Auctions Boosted by Private Sales and NFTs, Christie’s Brought in a Total of $7.1 Billion in 2021—Its Best Results in Five Years Christie's came in second behind Sotheby's in overall results, but private sales surged. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2021
Auctions Born Without Arms or Legs, the Victorian Artist Sarah Biffin Painted Beautifully With Her Teeth. Now, She’s Become a Market Star Two years ago, Biffin's auction record was about $3,400. Now it's exploding. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2021
Auctions A Welsh Woman Picked Up a Globe for $199 at an Antique Fair Last Year. She Just Sold It for Almost 800 Times That at Auction The globe, it turns out, was likely made around 1550-60, predating the discovery of Australia. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 17, 2021
Auctions Setting an All-Time Record, Sotheby’s Has Sold $7.3 Billion Worth of Art in 2021. Here’s How The robust results coincide with reports that owner Patrick Drahi may be contemplating an IPO. By Eileen Kinsella & Katya Kazakina, Dec 15, 2021
Auctions Kenneth Griffin, Finance Titan and Retail-Investor Bogeyman, Beat Out the DAO to Buy the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s Goliath beats David. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 19, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Raked in $190 Million at Its Contemporary Art Double-Header, and Minted Several New Market Stars María Berrío and Lisa Brice were among the many artists who set auction records at "The Now." By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 18, 2021
Auctions A Ragtag Band of Crypto Populists Tried and Failed to Buy the U.S. Constitution in an Epic $43.2 Million Auction Showdown The sale captured the attention of people around the world after a DAO raised $46 million in less than a week to try to buy it. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2021
Auctions Emerging Artists Earn Phillips Its Most Lucrative Auction Ever, Raking in a $137.9 Million Sales Total Records were set for younger artists, like Shara Hughes and Ewa Juszkiewicz, while the marquee lot by Francis Bacon failed to reach its low estimate. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 17, 2021
Auctions Frida Kahlo Sets a New Auction Record for Latin American Art—Beating Out Diego Rivera—at Sotheby’s $283 Million Modern Art Evening Sale Kahlo's 'Diego y Yo' sold for $34.9 million. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 16, 2021
Auctions Crypto Billionaire Justin Sun Has Revealed Himself as the Buyer of the Macklowes’ $78.4 Million Giacometti The 31-year-old CEO plans to donate the work, as well as several others, to his foundation. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 16, 2021
Auctions The Macklowe Collection Delivers an Eye-Popping $676 Million at Sotheby’s, Making It the Most Valuable Sale in Company History The 35-lot sale, the result of the couple's bitter divorce, was the biggest test of the high-end art market since March 2020. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 15, 2021
Auctions This Ancient Roman Statue Carries a Piece of Hollywood History, Too. Now It Could Sell for $200,000 at Sotheby’s London The marble sculpture stood in a family's back garden as a silent 'protector' for nearly 50 years. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 11, 2021
Auctions A Singular Trove of Impressionist Masterworks Powered Christie’s Evening Sale to a Stunning $751.9 Million, One of Its Best Results Ever The Cox Collection generated an expectation-busting $332 million, led by a Caillebotte nabbed by the Getty and three pricey Van Goghs. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 11, 2021
Auctions Despite International Outcry, Christie’s Sale of Pre-Columbian Artifacts Went Ahead—But Almost a Third of the Objects Failed to Sell Countries across in Central America issued a joint statement against the sale. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 11, 2021
Auctions The First Live Auction at Christie’s New York Since 2020 Delivers a Satisfying $219.3 Million Result, But Leaves Little to Chance The 21st-century evening sale at Rockefeller Center set 10 new artist records. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 9, 2021
