled off a fantastic coup when it sold for £13.28 million a Degas pastel of two ballet...                

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Do you keep a business journal?

homebusinessblogs.com     yesterday          

submit_url = 'http://www.homebusinessblogs.com/archives/392/do-you-keep-a-business-journal/';I was listening to a network marketing expert the other day who was discussing why he takes notes in a journal. In this interview he...                

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Investors, Beware the Lure of a Bubble (Common Sense)

smartmoney.com     yesterday   1 related          

Investors, Beware the Lure of a Bubble By James B. Stewart |James B. Stewart Archive |Published: July 24, 2008 Active Discussions on SmartMoney AT THIS SPRING'S auctions of contemporary art, a portrait by Lucian Freud sold for...                

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Blather meets Fred Einaudi

blather.net     yesterday          

Posted by damien Blather.net sat down with mercurial artist Fred Einaudi to get the skinny on his provocative and apocalyptic art, the finer points of using oil on canvas and a plan to annihilate loud motorbike drivers....                

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And there's always music in the air

disillusionedlefty.blogspot.com     yesterday          

I landed in Paris yesterday evening, but last week I went to the Tate Modern and saw, amongst others, this piece by Francis Bacon. Though I am at last making an effort, as far as art is concerned my frame of reference is...                

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Confirmatory Bias and Oil Investing - Part Three

istockanalyst.com     Jul 23, 2008   1 related          

I recently came across a post on the Victor Niederhoffer Blog about the concept of Confirmatory Bias. And though there be a greater number and weight of instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects and...                

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Maverick artist Lee Miller returns in force

guardian.co.uk     Jul 23, 2008          

She was an artist, surrealist muse, gourmet cook, Vogue fashion model and war photographer - the life of the late Lee Miller continues to provide inspiration. Following a major exhibition of her photographs at the V&A Museum...                

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Victor Chandler: The gentleman book-keeper for Bohemia

moneyweek.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Victor Chandler made his name as “a gentleman book-keeper”: renowned for “the virtually forgotten practice of accepting any size of bet”, says The Observer. But while Chandler keeps the bespoke service ticking over, the meat of...                

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Nihilism, villains, criminals, The Dark Knight.

filmchatblog.blogspot.com     Jul 22, 2008   792 related          

Many people have commented on the nihilism in The Dark Knight -- note that I do not say the nihilism of The Dark Knight -- but very few of them have literally written the book on nihilism in popular culture, as Thomas Hibbs...                

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Bill Maher Takes On God

playboy.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Bill Maher’s rant in the July issue, Religion 101, brought a lot of both angry and complimentary mail. We’ll publish as many as we can in the October issue but here’s a sample of the overflow:“Maher does a great job describing...                

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