{"id":305213,"date":"2025-11-25T04:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/305213\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T04:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:44:09","slug":"morning-links-for-november-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/305213\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Links for November 24, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGood Morning!<\/p>\n

One hundred twenty-five works from the Okada Museum sold at Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong on Saturday, bringing in $88 million.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s government has passed a landmark bill granting artists resale rights.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Economist\u00a0examines \u201cgrab lists\u201d compiled by museums to determine what to save in the event of a disaster..\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tThe Headlines\t<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE GREAT WAVE\u2026 OF CASH.\u00a0A total of 125 major works from Japan\u2019s\u00a0Okada Museum of Art\u00a0hit the auction block at\u00a0Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong\u00a0on Saturday, achieving white-glove status (meaning all works sold). The sale brought in the equivalent of $88 million (plus fees) and set two auction records for Japanese artists Kitagawa Utamaro and Hokusai. Sotheby\u2019s\u00a0told<\/a> ARTnews\u00a0that the collection was \u201cestimated in excess of $50 million.\u201d The result should satisfy\u00a0Kazuo Okada, the museum\u2019s founder, who sold the artworks to settle a $50 million legal bill stemming from his long-running feud with casino magnate\u00a0Steve Wynn, 83. Okada, also 83, is the former chairman of Tokyo-based Universal Entertainment Corp.\u00a0Nicolas Chow, Sotheby\u2019s Asia chairman and worldwide head of Asian art, told\u00a0ARTnews\u00a0before the sale that \u201cit is the most significant collection of East Asian art to come to auction in recent memory.\u201d\u00a0Utamaro\u2019s\u00a0Fukagawa in Snow\u00a0, painted in the early 19th century, was the night\u2019s top lot, selling to a Japanese private collector for $7.1 million, with more than 30 bids placed.\u00a0Hokusai\u2019s iconic\u00a0The Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa\u00a0(1830\u201332) nearly tripled its high estimate to sell for $2.8 million, also to a Japanese private collector. Of the 125 works, 19 sold for more than $1.2 million.<\/p>\n

\t\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n

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\n\tROYALTIES, EH?\u00a0Canada\u2019s minority Liberal government passed its November 17 budget, avoiding an unwanted Christmas election and delivering a significant win for the country\u2019s visual artists: a commitment to introduce artist resale rights. The\u00a0Art Newspaper<\/a>\u00a0reports that the measure\u2014welcomed by\u00a0April Britski,\u00a0executive director of arts nonprofit\u00a0Carfac\u2014would grant artists a royalty when their work is resold through auction houses or galleries. Britski says the policy offers long-overdue financial recognition for artists, many of whom earn very low incomes despite major cultural contributions. A similar proposal in 2022 failed, but the new commitment brings Canada closer to more than 90 countries\u2014including France, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand\u2014that already mandate resale royalties, typically set at 5 percent. Advocates note that the change is especially important for Indigenous artists, who have frequently been exploited in the secondary market. The push follows two decades of lobbying by Carfac,\u00a0RAAV, and cultural leaders such as former senator\u00a0Patricia Bovey. RAAV\u2019s\u00a0Camille Cazin\u00a0says the measure acknowledges the value of artists\u2019 work and will improve their living conditions.\u00a0Cory Dingle, who oversees the\u00a0Norval Morrisseau\u00a0estate, adds that resale royalties will help preserve artists\u2019 legacies, fund cultural education, and support institutions that rely on artworks for teaching and inspiration.<\/p>\n

\t\tThe Digest\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAn 18-karat, engraved\u00a0Jules Jurgensen\u00a0pocket watch owned by a passenger who died on the\u00a0Titanic\u00a0has set a new auction record, selling for \u00a31.78 million. It\u2019s the highest price ever achieved for an item linked to the ill-fated ship. [Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Economist\u00a0delves into \u201cgrab lists,\u201d compiled by museums so they know which artworks and objects to save in case of disaster. [The Economist<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tA sample of prehistoric birch tar found in\u00a0Estonia\u00a0contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts, who believe it is a piece of stone age \u201cgum\u201d chewed by a teenage girl 10,500 years ago. [Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tGerman actor and arthouse legend,\u00a0Udo Kier, who starred in\u00a0Andy Warhol\u2018s\u00a0Frankenstein,\u00a0has died at the age of 81. [Monopol<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\t\tThe Kicker\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA SUPER DISCOVERY.\u00a0While clearing their late mother\u2019s California loft last\u00a0Christmas, three brothers found something that changed their lives: an original June 1939 copy of\u00a0Superman #1, one of the earliest comics featuring the\u00a0Man of Steel. Hidden beneath old newspapers in a cardboard box and preserved by the cool northern\u00a0California\u00a0climate, the comic remained in remarkably pristine condition, the\u00a0BBC<\/a>\u00a0reported. In 2024, the brothers found six vintage comics in total, but this issue proved extraordinary. Graded 9.0 out of 10 by\u00a0CGC, a large third-party comics grading service, surpassing the previous record of 8.5, it went on to sell for $9.12 million, setting a new world record for the most expensive comic book ever auctioned.\u00a0Heritage Auctions, which handled the sale, called the discovery the \u201cpinnacle of comic collecting.\u201d According to vice-president\u00a0Lon Allen, the brothers, now in their 50s and 60s, had heard their mother claim she owned valuable comics, though she never showed them. She had kept the books since buying them with her brother between the\u00a0Great Depression\u00a0and the start of\u00a0World War II.<\/p>\n

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