Auctions Jeff Koons’s Bunny Sets a New Record for a Living Artist in Christie’s Half-Billion-Dollar Postwar and Contemporary Art Sale Koons's 'Rabbit' was part of a blue-chip collection of work belonging to the late publishing magnate S.I. Newhouse. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2019
Auctions A Record-Shattering $111 Million Monet Powers an Otherwise Staid $350 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale at Sotheby’s Overall, the sale provided more solidity than stimulation. By Tim Schneider, May 14, 2019
Auctions This Roy Lichtenstein Mural Once Decorated the Bathroom of a Famed Playboy. Now It Could Be Yours for $1.2 Million The bespoke work was one of many to populate Gunter Sachs’s famous, Swiss, pop-art-filled apartment. By Taylor Dafoe, May 14, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Sale Soars to $400 Million, Fueled by Treasures Once Owned by Condé Nast’s S.I. Newhouse A Cézanne picture that was famously stolen and recovered in 1999 led the way at $52 million. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2019
Auctions Here’s What to Expect at the $1.3 Billion Spring Auctions in New York, From a $58 Million Koons to a Once-Lost Cézanne All the highlights from the Impressionist, modern, and contemporary art auctions in New York next week. By Eileen Kinsella, May 9, 2019
Auctions ‘They Are the Greatest Family of Non-Royal Collectors Ever’: See 7 Highlights From the Prestigious Rothschild Family Sale at Christie’s A writing desk commissioned by Marie Antoinette and a painting by Fragonard are among the lots on offer. By Caroline Goldstein, May 8, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Posts a Widened Loss in the First Quarter of 2019 Amid a Dip in Private Sales and a Shift in the Auction Calendar Sotheby's posted a $7.1 million loss in the first quarter of 2019, but CEO Tad Smith remained optimistic heading into the marquee May sales. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Veteran David Norman, Who Helped Sell the First Work of Art to Break $100 Million at Auction, Joins Phillips Norman led Sotheby's record-setting $104 million sale of a work by Picasso in 2004. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 29, 2019
Auctions This Babe Ruth Baseball Card Found in a Piano Could Sell for Over $100,000 at Auction The card was found in 1992, but wasn't appraised until now. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 22, 2019
Auctions Is the Photography Market Sleepy—Or Just Getting Started? Here Are 3 Trends Investment-Minded Collectors Should Know We extract three trends from this year's photography auctions to show you where the market has been—and where its opportunities are now. By Tim Schneider, Apr 18, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Is Riding the Modigliani Market With the Sale of a Sculpture That Could Fetch $40 Million This May A similar work by the artist sold for more than $70 million at Sotheby's in 2014. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 18, 2019
Auctions It Wasn’t Just KAWS. Here Are 3 Trends That Show the Hong Kong Auction Market Is Booming for International Art We examine three trend lines from the recent slate of Hong Kong sales to determine where the market is headed. By Julia Halperin & Tim Schneider, Apr 15, 2019
Auctions A Balthus Painting From the Same Series That Drew Protests at the Met Is Expected to Fetch as Much as $18 Million at Auction The painting is the top lot of the Dorothy and Richard Sherwood Collection, which will be offered at Christie’s this May. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 9, 2019
Auctions Here Are the 9 Most Ridiculous Items in Guns N’ Roses Guitarist Slash and His Ex-Wife’s ‘Uncoupling Auction,’ Ranked Julien's Auctions will sell off the former Guns N' Roses guitarist's belongings at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. By Nan Stewert, Apr 8, 2019
Auctions Meet ‘Skinny,’ the 155 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Greeting Visitors at Heathrow Airport The dinosaur skeleton has been installed at Heathrow airport's terminal 5 before it hits the auction block in June. By Kate Brown, Apr 5, 2019