Auctions Phillips’s 20th Century and Contemporary Sale in London Achieves a Tepid $22.4 Million All but one of the top ten lots sold for below the low estimate or were withdrawn. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 14, 2023
Auctions Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale Notches Steady Results, a Feat in the Current Tepid Art Market Seven artists' records were set and the sales total was on par with last year's. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 13, 2023
Auctions A Rare Ceramic Cat Made By David Hockney While He Was Hitchhiking as an Art Student Could Net $48,000 at Auction Another one of the artist's ceramic cats sold for $114,426 in June. By Adam Schrader, Oct 13, 2023
Auctions Two Back-to-Back Contemporary Auctions at Sotheby’s London Send Mixed Signals About the Art Market The house's The Now sale outperformed its broader evening contemporary auction. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions The First Stateside Auction of the Legendary Rothschild Collection, Built Over Centuries, Nets $43 Million Most lots soared past their presale estimates in the first of a four-part series at Christie's New York. By Lee Carter, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions A Balthus Painting Deaccessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s, Where It Could Fetch $18 Million The painting had been in the museum’s collection for nearly six decades. By Adam Schrader, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions Minimal, Conceptual, Feminist: The Collection of Anne and Wolfgang Titze Heads to Christie’s Paris Proceeds from the auction will go toward establishing a foundation to organize exhibitions. By Ann Binlot, Oct 10, 2023
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Phillips’s Hong Kong 20th Century and Contemporary Evening Sale, October 2023 Though not the strongest season, Phillips managed to keep it together in challenging times. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 10, 2023
Auctions A Rediscovered Rembrandt Masterpiece Will Head to Auction at Sotheby’s With an $18 Million Estimate Sotheby’s said the work has been “entirely unseen” by scholars for nearly 75 years. By Adam Schrader, Oct 10, 2023
Auctions An Early Edition of an ‘Unhinged’ Christopher Columbus Letter Outlining What He Discovered in America Could Fetch $1.5 Million at Auction The account sent to King Ferdinand is full of fantasies and inaccuracies. By Adam Schrader, Oct 9, 2023
Auctions 5 Fascinating Backstories Behind the Week’s Auction Highlights, From Banksy’s Graffitied Church Window to Paula Rego’s Human Ostriches It's going to be a very busy week in London. By Lee Carter, Oct 9, 2023
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Sotheby’s Hong Kong Evening Art Sales, October 2023 Last week's dismal results do not convey a rosy picture for the market this fall. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 9, 2023
Auctions Despite Setting Sales Records, the Auction of the Long Museum Founders’ Collection Fell Flat at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. What Went Wrong? With many premium lots unsold, the sale total did not meet presale expectations, even after fees. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 5, 2023
Auctions Six Egon Schiele Artworks Recently Restituted to the Heirs of a Jewish Collector Could Fetch Millions When They Hit the Block at Christie’s The sales mark the newest chapter in a years-long saga involving dozens of Schieles once owned by Fritz Grünbaum. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 5, 2023
Auctions The Collection of ‘Ghostbusters’ Director Ivan Reitman Heads to Christie’s, Led By a Rare Picasso Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter 'Femme endormie' is estimated at $25 million to $35 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2023
