Baby robot that can walk, talk and feel Feb 28, 2008
Royal equestrian Zara Phillips put on a sexy pose as she sat for Jack Vettriano - she's one of a number of athletes to be painted by top artists in new works commissioned for Sport Relief. The Spice Girls ended their much-hyped reunion tour amid emotional scenes of hugging and kissing at the band's final show in Toronto. (Yahoo News -- Robots and Robotics)
Market news: Sotheby's sales in Scotland and Australia Sep 4, 2007
At a "Scottish and Sporting Pictures" sale at the Gleneagles Hotel, traditional paintings by Archibald Thorburn and Sir William Russell Flint outperformed more modern works by Anne Redpath and Jack Vettriano, many of which failed to sell. However, we will have to wait until the contemporary art sales in New York this month and in London in October to see whether the hedge fund buyers are beating a retreat. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Vettriano paintings sold for 1m Aug 31, 2007
A series of paintings by Scots painter Jack Vettriano have been sold for more than 1m. The top sale was Bluebird at Bonneville, bought for 468,000 at a Sotheby's auction held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Vettriano painting sells for nearly 500000 at auction Aug 30, 2007
A PAINTING by the popular artist Jack Vettriano fetched almost 500,000 at auction last night. Bluebird at Bonneville was the top lot at Sotheby's sale of Scottish pictures at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire. (Scotsman)
Early Vettriano works auctioned Aug 30, 2007
The first major paintings to have been commissioned from controversial Scots artist Jack Vettriano are to go under the hammer at auction. The seven Bluebirds pictures were commissioned by Sir Terence Conran in 1997 for his Bluebird Club in London. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
