Auctions The Met Is Selling a George Washington Portrait to Fund Its New Acquisitions The painting is could make $2.5 million when it hits the block at Christie's. By Adam Schrader, Jan 5, 2024
Auctions Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor to Fund His Museum’s Rebrand The second auction of Levett's collection of artifacts is estimated to make more than $3.4 million. By Adam Schrader, Jan 3, 2024
Auctions A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure That Could Be Worth $19,000 A similar brooch rediscovered in 2011 more than tripled its high estimate to fetch $40,000. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 2, 2024
Auctions With a Great Gavel Comes Great Responsibility: Your Go-To List of Record-Breaking Auctioneers Fine art can sell for eye-watering sums at auction, but who are the auctioneers behind the most iconic record-breaking sales? By Verity Babbs, Jan 2, 2024
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works Sold at Auction in 2023—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Despite talk of a softening market, multiple records were set during this year. By Artnet News, Dec 26, 2023
Auctions The Only Painting Created by All Four Beatles Could Make $600,000 at Auction The Fab Four co-created the work while on tour in Tokyo in 1966. By Min Chen, Dec 23, 2023
Auctions Waystar Royco Swag, Anyone? More Than 200 Props From ‘Succession’ Are Up for Auction Want to grab some of Logan Roy's art? By Artnet News, Dec 22, 2023
Auctions A Rare, Newly Discovered Van Dyck Drawing Could Fetch a Record $1.2 Million at Christie’s Christie's expects the sale to break the Flemish artist's auction record. By Artnet News, Dec 21, 2023
Auctions A Gown Princess Diana Wore in 1985 Sells for Over $1 Million, Setting a Record The dress eclipsed its presale estimate of $100,000, becoming the most expensive dress ever worn by Diana. By Artnet News, Dec 19, 2023
Auctions The $4 N.C. Wyeth Painting Finally Sold—for Real This Time The work sold for more than $100,000 to a private collector. By Verity Babbs, Dec 19, 2023
Auctions See the Costumes, Props, and Sets From Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Heading to Auction More than 450 objects from the series will go on view before a February 2024 auction at Bonhams. By Verity Babbs, Dec 19, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Posts a $2.2-Billion Drop in Sales in 2023 But 2022, the house's best year ever, was a hard act to follow. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 18, 2023
Auctions Nike Sneakers Produced for Spike Lee, Found in a Donation Bin, Fetch More Than $50,000 at Auction The shoes were anonymously donated to Portland Rescue Mission earlier this year. By Verity Babbs, Dec 18, 2023
Auctions A Painting Found in a U.K. Thrift Shop Turns Out to Be a Henry Scott Tuke Work Worth Over $31,000 The painting was left at an Oxfam thrift store by an unnamed donor. By Adam Schrader, Dec 14, 2023
Auctions A Carlo Scarpa Vase Found in a Thrift Store Just Made More Than $100,000 at Auction The seller found it on a high shelf in a Goodwill in Richmond, Virginia. By Brian Boucher, Dec 13, 2023