Sotheby's has regained market share since then, and the Turner Water Colours auction could boost third-quarter revenues by 10%, Van Batenburg says.

FORBES: Magazine Article

First, last week's Impressionist and Modern Art auctions and next month's Turner Water Colours auction in July are happening in a still white-hot art market.

FORBES: Bidding Up Sotheby's

Batik is dyed by proud craftspeople who draw designs on fabric using dots and lines of hot wax, which resists vegetable and other dyes and therefore allows the artisan to colour selectively by soaking the cloth in one colour, removing the wax with boiling water and repeating if multiple colours are desired.

UNESCO: Culture

The stories move at India's water-buffalo pace but do not reflect its vivid colours.

ECONOMIST: Indian fiction: Disconnected | The