Meet the Anonymous Artist Who’s Auctioning Off Cans of Human… Poop Based on the Diets of Major Market Stars at Phillips

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Meet the Anonymous Artist Who’s Auctioning Off Cans of Human… Poop Based on the Diets of Major Market Stars at Phillips

This is the first time feces have made it to the company’s auction block.

By Zachary Small, Jul 22, 2021

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After Making His Seven-Figure NFT Debut, ‘Rick and Morty’ Creator Justin Roiland Is Selling His First Painting at Auction

Roiland’s piece is included in Sotheby’s contemporary art online sale.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 19, 2021

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Sylvia Plath’s and Ted Hughes’s Wedding Rings, Love Letters, and Personal Effects Are Open for Bidding at Sotheby’s

The rare and very affordable items were consigned by Plath’s first child with Hughes, Frieda.

By Artnet News, Jul 9, 2021

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A Leonardo da Vinci Drawing the Size of a Postage Stamp Sold for $12.2 Million at Christie’s (But It Only Got a Single Bid)

The teeny tiny drawing set a new record for a work on paper by the artist.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 9, 2021

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The Internet of Blings? Sotheby’s Sells the Source Code for the World Wide Web for $5.4 Million

The sale, titled "This Changed Everything," welcomed 51 bidders.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 30, 2021

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A Painting Bought at a Small Town Dump for $4 Turned Out to Be by David Bowie—and It Just Sold for More Than $87,000

'DHead XLVI' has set a record for art by the glam rock god.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 24, 2021

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Propelled by Multimillion-Dollar Sums for Buzzy Young Stars, Phillips’s New York Evening Sale Brings in $118 Million

Thanks in part to continued demand from Hong Kong, new records were set for artists including Julie Curtiss, Titus Kaphar, and Avery Singer.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 23, 2021

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Christie’s and Sotheby’s Are Now Accepting Cryptocurrency for Big-Ticket Items, Including for a $5.4 Million Keith Haring

This marks the first time that tangible eight-figure objects at auction can be bought with cryptocurrency.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 22, 2021

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The British Library Has Joined Forces With Other U.K. Institutions to Save a Historic Manuscript Collection From the Auction Block

Valued at $21 million, the Honresfield Library includes rare material from Jane Austen, Walter Scott, the Brontë sisters.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 17, 2021

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Director and Artist Robert Wilson Is Auctioning Off His First-Ever NFT: A Video Portrait of Lady Gaga

The piece casts the pop star in an animated restaging of Jacques-Louis David’s 1793 painting, ‘The Death of Marat.’

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 16, 2021

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The Inventor of the World Wide Web Is Selling Its Original Source Code as an NFT at Sotheby’s

Bidding starts at just $1,000.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 15, 2021

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Sotheby’s ‘Natively Digital’ NFT Sale Lands at $17.1 Million, With More Than Half the Total Racked Up in the Final Minutes

Sillytuna was active on both the buy and sell sides of the sale.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 10, 2021

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In Just 10 Minutes, One Coin and Five Stamps Owned by Shoe Designer Stuart Weitzman Fetched $32 Million at Sotheby’s

The buyers included financier David Rubenstein and stamp merchant Stanley Gibbons.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 9, 2021

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In Its Ongoing Bid to Draw Crypto-Collectors, Sotheby’s Unveils a Replica of Its London H.Q. in the Blockchain World Decentraland

An avatar of commissionaire Hans Lomulder welcomes visitors to the virtual gallery.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 7, 2021

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The Warhol Foundation Is Auctioning Off the Artist’s Computer-Based Works as NFTs. An Archivist Who Uncovered Them Is Outraged

The foundation contends that the NFTs are "the best representation of Warhol’s digital works."

By Sarah Cascone, May 21, 2021