Auctions News Icon Barbara Walters’s $8 Million Estate Hits the Block at Bonhams, With Her ‘Audacious’ Jewelry Taking Center Stage A John Singer Sargent portrait is expected to yield more than $1 million at the live auction on November 6. By Lee Carter, Nov 4, 2023
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Priciest and Most Sought-After Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2 Billion Fall Auction Season The collections of Emily Fisher Landau, Ivan Reitman, Jerry Moss, and the Triton Foundation hit the block starting next week. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 3, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Pulled Two Works by a Prominent Middle Eastern Artist From Sale After a Complaint A consignor has suggested that the paintings by Lebanese artist Ayman Baalbaki could have been mistakenly associated with Islamist extremism. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Nov 3, 2023
Auctions A Nautical Chart Sold at Auction for $239,000 Is Revealed as the 4th Oldest of Its Kind and Is Now Tagged at $7.5 Million The map depicts the waterways of the Mediterranean and beyond. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 2, 2023
Auctions Bonhams Scotland Raises the Woof With a Dog Sale Featuring Canine Art and Artifacts Galore Pekingese, Dalmatians, French Bulldogs, and many other breeds are featured in the November 8 sale in Edinburgh. By Artnet News, Oct 31, 2023
Auctions A Macabre Collection of Spooky Art Heads to Auction, Led by a Spine-Chilling Dürer Woodcut Print The collection was amassed by the late print dealer Richard Harris. By Adam Schrader, Oct 29, 2023
Auctions A ‘Star Wars’ Spacecraft Model, Found Hidden Away in Storage, Rakes in a Whopping $3.1 Million at Auction It was the highest price ever paid for an onscreen "Star Wars" prop. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 27, 2023
Auctions Disney Is Celebrating Its Centennial With an Auction of 100 Designer Objects—From Beyoncé’s Leotard to a Swarovski Glass Slipper Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation. By Max Berlinger, Oct 27, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Has Brokered a Deal to Sell a Prized Cézanne After Last-Minute Concerns About Its Nazi-Era Provenance The planned auction remains controversial, however. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 25, 2023
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
