Auctions From Old Master Paintings to Royal French Furniture—the ‘Eccentric’ Collection of an Hermès Heir Heads to Sotheby’s Roughly a thousand works of art collected by the late Hubert Guerrand-Hermès will be offered in four auctions in December. By Lee Carter, Oct 24, 2023
Auctions Veteran Christie’s Auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen Will Leave the Auction House After 38 Years to Strike Out on His Own Pylkkänen presided over the auction house's blockbuster 'Salvator Mundi' sale and the Paul Allen collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 24, 2023
Auctions A Ceramic Cat Made by a Young David Hockney Smashes Expectations at Auction, Fetching a Stunning $136,000 The sculpture had been expected to sell for at least $48,000. By Adam Schrader, Oct 24, 2023
Auctions The Most Reprinted ‘New Yorker’ Cartoon Fetches $175,000 at Auction—the Highest Price Ever Paid for a Single Comic The cartoon has been printed on mugs and T-shirts, and even inspired a 1995 play. By Max Berlinger, Oct 22, 2023
Auctions Hot Lots: 5 Works That Sailed Past Expectations During London’s Fall Auctions We look at the lots that overperformed last week and consider what it tells us about the state of the market. By Artnet News, Oct 19, 2023
Auctions A Very Old Pair of Jeans, Dated to 1873 and Rescued From a Nevada Mine, Fetched $100,000 at Auction The pair, attributed to Levi's, has not been authenticated by the brand. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 18, 2023
Auctions London Auction Week Wraps Up on a High Note With the Sam Josefowitz Collection Bringing in $63.2 Million It is the first of a multi-city sell-off of the eclectic trove that continues in Paris. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 16, 2023
Auctions Phillips’s 20th Century and Contemporary Sale in London Achieves a Tepid $22.4 Million All but one of the top ten lots sold for below the low estimate or were withdrawn. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 14, 2023
Auctions Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale Notches Steady Results, a Feat in the Current Tepid Art Market Seven artists' records were set and the sales total was on par with last year's. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 13, 2023
Auctions A Rare Ceramic Cat Made By David Hockney While He Was Hitchhiking as an Art Student Could Net $48,000 at Auction Another one of the artist's ceramic cats sold for $114,426 in June. By Adam Schrader, Oct 13, 2023
Auctions Two Back-to-Back Contemporary Auctions at Sotheby’s London Send Mixed Signals About the Art Market The house's The Now sale outperformed its broader evening contemporary auction. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions The First Stateside Auction of the Legendary Rothschild Collection, Built Over Centuries, Nets $43 Million Most lots soared past their presale estimates in the first of a four-part series at Christie's New York. By Lee Carter, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions A Balthus Painting Deaccessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s, Where It Could Fetch $18 Million The painting had been in the museum’s collection for nearly six decades. By Adam Schrader, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions Minimal, Conceptual, Feminist: The Collection of Anne and Wolfgang Titze Heads to Christie’s Paris Proceeds from the auction will go toward establishing a foundation to organize exhibitions. By Ann Binlot, Oct 10, 2023
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Phillips’s Hong Kong 20th Century and Contemporary Evening Sale, October 2023 Though not the strongest season, Phillips managed to keep it together in challenging times. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 10, 2023
