Buyers Chased Bronze Pigeons and Crocodile Chairs at Sotheby’s $45 Million Sale of a Real Estate Executive’s Collection

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Buyers Chased Bronze Pigeons and Crocodile Chairs at Sotheby’s $45 Million Sale of a Real Estate Executive’s Collection

Led by pieces by Les Lalanne and the Giacometti brothers, the event nearly tripled expectations.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 30, 2021

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Former Christie’s Financial Chief Stephen Brooks Will Replace Edward Dolman as Phillips’s New C.E.O.

Dolman has been promoted to the newly created position of executive chairman.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 28, 2021

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Are We in for a Basquiat Auction Boom? A Fashion Executive’s Rare Skull Painting Could Fetch Over $50 Million at Christie’s

"He’s the most desirable artist at the moment," Christie's chairman Alex Rotter said of Basquiat.

By Katya Kazakina, Apr 26, 2021

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Model Emily Ratajkowski Blasted Richard Prince for Stealing Her Image. Now, She’s Taking It Back—and Selling It as an NFT

The work will be sold at Christie's on May 14.

By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 23, 2021

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Mad Dog Jones Is the Most Expensive Living Canadian Artist After Phillips’s $4.1 Million Sale of His Self-Replicating NFT

Bidding started at $100 two weeks ago.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 23, 2021

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Sotheby’s Just Launched a Science and Pop Culture Department, Citing Growing Hunger for Dinosaur Bones and Space Suits

Sotheby's new division will be helmed by Cassandra Hatton, a former books and manuscript specialist with omnivorous taste.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2021

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Surging Demand for Young Artists Powered Sotheby’s $122.5 Million Contemporary Art Sale in Hong Kong

The 45-lot sale saw records set for Avery Singer, Salman Toor, and others.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2021

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Robert Colescott’s Caustic Satire of ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ Is Poised to Reset the Artist’s Market at Sotheby’s Next Month

Estimated to go for $9 million to $12 million, the painting is expected to smash the artist’s current auction record of $912,500.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 16, 2021

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Phillips’s Spring Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London Generated a Solid £24.8 Million, Up Nearly a Fifth From Last Year

The house sold 91 percent by lot.

By Naomi Rea, Apr 15, 2021

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Sotheby’s Nets $17 Million With Its First-Ever NFT Auction (Which Included Almost 20,000 Very Fungible Works)

Thousands of buyers eagerly snapped up the anonymous artist Pak's $500 "cubes," which were made in an open edition.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 15, 2021

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Celeb Podcaster Russell Tovey’s Sotheby’s Sale Generates $8.5 Million—and Fierce Competition for Young Stars

The tenth edition of the sale brought the series' highest total to date.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 14, 2021

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A Collection of Impressionist Paintings Assembled by a Campbell’s-Soup Heir May Fetch Over $60 Million at Sotheby’s

The sale offers a sign that the market for masterpieces may be returning.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2021

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An Oil Painting Banksy ‘Vandalized’ With a Comment on Climate Change Will Highlight Christie’s June Sales

The work is expected to fetch between £3 million and £5 million.

By Naomi Rea, Apr 13, 2021

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Christie’s Will Offer 9 Multimillion-Dollar NFT CryptoPunks in Its May Evening Auction. Here’s What That Means

The digital collectibles include a rare alien punk.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 9, 2021

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Following Public Pressure, eBay Has Cancelled a Sale of Wartime Drawings Reportedly Made by an Artist in a U.S. Japanese Internment Camp

A number of organizations wrote to the auction house saying they objected to "profiteering off the oppression of Japanese Americans."

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 7, 2021