Auctions Bidders From Asia and Works by Young Artists Propel Christie’s $103.1 Million 21st-Century Art Auction Ten new records for works by artists including Ewa Juszkiewicz and Joel Mesler were also set. By Katya Kazakina, May 10, 2022
Auctions Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Belongings, Including a Picasso and a Tea Set, Fetch $800,000 at Auction—More Than 10 Times the Estimate Art, antiques, theatre programs and clothing went under the hammer for charity. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 10, 2022
Auctions As Andy Warhol’s $195 Million ‘Marilyn’ Makes Auction History, We Look Back on the Artist’s 11 Priciest Works Here are the most expensive works by Warhol ever sold at auction. By Caroline Goldstein, May 9, 2022
Auctions An Ethereal Blue Warhol Marilyn Goes for $195 Million at Christie’s, Becoming the Second-Priciest Work Ever Sold at Auction Larry Gagosian, who sold the work to Thomas Ammann in 1986, won the star lot in the salesroom. The sum will go to charity. By Katya Kazakina, May 9, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s Latest Fine Art Sales Reel In $496 Million, Led by an Ink Scroll by Chinese Master Zhang Daqian The work exploded past its high estimate to set a new auction record for the artist. By Dorian Batycka, May 8, 2022
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Best, Most Desirable Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2.6 Billion Spring Auction Marathon Collections from the likes of the Macklowes, the Ammanns, and Anne Bass represent an almost unprecedented caliber of material. By Eileen Kinsella, May 5, 2022
Auctions A Painting Some Experts Believe Is by a Little-Known Female Old Master Just Sold for 125 Times Its High Estimate The price is fueling speculation that the picture may actually be by Judith Leyster, whose entire body of work was misattributed for decades. By Dorian Batycka, May 5, 2022
Auctions The Estate of Hollywood Royalty Kirk and Anne Douglas Is Selling Off Surprisingly Affordable Art From Their Collection Kirk Douglas won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Van Gogh in Lust for Life. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 5, 2022
Auctions In a Surprise Move, New York City Has Eliminated Longstanding Regulations Designed to Boost Transparency in the Auction Industry Some say the change could backfire on the auction sector. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Will Offer Ann and Gordon Getty’s Sterling Collection of Impressionists and Old Masters, Raising a Potential $180 Million Proceeds from the sale will go to the couple's charitable foundation. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Auctions A Rare Skeleton of the Raptor That Inspired the Villains of ‘Jurassic Park’ Is the Star of Christie’s 20th Century Art Evening Sale The extremely rare specimen is said to be the most complete and definitive version of a Deinonychus antirrhopus skeleton in existence. By Dorian Batycka, May 2, 2022
Auctions A British Surgeon Bought a Cheap Urn For His Kitchen Nook. Now, the Qing Dynasty Vase May Fetch $180,000 at Auction The vessel, it turns out, may have been made in the 18th century for the court of the Qianlong Emperor. By Artnet News, May 2, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Latest ‘Natively Digital’ Sale, Featuring Old-School Digital Artists, Squeaks by Its Low Estimate to Bring in $2.3 Million The curated sale embraced the history of digital art and included both NFTs and physical works. By Eileen Kinsella, May 1, 2022
Auctions For the Next Two Weeks, Christie’s Will Project Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Marilyn Monroe Onto the Facade of Rockefeller Center The projection is part of an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink marketing campaign around the auction house’s May 9 sale of the painting. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 29, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s $164.2 Million Modern and Contemporary Evening Sales Set New Records, Despite Market Uncertainties Works by Pablo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois, Yoshitomo Nara, and Wu Guanzhong powered the auctions. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 27, 2022
