Sotheby’s Says $107 Million London Frieze Contemporary Sales Are Its Best in Seven Years

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Sotheby’s Says $107 Million London Frieze Contemporary Sales Are Its Best in Seven Years

Despite several withdrawn lots, energy in the London saleroom was high

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 14, 2022

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A Weak Pound Draws International Bidders to Phillips London Evening Sale, Bringing in $20.9 Million Despite Market Uncertainties

The sale saw bidders from 38 countries, with 32 percent of them coming from Asia.

By Vivienne Chow, Oct 14, 2022

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Agnes Gund Is Selling a Multimillion-Dollar Roy Lichtenstein ‘Mirror’ to Fund Urgent Reproductive-Justice Organizing

'Mirror #5,' set to sell at Christie's, has a top estimate of $5.5 million.

By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 14, 2022

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A French Auction House Fired the Employee Responsible for Pricing a $7.5 Million Qianlong Vase at Just $1,900

The specialist believes the vase is a copy.

By Dorian Batycka, Oct 13, 2022

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Casual Vibes and an Absence of Fireworks Marked Christie’s $82.2 Million Evening Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art in London

David Hockney’s muted landscape fetched the highest price of the night.

By Naomi Rea, Oct 13, 2022

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Are You Sitting Down? A Ming Dynasty Chair Just Sold for $16 Million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong—Nearly 10 Times Its Estimate

The sale marks the third-highest price ever paid for a chair at auction.

By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 11, 2022

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Millennial Buyers and Online Bidding Drive Sotheby’s Hong Kong Art Sales to a Respectable $151.3 Million

Totals were down from previous seasons, suggesting a more measured approach to buying.

By Vivienne Chow, Oct 10, 2022

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Botticelli’s Exquisite Madonna, a Treasure of the Paul Allen Collection, Could Sell for $40 Million at Christie’s

The 'Madonna of the Magnificat' will go on public view as part of the sale.

By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 7, 2022

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Want to Own a Piece of Fleetwood Mac? Christine McVie’s Piano, John McVie’s Bass, and More Head to Auction

Julien's will hold the sale in December.

By Dorian Batycka, Oct 7, 2022

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Collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin Are Sending More Than 1,000 Artworks to Sotheby’s—the Largest Contemporary-Art Collection Ever Auctioned

The collection will be auctioned in multiple sales, starting at Sotheby's London next week.

By Dorian Batycka, Oct 6, 2022

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A Spectacular Mondrian Heading to Sotheby’s This November Is Poised to Fetch Over $50 Million—and Make Auction History

The work already has held the record for most expensive Mondrian once. Now, the house thinks it could get more than $50 mil.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 6, 2022

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An Art Teacher Stashed Some Drawings by Famed Artist L.S. Lowry in a Cupboard Years Ago. Now They Could Fetch $60,000 at Auction

The drawings were part of a collection of paintings, prints, and ephemera from the estate of art teacher Mary Morgan Lloyd, who was a friend of the artist.

By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 5, 2022

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As Georgia O’Keeffe’s Market Blooms, Christie’s Will Sell a Trove of Top-Notch Works by the Artist From Paul Allen’s Collection

The works are part of Allen's 150-work-strong collection expected to bring in as much as $1 billion this fall.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 5, 2022

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Andy Warhol’s Art-School Works—Including What’s Believed to Be His First Self-Portrait—Will Go on Sale at Phillips

The self-portrait was once deemed too "offensive" to be exhibited.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 5, 2022

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Robert Pattinson’s Participation May Turn Out to Be the Least Notable Part of Sotheby’s Experimental Contemporary Art Sale

The sale also included the debut of Artists' Choice, a new initiative that enables artists and their dealers to consign directly to auction.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2022