Auctions A Historic Portrait Recovered by Monuments Men Trounces Estimate, Fetching $550,000 at Auction The painting was looted from Baron Philippe de Rothschild in 1940 and memorialized in an iconic photograph. By Adam Schrader, 23 hours ago
Auctions By the Numbers: Christie’s 21st-Century Evening Sale A carefully orchestrated sale marked a win for Christie's amid a more cautious market environment By Eileen Kinsella, 24 hours ago
Auctions By the Numbers: Sotheby’s ‘The Now’ and Evening Contemporary Sales Amid a more cautious market, overall volume is down sharply from last year's totals. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago
Auctions Keith Haring’s Subway Drawings Pull in $9.2 Million in a White-Glove Sale The subway drawings, produced during the 1980s on vacant advertising boards, exceeded Sotheby’s sales estimates. By Tim Brinkhof, 1 day ago
Auctions Basquiat and Hockney Lead Christie’s Slimmed-Down $106.5 Million Contemporary Sale The evening saw several records set for emerging artists but many high-profile lots went for their low estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago
Auctions Fernando Botero’s Market Is Gaining Momentum. Here’s Why Total auction sales of the Colombian artist's work have more than doubled between 2020 and and 2023. By Katya Kazakina, 2 days ago
Auctions Emily Carr Painting Bought for $50 at Barn Sale Fetches $250,000 That's a 500,000 percent return on investment. By Vittoria Benzine, 2 days ago
Auctions Cattelan’s $6.2 Million Banana Boosts an Otherwise Uneven Auction Night at Sotheby’s The highest price of the evening was Ed Ruscha’s $13.6 million "Georges’ Flag." Many other works struggled to meet their estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Auctions Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s The artist's controversial creation has been called "the most talked-about artwork of the century.” By Eileen Kinsella, 3 days ago
Auctions Masterworks by Magritte, Ruscha Fuel $486 Million Night at Christie’s The house pursued a 'masterpiece' strategy. It paid off. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 20, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s Modern Art Evening Sale in New York Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 20, 2024
Auctions At $54.1 Million Phillips Auction, Few Splashy Sales but Plenty of Drama The FDNY made a brief appearance, and a Basquiat that appeared to sell was later marked as unsold. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 19, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s ‘Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller’ Evening Sale Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 19, 2024
Auctions Tiffany Window Shatters Records as Most Expensive Ever Sold The sale of the stained-glass piece has cemented the 20th-century designer's place in the 'pantheon of iconic artists.' By Richard Whiddington, Nov 19, 2024
Auctions From Chandelier Bids to White-Glove Sales: The Wild Jargon of Art Auctions, Decoded "That lot failed to meet its reserve and was bought-in." "That other work sold to its third-party guarantor in the white-glove sale." What? Read on. By Annie Armstrong & Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella, Nov 19, 2024
