Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Gerald Fineberg Collection Sale, Part I, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Katya Kazakina, May 18, 2023
Art Fairs London’s Eye of the Collector Fair Has Opened in a Victorian Mansion Where Boothless Art Mingles With History The boutique fair opened at Two Temple Place and runs through May 20. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 18, 2023
Auctions Correction in Motion? Christie’s First Sale of Gerald Fineberg’s Collection Pulled in $153 Million, Falling Far Short of Presale Estimates At times, the packed Rockefeller Center salesroom felt like a fire sale. By Katya Kazakina, May 17, 2023
Auctions Phillips 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening Sale Netted $70 Million, Driven Largely by Two Type-A Bidders on a Mission The sale was led by a Banksy piece, which has its original iteration at the Barbican and sold for $9.7 million. By Annie Armstrong, May 17, 2023
Art Fairs An Alternative to Frieze? 21 New York Galleries Have Banded Together for a Group Show of Works From the 1970s Bortolami, Karma, and Kasmin are among the galleries participating in 'That ‘70s Show,' organized by dealer Eric Firestone. By Taylor Dafoe, May 17, 2023
Auctions A Hero’s Rolex Wristwatch, Used in Rescue Missions, Soared at Auction After Appearing on Britain’s ‘Antiques Roadshow’ The watch served its owner, a diver with the Royal Navy, on dramatic undersea missions. By Artnet News, May 17, 2023
Auctions The Codex Sassoon, an Ancient Hebrew Bible, Raked in $33.5 Million at Sotheby’s, Making It One of the Most Valuable Manuscripts Ever Sold The result, though, lands in the lower end of the estimate. By Richard Whiddington, May 17, 2023
Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: Sotheby’s Mo Ostin and Modern Auctions, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Katya Kazakina, May 17, 2023
Auctions A Woman Bought Four Ceramic Plates at a Salvation Army for $8. They Turned Out to Be Original Picassos and Worth Over $40,000 Nancy Cavaliere, a New Yorker, discovered the plates on her way home from work in 2017. By Artnet News, May 17, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Faces a ‘More Sober’ Market With a Modern Art Marathon—and Comes Away With $427 Million The evening began with the cream of the Mo Ostin collection before moving to (mostly) modern works. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2023
NFTs Digital Artist Jack Butcher Is Offering Handmade Prints of His Viral Multimillion-Dollar NFT Collection, ‘Checks’ Platformed by Christie's, the 'Checks Elements' sale includes three print-and-NFT pairs. By Richard Whiddington, May 16, 2023
Artnet News Pro By The Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s 21st-Century Evening Sale, May 2023 The sale hit all its major marks. By Eileen Kinsella, May 16, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Small But Mighty 21st-Century Sale Reached $100 Million, Aided by Larry Gagosian’s Covert Bids and a Strong Showing of Women Artists An early Jean-Michel Basquiat painting was the top lot of the night. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2023
Auctions Kenny Scharf’s Fantastical Art Car—Complete With a Working Turntable and Disco Ball—Rolls Into Auction The mobile party machine leads a sale of Modern and contemporary art on May 23. By Lee Carter, May 15, 2023
Auctions Two Rare Rembrandt Portraits Will Hit the Block at Christie’s in July—199 Years After They Were First Sold by the Auction House The rediscovered paintings are believed to be the last known portraits by the artist in private hands. By Taylor Dafoe, May 15, 2023
