Dealers race to sell stock at auction as buying tastes change new york. On 17 May Christie’s New York will send 200 lots, valued at $10m, from the London dealer Partridge Fine Arts under the hammer. This is the latest example of what used to be a rarity, dealers openly selling stock at auction, which is now becoming commonplace.

This year, six sales have featured stock from dealers, and this month there are another four in London, New York and Amsterdam (see right). These in...

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"A gallery owner has created a stir by encouraging visitors to an exhibition of nudes to strip off to help them to feel closer to the art, he said today. Kevin Money, 39, is offering 25% off any purchases of works from the Bodyline exhibition at Gallery 39 in Swindon, Wiltshire, to anyone who bares all. But so far, local residents have shown an indifference bordering on hostility to the offer."

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