Auctions A Major Withdrawal in Sotheby’s $205 Million Double-Header Underscores the Mixed Results of New York’s Spring Auction Season A slew of withdrawals and a smattering of passed lots didn't manage to dampen spirits entirely at Sotheby's sales Thursday night, the last of the spring auction season in New York. By Tim Schneider, May 18, 2023
Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: Phillips 20th-Century and Contemporary Evening Auction, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Annie Armstrong, May 18, 2023
Art Fairs Dealers Proclaim a Return to Form for Frieze New York, With Healthy Sales Across the Spectrum and Increased International Traffic The VIP preview was packed with buyers looking to spend. By Eileen Kinsella, May 18, 2023
NFTs ‘Gamification Is the Vibe’: How This Web3 Platform Is Turning the NFT Trading Experience Into a Playful Game of Art Theft Stealcam asks its collectors to 'steal' NFTs from each other. By Richard Whiddington, May 18, 2023
Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Gerald Fineberg Collection Sale, Part I, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Katya Kazakina, May 18, 2023
Art Fairs London’s Eye of the Collector Fair Has Opened in a Victorian Mansion Where Boothless Art Mingles With History The boutique fair opened at Two Temple Place and runs through May 20. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 18, 2023
Auctions Correction in Motion? Christie’s First Sale of Gerald Fineberg’s Collection Pulled in $153 Million, Falling Far Short of Presale Estimates At times, the packed Rockefeller Center salesroom felt like a fire sale. By Katya Kazakina, May 17, 2023
Auctions Phillips 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening Sale Netted $70 Million, Driven Largely by Two Type-A Bidders on a Mission The sale was led by a Banksy piece, which has its original iteration at the Barbican and sold for $9.7 million. By Annie Armstrong, May 17, 2023
Art Fairs An Alternative to Frieze? 21 New York Galleries Have Banded Together for a Group Show of Works From the 1970s Bortolami, Karma, and Kasmin are among the galleries participating in 'That ‘70s Show,' organized by dealer Eric Firestone. By Taylor Dafoe, May 17, 2023
Auctions A Hero’s Rolex Wristwatch, Used in Rescue Missions, Soared at Auction After Appearing on Britain’s ‘Antiques Roadshow’ The watch served its owner, a diver with the Royal Navy, on dramatic undersea missions. By Artnet News, May 17, 2023
Auctions The Codex Sassoon, an Ancient Hebrew Bible, Raked in $33.5 Million at Sotheby’s, Making It One of the Most Valuable Manuscripts Ever Sold The result, though, lands in the lower end of the estimate. By Richard Whiddington, May 17, 2023
Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: Sotheby’s Mo Ostin and Modern Auctions, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Katya Kazakina, May 17, 2023
Auctions A Woman Bought Four Ceramic Plates at a Salvation Army for $8. They Turned Out to Be Original Picassos and Worth Over $40,000 Nancy Cavaliere, a New Yorker, discovered the plates on her way home from work in 2017. By Artnet News, May 17, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Faces a ‘More Sober’ Market With a Modern Art Marathon—and Comes Away With $427 Million The evening began with the cream of the Mo Ostin collection before moving to (mostly) modern works. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2023
NFTs Digital Artist Jack Butcher Is Offering Handmade Prints of His Viral Multimillion-Dollar NFT Collection, ‘Checks’ Platformed by Christie's, the 'Checks Elements' sale includes three print-and-NFT pairs. By Richard Whiddington, May 16, 2023
