Auctions 5 Key Auctions to Watch for September 2017 From New York to the Netherlands, see what's hitting the auction block this month. By Artnet Price Database Team, Sep 1, 2017
Auctions Sotheby’s Folds Latin American Art Into Its Marquee Contemporary Sales, Signalling the Sector’s Maturity The market has changed significantly since Sotheby's held its first Latin American art sale in 1979. By Henri Neuendorf, Aug 21, 2017
Auctions In a Major Sale, MoMA Will Auction More Than 400 Photographs From Its Collection at Christie’s The sales, expected to fetch over $3.6 million, will benefit the museum's photo acquisitions fund. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2017
Auctions Sotheby’s Boosts Private Sales But Loses Ground on Auctions in First Half of 2017 The auction house also saw a 26% increase in American buying. By Colin Gleadell, Aug 3, 2017
Auctions Billionaire Basquiat Collector Yusaku Maezawa Went Shopping at Leonardo DiCaprio’s St. Tropez Art Auction Famous for his record-setting Basquiat purchase, the collector is adding a political dimension to his holdings. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2017
Auctions Sotheby’s Share Price Just Hit a Record High. Why? Investors are voicing approval for CEO Tad Smith's recent moves. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2017
Auctions Despite a Big Dip in Private Sales, Christie’s Posts Positive First-Half Results for 2017 The company announced global auction sales of £2.2 billion, up 29% from last year’s total. By Colin Gleadell, Jul 18, 2017
Auctions Discovered by Mistake, a Rare Portrait of the Brontë Sisters Could Sell for $50,000 The only other known group portrait of the famed literary sisters is in the National Portrait Gallery in London. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 13, 2017
Auctions Jane Austen’s Letter Coolly Dissing Another Novelist Fetches Over $200,000 at Sotheby’s In the letter, Jane Austen delights in ridiculing a cheesy novel. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 12, 2017
Auctions 5 Takeaways From the June 2017 Auctions New records for Kandinsky and a 19th-century Chinese painting makes $50 million. By Artnet Price Database Team, Jul 11, 2017
Auctions As Christie’s Retreats, Bonhams and Phillips Seize Their Moment at London’s June Contemporary Auctions The sales may have benefited from the buzz of the summer's Grand Tour. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 29, 2017
Auctions American Artists Dominate at Sotheby’s Solid $79.9 Million Contemporary Sale With help from guaranteed bids and a Warhol selfie, the evening's total was up 20 percent over last June's sale. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 28, 2017
Auctions Boosted by Gagosian’s Record Bid on Beckmann, Christie’s Notches a $190 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale Strong Asian bidding propelled Christie's to its strongest total since 2010. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 27, 2017
Auctions Auctionata’s Remaining Inventory Heads to a Fire Sale as the Once-Prominent Art Startup Winds Down The bankruptcy of the online auction startup enters its final chapter. By Henri Neuendorf, Jun 25, 2017
Auctions Kandinsky’s Record Is Broken—Twice—at Sotheby’s $188 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale in London The total for the otherwise uneventful evening represented a 45 percent increase from last year's sale. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 21, 2017