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- At Antiquorum's watch auction in Hong Kong, a Patek Philippe ref. 5074, with complications including a minute repeater with carilon, sold to an Asian collector for $574,791, the top price at the sale.
- A block and shell mahogany bureau table, dated 1770, by noted colonial cabinet maker John Townsend has sold at Christie's for $2.2m, for than twice its $900,000 low estimate.
- The '49 Buick Roadmaster featured in the 1988 "The Rainman" movie sells for $170,000.
- The upright piano from the 1942 classic film "Casablanca"--the one on which Sam plays "As Times Goes By"-- sold for $602,500 at Sotheby's in New York.
- "The Coachman," the iconic 1923 painting by Boris Kustodiev sold at Christie's Russian Art Auction for a record $7m.
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Eye On: Taxes |
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U.S. Taxes on art bought abroad |
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| Collectors buying art at auctions overseas must be aware of U.S. tax consequences. Here are some tips from Alan Olsen that will help smooth the way. | |
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Art Bought Overseas
CPA Alan Olsen, of Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co., talks about the U.S. tax consequences when you purchase art abroad. Watch Video
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