首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
All art booms are different. The previous one ended in 1989, when Japanese buyers withdrew from the Impressionist market. Intere
All art booms are different. The previous one ended in 1989, when Japanese buyers withdrew from the Impressionist market. Intere
admin
2013-03-27
68
问题
All art booms are different. The previous one ended in 1989, when Japanese buyers withdrew from the Impressionist market. Interest rates rose in the slump that followed; there were plenty of sellers but no buyers. Today the reverse is true. Buyers are looking to diversify into alternative assets. The only problem is the sellers. There is plenty of money, but little to buy.
It should follow, then, that buyers will snap up anything. But that is not quite the case, as the Old Master sales at Christie’s in London on December 8th showed only too well. In the recent sales the best pieces sold brilliantly, and the rest hardly at all. The best included a rare Raphael drawing, and an elegant self-portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck. Many of the leading dealers were present, including Philip Mould, known as the BBC’s "art detective;" Alfred Bader, a rich American art-market broker; and the heirs to two important art-dealing businesses, William Noortman and Simon Green.
Van Dyck’s oval shaped self-portrait, painted in 1640, the year before he died, had been in the same family for almost 300 years. Mr. Mould joined forces with Mr. Bader to try and win the painting. Young Mr. Noortman, the underbidder who was trying to buy the picture for stock, did not stand a chance. The winning bid was £ 7. 4m, nearly three times van Dyck’s previous auction record.
The last lot in Christie’s sale was a black chalk drawing, less than a foot square, by Raphael, an early 16th-century Italian master. It is the study of a head for one of the Greek muses. Its beauty, rarity and the sense that the study may well have been used by the artist himself when working on a larger painting drew collectors from far and wide.
Christie’s had estimated the study would fetch £ 12m-16m. Bidding opened at £ 8. 5m, with three buyers on the telephone. Jennifer Wright, Christie’s New York-based drawings specialist, made a final bid for the Raphael of £ 26m—a world record for a work on paper.
After the sale, Christie’s international co-head, Richard Knight, was quick to point out that, at £ 68.4m, theirs had been the biggest Old Master sale ever. "This result shows what a very solid market this is," he said. But that took no account of the failures, which were considerable. 15 of the 43 lots in Christie’s auction failed to sell at all.
The self-portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck was______.
选项
A、kept in one home for three centuries
B、once sold for about 2. 5 million pounds
C、put up for auction for the first time
D、won by two American art dealers
答案
A
解析
根据文中第三段的“Van Dyck’s oval shaped self—portrait,painted in 1640,the year before he died,had been in the same family for almost 300 years.”可知,范·戴克椭圆形的自画像画于1640年,即他去世的前一年。该画在同一家族中保存了近300年。据此可知,A项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/4RmO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
ResearchersatChildren’sHospitalofPittsburghannouncedtheyhaddiscovered______evidencethatavirusisinvolvedinwhat
21.Everytimeyoutrytoansweraquestionthataskswhy,youengageintheprocessofcausalanalysis--youattempttodetermine
Hisdesireto_____otherpeoplehascausedtroubleinhisfamily.
OnApril20,2000,inAccra,Ghana,theleadersofsixWestAfricancountriesdeclaredtheirintentiontoproceedtomonetaryun
Thelowoperatingcostsoftheforeigncompanywill______thehighlaborcoststhebusinesspaysinitsowncountry.
Itusedtobesostraightforward.Ateamofresearchersworkingtogetherinthelaboratorywouldsubmittheresultsoftheirres
FederalReserveBoardChairmanAlanGreenspanlaidforththeintellectualbasisforthelikelycontinuedaggressiveeasinginmo
Ifyouweretoexaminethebirthcertificatesofeverysoccerplayerin2006’sWorldCuptournamentyouwouldmostlikelyfinda
AftertheviolentearthquakethatshookLosAngelesin1994,earthquakescientistshadgoodnewstoreport;Thedamageanddeath
InZurich,aleadingcantonintheSwissConfederation,ithasbeenproposedtoteachoneforeignlanguage-English-inprimarysc
随机试题
A.条件(1)充分,但条件(2)不充分。B.条件(2)充分,但条件(1)不充分。C.条件(1)和条件(2)单独都不充分,但条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来充分。D.条件(1)充分,条件(2)也充分。E.条件(1)和条件(2)单独都不充分,条件(1)和
属于浅反射的是
下列各项,不属产后尿潴留气虚证主要症状的是
()的措施能有效地提高桩的水平承载力。
施工合同示范文本规定,甲方用于紧急需要,加快建设进度提前竣工,应与乙方签订提前竣工协议,其内容包括( )。
在分析企业盈利能力时,应当排除()。
擅自设立银行业金融机构或者非法从事银行业金融机构的业务活动的.尚不构成犯罪的,由国务院银行业监督管理机构没收违法所得,违法所得在五十万元以上的.并处违法所得()的罚款。
(2009年考试真题)B公司为一上市公司,适用的企业所得税税率为25%,相关资料如下:资料一:2008年12月31日发行在外的普通股为10000万股(每股面值1元),公司债券为24000万元(该债券发行于2006年年初,期限5年,每年年末付息一次,利息率
甲公司是一家高科技上市公司,目前正处于高速成长时期。公司为了开发新的项目,急需筹资10000万元,甲公司拟采取发行附送认股权证债券的方式筹资并初拟了筹资方案,相关资料如下:(1)发行10年期附认股权证债券10万份,每份债券面值为1000元,票面利率为7%
学习直角、锐角、钝角等概念时,各种概念的相互影响称为()。
最新回复
(
0
)