Auctions The First Auction of Late Billionaire Heidi Horten’s Controversial Jewelry Proves Wildly Successful, Raking in $156 Million A late-breaking revelation that Horten's husband ‘profited from the situation’ of Jewish department store owners starting in 1936 did not hamper bidding. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2023
Auctions Two Jars Bought for $25 at a Thrift Store Turn Out to Be Qing Dynasty Treasures That Could Fetch $63,000 at Auction The seller has pledged to donate a portion of the sale to the charity shop from which they bought the objects. By Richard Whiddington, May 10, 2023
Auctions Here’s Your Go-To Guide to the Biggest New York Art Auctions in May 2023 Four major auction houses host 20 sales from May 9 through May 19. By Artnet News, May 8, 2023
Auctions A British Couple Bought Two Vases for $10 at a Thrift Sale. They Turned Out to Be Art Nouveau Collectibles Worth 150 Times That The car boot sale finds turned out to be Art Nouveau treasures. By Sarah Cascone, May 3, 2023
Auctions Sneakerheads Smashed Expectations at an Auction of Designs by Virgil Abloh and Futura, With a Single Pair Netting Over $100,000 The shoes were intended to be one-offs for Off-White's 2020 runway show. By Lee Carter, May 3, 2023
Auctions An Iconic Palace on Venice’s Grand Canal Is Selling Off Its Extraordinary Contents as It Prepares for a High-Tech Renovation The sale features over 10,000 exquisite furnishings from the Hotel Bauer Palazzo. By Lee Carter, May 3, 2023
Auctions A Low-Key Collector Kept 230 Classic Cars Hidden Away in a Dusty Old Church. The Astonishing Trove Could Fetch Millions at Auction A previously unknown collector amassed the stunning automotive collection over four decades. By Artnet News, May 2, 2023
Auctions ‘It’s Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea’: A 2,800-Year-Old Mummified Head From Egypt Is Hitting the Auction Block in England The seller is hoping the artifact will go to a museum where it can be properly studied and appreciated. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 2, 2023
Auctions An Early Hand-Drawn Architectural Map of the Titanic—Measuring 32 Feet Long—Just Sold for $240,000 at Auction The cross-section still shows chalk marks from the investigation into how the ship sank. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 27, 2023
Auctions Want to Own a Piece of Rock Royalty? Freddie Mercury’s Private Collection of Guitars and Artworks Heads to Sotheby’s This Fall Buyers will get to scoop up Mercury's iconic crown and cloak, and works by Picasso and Matisse. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2023
Auctions An ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Expert’s Collection of Ceramics Raked In More Than $130,000 at Auction, Double Its Presale Estimate Harry Sandon had a strong collection of Royal Worcester porcelain. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions The American Art Collection of Erving and Joy Wolf Soared to $39 Million at Sotheby’s and Set a Record for Frank Lloyd Wright The sold-out sale fetched far more than its high estimate at Sotheby's New York. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Offer Four Newly Restituted Impressionist Works by Renoir, Gauguin, and Cézanne in Its Marquee May Auctions The works, which were returned to the heirs of legendary dealer Ambroise Vollard, could fetch more than $17 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions A $40 Million Picasso Portrait of His Muse Marie-Thérèse Walter Will Lead Christie’s 20th-Century Sale in New York The storied painting was offered by the descendants of the late Swiss art dealer Jan Krugier. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 20, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Selling an Eye-Popping Set of Blue-Chip NFTs From the Collection of Failed Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital The auction is the first in a series to sell off the company's digital assets. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 20, 2023
