Phillips Auction House Says It Pulled In More Than Half a Billion Dollars in the First Half of 2021, a 25 Percent Increase Over 2019

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Phillips Auction House Says It Pulled In More Than Half a Billion Dollars in the First Half of 2021, a 25 Percent Increase Over 2019

Private sales and demand from Asia were key drivers of growth.

By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 1, 2021

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Christie’s Is Looking to Bank $200 Million From the Storied Impressionist Art Collection of the Late Oil Magnate Edwin L. Cox

The top works Christie's hopes to sell—by Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, and Vincent Van Gogh—each come with eight-figure estimates.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 30, 2021

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The U.S. Government Just Sold the One-of-a-Kind Wu-Tang Album It Seized From Martin Shkreli

The buyer and the purchase price are both being kept confidential.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2021

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Christie’s Will Quadruple Its Sales Room Footprint in Hong Kong With a New Location—and Triple Its Number of Auctions in the City

The move is part of an ambitious growth plan for the Asian market.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2021

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Slam Dunk! A Pair of ‘Space Jam’ Nikes Made for Michael Jordan Himself Have Sold at Sotheby’s for $176,400

The shoes were specially made for the NBA superstar.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 26, 2021

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Christie’s Will Auction Off Works by Rashid Johnson, Cecily Brown, and Other Artists to Benefit a Charity Battling Fossil Fuels

The Gallery Climate Coalition organized the sale with the auction house.

By Kate Brown, Jul 22, 2021

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Meet the Anonymous Artist Who’s Auctioning Off Cans of Human… Poop Based on the Diets of Major Market Stars at Phillips

This is the first time feces have made it to the company’s auction block.

By Zachary Small, Jul 22, 2021

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After Making His Seven-Figure NFT Debut, ‘Rick and Morty’ Creator Justin Roiland Is Selling His First Painting at Auction

Roiland’s piece is included in Sotheby’s contemporary art online sale.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 19, 2021

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Sylvia Plath’s and Ted Hughes’s Wedding Rings, Love Letters, and Personal Effects Are Open for Bidding at Sotheby’s

The rare and very affordable items were consigned by Plath’s first child with Hughes, Frieda.

By Artnet News, Jul 9, 2021

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A Leonardo da Vinci Drawing the Size of a Postage Stamp Sold for $12.2 Million at Christie’s (But It Only Got a Single Bid)

The teeny tiny drawing set a new record for a work on paper by the artist.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 9, 2021

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The Internet of Blings? Sotheby’s Sells the Source Code for the World Wide Web for $5.4 Million

The sale, titled "This Changed Everything," welcomed 51 bidders.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 30, 2021

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A Painting Bought at a Small Town Dump for $4 Turned Out to Be by David Bowie—and It Just Sold for More Than $87,000

'DHead XLVI' has set a record for art by the glam rock god.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 24, 2021

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Propelled by Multimillion-Dollar Sums for Buzzy Young Stars, Phillips’s New York Evening Sale Brings in $118 Million

Thanks in part to continued demand from Hong Kong, new records were set for artists including Julie Curtiss, Titus Kaphar, and Avery Singer.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 23, 2021

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Christie’s and Sotheby’s Are Now Accepting Cryptocurrency for Big-Ticket Items, Including for a $5.4 Million Keith Haring

This marks the first time that tangible eight-figure objects at auction can be bought with cryptocurrency.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 22, 2021

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The British Library Has Joined Forces With Other U.K. Institutions to Save a Historic Manuscript Collection From the Auction Block

Valued at $21 million, the Honresfield Library includes rare material from Jane Austen, Walter Scott, the Brontë sisters.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 17, 2021