Auctions A Long-Lost Religious Panel Set a $4 Million Auction Record for Northern Renaissance Artist Bernhard Strigel The work was part of an altarpiece in Memmingen and has a companion in the Louvre Abu Dhabi. By Naomi Rea, Feb 7, 2022
Auctions The Great-Grandaughter of a Jewish Art Patron Spent Years Tracking Down His Collection. She Just Sold the First Restituted Work A German state art collection restituted the painting to the heirs of Jules Strauss. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 2, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Selling an Immense Black Diamond It Claims Came From Outer Space Some experts question the extraterrestrial origins of carbonaro diamonds. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 30, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Hoped to Pull in $60,000 From an Auction of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Library. The Sale Made $2.4 Million Every single lot in the auction sold above its high estimate. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 28, 2022
Auctions Korean Galleries and Auction Houses May Finally Be Coming to an Agreement After a Long-Simmering Turf War South Korean galleries have fought back against the auction houses' aggressive tactics by holding their own closed-door sale. By Eileen Kinsella & Vivienne Chow, Jan 28, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Aims to Lure Chinese Buyers With a $47 Million Restituted Franz Marc Painting at Its Shanghai-London Relay Sale The auction house hopes deep-pocketed young Chinese buyers interested in Western art will stay on to bid remotely for the London sale. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 27, 2022
Auctions A Cash-Strapped Korean Museum Hoped to Raise Money by Auctioning Off Two National Treasures. They Didn’t Get a Single Bid The works will now be returned to the Kansong Art and Culture Foundation. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 27, 2022
Auctions Despite Drawing Measured Interest From Only Three Bidders, Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Man of Sorrows’ Sells for $45 Million The work, long believed to be by assistants in the artist's studio, was reattributed to Botticelli in 2009. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 27, 2022
Auctions A Turf War Between South Korea’s Galleries and Auction Houses Heats Up as a Trade Organization Warns of a ‘Collapsing’ of Market Order Galleries allege that the auction houses have decimated their businesses. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 20, 2022
Auctions British Pop Star Robbie Williams Is Selling a Trio of Banksy Works Worth Over $13 Million to Buy ‘New Art From New People’ It is the first time that the 'Angels' singer has decided to sell works from his private art collection. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 20, 2022
Auctions For Decades, a Small Lead Sculpture Sat on a Family’s Crowded Mantelpiece. Turns Out It Was a Rare Henry Moore The lead sculpture will highlight a March 16 sale hosted by Dreweatts auctioneers in Newbury, England. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 18, 2022
Auctions Phillips Is Opening a New Business Division for Wealthy Art Collectors in Need of Legal and Financial Advice The new department reflects the increasing sophistication of the booming global art trade. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 18, 2022
Auctions A $546 Million Roman Villa With the Only Ceiling Mural Caravaggio Ever Painted Just Flopped at Auction Villa Aurora is at the center of a family legal dispute. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 18, 2022
Auctions A Spider-Man Panel From the 1980s Just Fetched a Record $3.4 Million at Auction as Comic Prices Continue to Skyrocket Superman nearly topped the web slinger with a $3.18 million result. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 14, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Reportedly Consulting Two Investment Banks as Rumors Mount That the Auction House Is Headed for an IPO The auction house is reportedly in talks with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley about going public again. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 14, 2022