Danish Collector Jens Faurschou Is Selling Works From His Esteemed Foundation in a Christie’s Online Auction

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Danish Collector Jens Faurschou Is Selling Works From His Esteemed Foundation in a Christie’s Online Auction

The upper end of the pre-sale estimate for the sale is $9 million.

By Naomi Rea, Jun 18, 2020

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A $10 Million Basquiat and a $35 Million Barnett Newman Are the Latest Big-Ticket Lots Secured for the Socially Distanced Summer Auction Season

Christie’s will sell a $40 million Newman in their globe-spanning, relay-style sale. Phillips will offer a $10 million Basquiat.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 18, 2020

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The Van Gogh Museum Paid $236,000 for a Revealing Letter by Van Gogh and Gauguin About Their Visits to Brothels

The museum is planning an exhibition of the artist's letters this fall.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 17, 2020

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Sotheby’s Teams Up With Old Master Dealers to Offer More Than 100 Artworks From Their Inventories in a Pair of Unorthodox Online Sales

The sales are part of an emerging lockdown-era trend of galleries joining forces with auction houses.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 15, 2020

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Christie’s Quietly Pulls Greek and Roman Antiquities From an Online Auction After Evidence Suggests They May Have Been Looted

The artifacts were all linked to Gianfranco Becchina, a known dealer of looted antiquities.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 15, 2020

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Wayne Thiebaud’s Painting of Pinball Machines Could Fetch $25 Million at Christie’s, Shattering the Artist’s Auction Record

The 1962 painting is the latest high-profile lot to be announced for Christie's inventive global round-robin auction on July 10.

By Artnet News, Jun 11, 2020

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A Debonair Self-Portrait 26-Year-Old Rembrandt Made to Impress His Future In-Laws Could Fetch $20 Million at Sotheby’s

One of the last Rembrandt self-portraits in private hands will headline a new cross-category auction this July at Sotheby's.

By Kate Brown, Jun 8, 2020

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An Upstart Auction House Just Sold One of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s SAMO Graffiti Tags—the Only Example Ever to Come to Market

The work sold for more than $70,000. But where did it come from?

By Nate Freeman, Jun 3, 2020

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A Medal of Honor, Illegal to Sell in the US, Tripled Its Estimate at a German Auction House—Drawing the Wrath of Ted Cruz

Interest in the 122-year-old medal spiked after Cruz spoke out against its sale in Germany.

By Artnet News, Jun 3, 2020

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Sotheby’s Will Reimagine the Auction Experience by Livestreaming Its Big-Money June Art Sales—Without an Audience

The sale is scheduled for June 29.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 29, 2020

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The Collection of Cable-Television Impresario Ginny Williams, Full of Top-Notch Works by Women, Could Fetch $50 Million at Sotheby’s

The collection will be sold across a series of sales throughout 2020.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 22, 2020

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Sotheby’s Online Contemporary Sale Fetches $13.7 Million—More Than Doubling the Previous Record for a Virtual Art Sale, Set Three Weeks Ago

But the statistics don't account for the high number of withdrawn works.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2020

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Christie’s Will Replace Its Marquee June Sales in New York With a Streaming ‘Relay’ Auction to Unfold Across Four Cities Worldwide

The sale kicks off at 8 p.m. local time in Hong Kong on July 10.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2020

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Allan Schwartzman, a Respected Market Guru, Is Leaving the Sotheby’s Auction House Amid a Continuing Staff Shakeup

He will continue to work with the house as a consultant.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 12, 2020

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This Rare Mannerist Painting by a 17th-Century Italian Nun Just Broke a Record at Sotheby’s, Selling for 14 Times Its High Estimate

A collector snapped up the picture for more than $260,000 in the auction house's online Old Masters sale.

By Sarah Cascone, May 8, 2020