even log in and leave absentee bids through our Secure Bidder Network (SBN). With SBN functionality, which is unique to LiveAuctioneers, your absentee bid is kept private and unknown to anyone until auction day, when the bid is executed. Additionally, the new iPhone app enables the user to share auction lots with others via e-mail and to access more than 4 million fully illustrated auction results from past sales conducted through LiveAuctioneers
Another bonus feature of LiveAuctioneers’ iPhone app is its exclusive direct connection to Auction Central News (www.auctioncentralnews.com), the leading online source for news about auctions, antiques and fine art.
Available from iTunes App Store
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/iPhoneApp
Heritage Auctions iPhone App
Heritage Auctions has announced the launch of a mobile version of its award-winning Website, www.HA.com. Collectors now have the opportunity to search for, view and bid on any lot in any current Heritage auction from most any mobile device with a web browser from anywhere in the world where there’s Web service.
Available from iTunes App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/heritage-auctions/id346185455?mt=8
Artnear iPhone App
Artnear is the first global guide to art for the iphone platform. Find top galleries and museums around the world. Browse and see images of current shows, openings and more.
Available from iTunes App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/artnear/id320653064?mt=8
Seoul Auction iPhone App
Check what’s happening with Korea’s leading art auction house
Available from iTunes App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/seoulauction/id345138823?mt=8
Saatchi Magazine iPhone App
Art News, views, reviews, interviews, essays by the world’s leading writers, critics and curators on art and artists, weekly openings and more…
Available from iTunes App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/saatchi-magazine/id341552232?mt=8
Louvre iPhone App
The Musee du Louvre in Paris has recently launched its own iPhone application, offering a virtual experience of the world’s largest museum. Users can view some of the Louvre’s most famous items, such as the Mona Lisa and St. Mary Magdalene, and take a virtual tour of the museum’s historic buildings. As well as virtual guides, the app also offers tourist information about the museum, such as opening times and visitor maps.
Available from iTunes App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/id337339103?mt=8
National Gallery London iPhone App
The National Gallery is offering art lovers the opportunity to put works by Leonardo and Van Gogh in their pocket. A new application, called Love Art, allows iPhone and iTouch users to explore 250 of the Gallery’s best-loved paintings in the palm of their hand.
Take an unforgettable journey around the National Gallery. Zoom in to explore fine details and enjoy over three hours of video and audio content.
You can listen to the stories behind the masterpieces in insightful interviews with artists, writers and experts including:
* National Gallery Director Nicholas Penny
* Dramatist Robin Brooks
* Artist Maggie Hambling
* Author Tracy Chevalier
Available from the iTunes App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/love-art-national-gallery-london/id314566159?mt=8
**Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications
