The Polo Payment
The Washington Post
June 17, 1991 by Judd Tully

A French court has ordered the auction of the remaining art collection of fugitive financier Roberto Polo, estimated to be Read more…

Marcos Sale Tops High Expectations;$15 Million for Philippine Projects, Trial Costs
The Washington Post
January 12, 1991 by Judd Tully

The tarnished provenance surrounding the old-master paintings formerly belonging to Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos got polished today at Christie’s when Read more…

At Auction – Lowering the Boom
The Washington Post
May 25, 1990 by Judd Tully

He looked like someone out of central casting, but Osamu Nakata was really the president of the Diamond Resort Corp. Read more…

Renoir’s ‘Moulin’ Sells for $78 Million
The Washington Post
May 18, 1990 by Judd Tully

Pierre Auguste Renoir’s flirtatious tour de force, “At the Moulin de la Galette,” sold for a rollicking $78.1 million at Read more…

$82.5 Million For van Gogh; Japanese Buyer Sets Art Auction Record
The Washington Post
May 16, 1990 by Judd Tully

A stunning Vincent van Gogh “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” set a world record at Christie’s auction house tonight, selling for Read more…

Art Dealer Buy Matisse Holdings
The Washington Post
April 25, 1990 by Judd Tully

In an extraordinary art-world deal, a major international auction house and a powerful New York art gallery have jointly purchased Read more…

The Mystery of the Masterwork – Retracing the Provenance of Picasso’s ‘The Marriage of Pierrette’
The Washington Post
February 24, 1990 by Judd Tully

For 60 years, its whereabouts were unknown, its very existence in doubt. But last November, “The Marriage of Pierrette,” Pablo Read more…

What Price Picasso?
The Washington Post
September 8, 1989 by Judd Tully

Self-Portrait From 1905 to Be Auctioned A spectacular Picasso bistro painting from 1905, showing the brooding 25-year-old artist in a Read more…

Court Rules Artist De Kooning ‘Incapable’
The Washington Post
August 19, 1989 by Judd Tully

Affirming a petition filed in February that Willem de Kooning, the legendary 85-year-old abstract expressionist painter, is “incapable of managing Read more…

DeKooning and The Battle Over His Future
The Washington Post
July 23, 1989 by Judd Tully

Willem de Kooning, the 85-year-old abstract expressionist painter lionized by some as the world’s greatest living artist, is the subject Read more…