Distinctively Dutch

by Colson on Nov. 23, 2008, under art
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Christie’s, London,  had another auction last week. This one dedicated to Dutch photographers.  They were lucky that the financial and economical crises seemed not to have reached the super rich art collectors. Five thousand up to twenty thousands euro’s was not unusual. Most was paid for “the ice cream parlour” from the series “Rain” by Erwin Olaf ( over € 22.000). But Ruud van Empel (“World”), Desirée Dolron (“Xteriors”) and Celine van Balen (Muslim girls) were very much in demand also.

Why?

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