Auctions How Much for an Invisible Artwork? Sotheby’s Is Betting It Can Get a Half Million Dollars for a Sales Receipt by Yves Klein Klein sold a number of such works between 1959 and 1962 in return for a weight of pure gold. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 22, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Adds Danish Auctioneer Bruun Rasmussen to Its Rapidly Expanding Network, Its Third Acquisition in as Many Months The London-based auctioneer is looking to strengthen its position as a global player in the market. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 22, 2022
Auctions An Andy Warhol ‘Marilyn’, Estimated to Fetch $200 Million, Could Become the Most Expensive Work of Art Ever Sold at Auction The painting will be sold at Christie's in May to benefit the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 21, 2022
Auctions Led by a Prized Francis Picabia, Sotheby’s First-Ever Surrealist Sale in Paris Nets $36 Million The event included 23 lots and was highlighted by a 1929 Picabia picture that sold for $10.9 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2022
Auctions A Statue Bought at a Garden Sale for Just $7,500 Turned Out to Be a Long-Lost Work by Canova. It Could Now Fetch $10.5 Million The historic marble work languished in British gardens for decades. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 17, 2022
Auctions Bonhams, Sotheby’s, and Christie’s Have All Cancelled Their Upcoming Russian Art Auctions The houses are also imposing stricter scrutiny of buyers. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 16, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Buys Boston-Based Skinner Auction House, Accelerating Consolidation of Midlevel Auctions The acquisition 'brings the world to New England,' and creates an entity known as Bonhams Skinner. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Auctions The Met Has Confirmed Plans to Sell a $30 Million Bronze Picasso Sculpture at Auction to Boost Its Acquisition Fund The museum currently owns two versions of the bronze cast. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 9, 2022
Auctions Despite Talk of a Boycott of the Russian-Owned Auction House, Phillips Cruises to a Solid $40 Million Evening Sale in London The overall results were strong, especially considering challenges in the lead-up to the auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2022
Auctions Russian-Owned Phillips Will Donate the Full Net Proceeds From Its London Sale—$7.7 Million—to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society Phillips announced the Red Cross partnership the morning of the sale. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 3, 2022
Auctions It Turns Out Richard Gere Is an Extremely Savvy Photography Collector—and He’s Selling His Star-Studded Holdings at Christie’s Gere's collection will be on view at Christie's Beverly Hills gallery March 23–26. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 3, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Landed $297.2 Million at Its Modern and Contemporary Sales in London, Powered by a Record-Breaking Magritte So far the art market doesn't seem too disturbed by the unfolding geopolitical crisis. By Naomi Rea, Mar 2, 2022
Auctions Powered by a Restituted Franz Marc, Christie’s Inaugural Shanghai to London Sale Brings in a Sterling $334 Million The five-hour production spanned three sales, two continents, and many, many time zones. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 1, 2022
Auctions A Prized Basquiat Owned by Billionaire Mega-Collector Yusaku Maezawa Could Fetch More Than $70 Million at Auction This Spring Maezawa also revealed he is planning to build a museum to house his collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 28, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Expected to Sell 104 CryptoPunks for a Record $30 Million. Instead, the Collection Was Pulled Just Before the Sale The consignor, who goes by @0x650d on Twitter, posted simply, “nvm, decided to hodl." By Katya Kazakina, Feb 23, 2022
