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15 Apr 2010, 10:36 am
Pamela Anderson is one of the top three of the list, which also includes Halsey Minor and Tim Blixseth. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 8:41 pm by Donn Zaretsky
Seven-year sentence in TV art scam.Berry-Hill artwork seized.Josh Baer reports that Phillips de Pury won a court battle to sell works from Halsey Minor's collection.The Barnes move is a result of "the ever-apparent short gain philosophy revealed in company takeovers and the sub-prime mortgage debacle" or something. [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 8:08 pm by Donn Zaretsky
Lee Rosenbaum has some thoughts on the recent summary judgment decision Sotheby's got against collector Halsey Minor. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 4:54 am by Donn Zaretsky
Total victory for Sotheby's in its breach of contract lawsuit against Halsey Minor. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 7:12 pm by Donn Zaretsky
Courthouse News Service: "A finance company owned by Bank of America demands that Christie's auction house and the Paul Kasmin Gallery turn over more than 100 artworks that belonged to CNET founder Halsey Minor - or the money from selling them. [read post]
7 Nov 2009, 2:48 pm
Though it comes in the fairly narrow context of a motion for leave to amend his counterclaims, there is some language in a recent decision in the lawsuit that would seem to be pretty devastating to Halsey Minor's overall case against Sotheby's. [read post]
22 May 2009, 9:20 am
The Art Market Monitor notes that one of the works involved in Halsey Minor's dispute with Sotheby's -- a Childe Hassam painting he bought for $3.9m last Fall, but refused to pay for after discovering that the auction house hadn't disclosed that it had an interest in another work he bought at the same time -- sold this week for $2.3m. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 8:21 pm
According to Charlottesville's The Hook, Christie's filed a lawsuit against collector Halsey Minor "on Monday in Northern California federal court ... for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of contract over $7 million he bid for three paintings he purchased at an auction in July. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 11:06 am
I mentioned earlier that Sotheby's and Halsey Minor were fighting over whether he could bring a separate action against the auction house in California, in addition to the one they brought against him here in New York. [read post]
7 Dec 2008, 1:23 am
Collector Halsey Minor, already engaged in a lawsuit with Sotheby's, has now sued Christie's too. [read post]
6 Nov 2008, 9:39 pm
In the Halsey Minor-Sotheby's litigation, the parties are skirmishing over whether Minor's separate class action lawsuit in California can proceed, but, in their most recent brief, filed earlier this week, Sotheby's gets in a few jabs on the substance (all citations omitted):"Minor argues in conclusory terms that 'because Sotheby's employs a disclosure standard that contravenes the mandates of New York City's auction house… [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 4:49 pm
In response to this post about his dispute with Sotheby's, Halsey Minor sent me the following email (and permission to print it):"Donn, just a few small facts you may wish to bear in mind. [read post]
14 Oct 2008, 2:56 am
Lee Rosenbaum had an update on Friday on Halsey Minor's battle with Sotheby's. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 1:57 pm
According to the Wall Street Journal, tech entrepreneur and multimillionaire Halsey Minor bought the painting shown at left, Edward Hicks' "The Peaceable Kingdom With the Leopard of Serenity," from Sotheby's for $9.6 million. [read post]
3 Oct 2008, 9:15 am
In May, Halsey Minor — the 43-year-old, San Fran-based founder of CNET who has an estimated net worth of more than $300 million — bought Edward Hicks’s “The Peaceable Kingdom With the Leopard of Serenity” (pictured) for $9.6 million. [read post]
5 Sep 2008, 3:18 pm
The New York Times has more today on the dispute between Sotheby's and Cnet founder Halsey Minor, which I mentioned earlier this week.I've also heard directly from Minor, who gave me permission to print the following email:"Sotheby's is spending all their time talking about what I said at this time or at that time or why I didn't have the money, etc, etc. [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 4:33 am
Bloomberg reports that Sotheby's is suing Cnet founder Halsey Minor in the Southern District of New York for failing to pay $16.8 million for the purchase of three works of art, including the "Peaceable Kingdom" recently sold by Ralph Esmerian.Minor "said in an interview today that he refused to pay ... for 'Peaceable Kingdom' after discovering that Sotheby's hadn't disclosed that it had an interest in the work. [read post]
20 Dec 2007, 2:28 pm
It says here that Halsey Minor bought Carter's Grove for $15.3 million. [read post]