How to Know What to Buy in Art

If you are into art and money is no object, than you might want to be a true masterpiece by one of the legendary greats. The upcoming fall auctions are your best bet. And even if you can`t afford a much sought-after original, knowing where to watch the auctioning of a masterpiece, and how the process works, can be very exciting.

The most elite auctions don`t happen very often - usually only twice a year. That`s when the big auction houses, Sotheby`s and Christie`s, hold their evening auctions of Impressionist and Modern works, and of Contemporary art. For those looking to buy, and many others just out to enjoy the drama, the fall`s evening auctions are the place to be.

`Late and Soon` explores the world of big auctions through characters involved in this business, and those who work with them. It`s seen mainly through the eyes of Claire, a specialist in art at Sotheby`s, whose personal life is in turmoil just at the point when she`s putting together a sale of paintings. Novelist Adriana Trigiani calls `Late and Soon` a `gorgeous` novel, `filled with fine art, humor and insight...a page-turning story with gusto.` Most auctions are held during the day, but according to an art expert and novelist, it`s the evening auctions that draw social movers laden with money and ambition, as well as the biggest names in art - Cezanne and Manet and Pollock and Matisse. It was at an evening sale just two years ago that someone paid more than $100 million for an early Picasso painting - the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. In his new novel `Late and Soon`, Robert J. Hughes gives you a front-row seat into this exhilarating world where culture and commerce meet.

                                 

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