The Fine Art Auction Digest

Simon Rohlen, aka KeF!, with Fine Art Auction host Richard English prepare to drop the gavel on a Louis Vuitton handbag. By Thomas Leturgey The spectacular German artist KeF! experienced a good first night this weekend on the Fine Art Auction. Simon Rohlen, aka KeF! met with auction host Richard English in the Atlanta, Georgia home of the Fine Art Auction, a few minutes before 11 p.m. on Saturday night to talk about his metal sculpture, an experimental proof that made its debut on American television. English called the piece “substantial.” “They are all slightly different,” commented Rohlen on the first sculpture of the evening. The work, the only of its kind, immediately kicked off with a $1,500 bid, and then $1,800. “I’m excited to see this one,” said Victoria, British Columbia’s Nino Barrette, an art historian and expert. While Barrette commented about the piece, bidding shot up to $3,500 and then $3,800. Barrette and English discussed how this work wasn’t canvas, but...

Artist Sarah Wall explains her "Ride The Wave" on Saturday night.  By Thomas Leturgey Young prodigy artist Sarah Wall had an incredible debut on Saturday Night’s edition of The Fine Art Auction. In her first live television appearance, the 17-year-old North Carolina native sold six pieces (along with a gifted #1 proof) for $29,700. Wall was the featured guest of auctioneers Richard English and Mitch Carter. Bids came from all over the country, including North Carolina, Texas and even Maui. Fine Art Auction host Richard English talks with guest Sarah Wall. The daughter of the famed Chinese immigrant artist Daniel Wall had pledged to donate the full 10% buyer’s premium of the sales to her philanthropic endeavor, the Art to Heart Foundation . With day one sales, Wall has raised $2,970 for the charity that assists autistic children. “So, I am 17 and I’ve been selling art for 4 years,” she told English before successfully auctioning off her first work, the color-splashed...