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First Time Lucky In Contemporary Art? June 1986

I put behind me the disappointment with the Seago painting and I looked ahead to sales and catalogues for my next investments. It was clear to me now that on several occasions I invested in Modern British art but made no money of mention. The latest result with the Seago painting confirmed that and it turned me off from that market too.

Cleverer, Experienced Foxes In The Game- Lesson Learned!

The Seago sale was over, done and dusted in May 1986.

I did not know what and why it happened until a year or two later. I walked by Richard Green Fine Art in central London one day and, there were the answers to all my questions. The Seago I had sold at Sothebys was the front cover illustration of an Edward Seago selling exhibition at Richard Green Fine Art.

Edward Seago Disappointment – Lack Of Patience

In the meantime it was early May and the sale at Sothebys was on. Unfortunately for me the sale at Sothebys had several Seagos on offer and that I knew detracted from the sale of my painting. I was determined to follow the sale and that I did with some trepidation, apprehension and sort of fear for the worst. I never had an expensive English painting before and that made me very nervous. I had already found out that English dealers were good and fearsome, they chase paintings to distruction, thus not allowing much margin for error and indeed profit.

Greek Sales April and May 2010

Psatharis Auctions, 19th May 2010

Lots offered: 115

Lots sold:71 or 60% sold

Sold in Euors: 252,000

Psatharis auctions did well to sell about 250,000 euros worth of Greek and Cypriot artists. The selling rate of 60% is in line with other auctions of Greek art.

Greek Art Auction Sales In Spring 2010

Vergos Auctions , Athens

Vergos auctions in Athens starts the Auction Sales for Greek Art on April 20th. The auction will include some important pieces among them works by Theofilos, Kontopoulos, Spyropoulos, Moralis and others.

Who Are You? I Do Not Know You! Rude Awakening!

It was early April, 1986. Just before Easter. I remember events well because they were so important and somehow unexpected and bizarre. They were first time happenings and so sitting high in my memory bank. Unbelievable, yet, they were happening to me, A New Kid on the block of art dealing!

11533 Edna May Lydiatt ( English ) Surrealist Composition

11533 Surrealist Composition

Edna May Lyddiatt

oil on board

50 x 30 cm

Provenance: The artist’s estate

This is an important work in the ouvre of an artist, Child Psychiatrist. We own seven works of the artist all acquired at her estate sale.

11387 Ioannis Kotsaris ( Greek , 20th Century ) FISHERMAN

11387 FISHERMAN

Yiannis Kotsaris ( Greek 20th Century)

signed, oil on canvas, painted in 2002

80 x 60 cm

Provenance: Bought from the artist in an exhibition of his work at Aetoliko, Greece

11313 Vasilis Zenetzis ( 1935 – ) SOUNION

Artist	Title	Format	Size	Date
Vasilis Zenetzis	Temple of Poseidon With Aegean Beyond	signed, oil on canvas	50 x 70 cm	June 2004

The temple of Poseidon at Sounion is one of the most important Greek Ancient ruins. It faces the Aegean and it attracts millions of tourists annualy.

11367 Vasilis Zenetzis, Temple Of Poseidon, SOUNION

Artist	Title	Format	Size	Date
Vasilis Zenetzis	Sounion With Temple of Poseidon	signed, oil on canvas	50 x 70 cm

Zenetzis is a well known artist in Greece and abroad. He is a good auction artist who sells well at auction. His work is very underrated but it won’t be long before he reaches the level his art deserves.This work was painted in June 2004, just before the Athens Olympics. It was painted on location over a period of one week when he painted another four similar paintings of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion.This piece form a pair with the other Sounio painting by the artist. We advise our vistors and potential investors that pairs of apintings are more valuable than single paintings of the same location.

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