Auctions Princess Diana’s Custom Ford Escort Sold for a Startling $823,000 at Auction The 1985 Ford Escort is a remarkably ordinary vehicle—though it has its custom features. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 20, 2022
Auctions Elon Musk’s Ex-Girlfriend Just Generated $165,000 by Auctioning Off the Tesla CEO’s Intimate Mementos The top lot was a gold necklace featuring an emerald from one of Musk's father's mines. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 20, 2022
Auctions Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Signature Beaded Judicial Collar Fetched Almost 30 Times Its Estimate at Bonhams The sale fetched more than half a million dollars overall, and the proceeds will go to the RBG Endowment Fund. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 16, 2022
Auctions Willem de Kooning’s Family Will Auction Off Three Paintings by the Artist for as Much as $50 Million This Fall The three canvases, selected with de Kooning’s granddaughters, each represent a different decade in the late artist’s storied career. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 16, 2022
Auctions A Painting by the Rapper Skepta Just Sold for Nearly $100,000 in a Sotheby’s Sale He Helped Curate The price easily exceeded expectations. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 16, 2022
Auctions A Black-Owned Baltimore Gallery Aims to Change the Game by Partnering Directly With Christie’s Myrtis Bedolla on the significance of the initiative and how it grows out of her gallery's previous work. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 16, 2022
Auctions A Jersey Michael Jordan Wore in the Famous ‘Last Dance’ 1998 NBA Finals Just Sold at Sotheby’s for $10.1 Million The jersey is now the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia sold at auction. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 15, 2022
Auctions A Folio From the Greatest Illuminated Manuscript of Persia’s ‘Book of Kings’ Could Fetch $7 Million at Sotheby’s The single double-sided sheet is from the most treasured manuscript of "The Shahnameh." By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 15, 2022
Auctions $70 Million Worth of Art That Hung in MoMA Is Hitting the Auction Block Proceeds from the Sotheby's sales will help the museum ramp up its digital offerings. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 14, 2022
Auctions A Busted Trailer Listed on a Government Auction Website Turned Out to Be a Space Fan’s Dream: a NASA Command Vehicle One web sleuth called it "the holy grail of government auctions." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 14, 2022
Auctions Faded Photos Bought for $2,200 at an Estate Sale Turn Out to Be Two Rare Stieglitz Works Stuck Together A rare and pristine platinum print was hiding behind a faded Alfred Stieglitz print auctioned at a Connecticut estate sale last year. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 13, 2022
Auctions Elon Musk’s Ex Is Auctioning Off Their Relationship Mementos, Including the Tesla Chief’s Birthday Card to His ‘Boo-Boo’ So far, the highest bid is $12,000 for an emerald necklace Musk gave his former girlfriend. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 13, 2022
Auctions A 1993 Painting by Ernie Barnes Just Sold for $1.6 Million, Adding to the Late Artist’s Recent Market Explosion The artwork, which depicts a lively church scene, soared past its presale high estimate of $700,000 at Bonhams New York. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 9, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Launches Artist’s Choice, a New Venture That Enables Artists to Consign Work Directly to Auction The initiative is the brainchild of former art-fair executive Noah Horowitz. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 8, 2022
Auctions Robert Pattinson, the Batman, Tries on the Role of Mild-Mannered Curator, Picking Works by All-Star Artists for a Sotheby’s Sale A few of the selections the actor has made include works by Willem de Kooning, Richard Serra and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 7, 2022
