If, in contrast to the satellite fairs where works priced between $ 20,000 (# 13,286) and $ 40,000 were flying off walls,
main fair buyers were taking their time, making notes, and smart - phone researching comparable gallery and auction sales, it was but to validate such hefty purchases as a 1954, $ 15m Francis Bacon, a 1971, $ 10.5 m Picasso, two multimillion - dollar Warhol Mao paintings and a $ 2m Jasper Johns Savarin coffee can monotype!
In the brochure handed out to all visitors near the entrance of the
main Chengdu wine
fair however, it purposely used Robert Parker's rating and comments to mislead
buyers to get their hands on one of the these limited 1,120 bottles for «its great investment value» as written on top of the brochure.
In addition to the
main art
fair taking place on Randall's Island over the weekend a number of participating galleries in and around Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood are taking part in an event geared to attract private clients and potential new
buyers to their principal exhibition spaces.