Auctions Bucking the Traditional Auction Calendar, Christie’s Plans to Hold a Megawatt Livestreamed Modern Art Sale in October The star lot is a Cézanne watercolor estimated at around $25 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 26, 2020
Auctions Expanding Its Reach in Asia, Phillips Is Partnering With China’s Poly Auction House on Two Hong Kong Sales Auction houses are looking at new partnerships to boost the bottom line in a highly unusual year. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 19, 2020
Auctions Hot Lots: 7 On-the-Rise Artists Whose Work Wildly Exceeded Expectations at Auction This Summer Even during an unusual auction season, a number of budding superstars achieved surprisingly high results. By Nate Freeman, Aug 18, 2020
Auctions A Pair of Michael Jordan’s Game-Worn Sneakers Sold for $615,000 at Christie’s, Setting a New Record for the Category The auction house's first dedicated sneaker sale brought in $932,000 across 11 lots. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 17, 2020
Auctions Phillips Is the Latest Art Seller to Court Ex-Manhattan Collectors by Opening a New Viewing Outpost in the Hamptons The space will show a $12 million Basquiat painting at its first preview exhibition. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 13, 2020
Auctions After Closing His Berlin Museum, Renowned Collector Thomas Olbricht Is Selling More Than 500 Works From His Collection A large portion of his cabinet of curiosities is going up for sale, alongside notable works by George Condo and Cindy Sherman. By Kate Brown, Aug 7, 2020
Auctions Kneecapped by the Shutdown (But Boosted by Millennials), Sotheby’s Earnings Have Dropped 25 Percent So Far This Year The house boasted extraordinary growth in online sales, which were up more than 500 percent—but that couldn't save it from a shortfall. By Artnet News, Aug 3, 2020
Auctions This Ordinary-Looking Vase Just Sold for Nearly 50 Times Its High Estimate After a 45-Minute Bidding War at Sotheby’s The small vase's high estimate was just $9,000. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 31, 2020
Auctions Buoyed by Ronald Perelman’s Meditative Miró, Sotheby’s Cross-Category Hybrid Auction Netted $193 Million in London The sale included works spanning 500 years of art history. By Naomi Rea, Jul 29, 2020
Auctions Banksy Is Selling Three Paintings About the Refugee Crisis to Raise More Than $1 Million for a Bethlehem Hospital The works will be offered as part of Sotheby's "Rembrandt to Richter" auction. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2020
Auctions A Vampire-Slaying Kit—Complete With 19th-Century Bible and a Small Pistol—Just Sold for $3,100 at an English Auction House It's possible the buyer himself is a vampire seeking to protect himself. We have no evidence—but it's possible. By Tanner West, Jul 23, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Makes a Bid for the Sneaker Market With a New Michael Jordan-Themed Auction Christie's is collaborating with sneaker purveyor Stadium Goods for a rare sale of Michael Jordan's game-worn shoes and other memorabilia. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 16, 2020
Auctions Beijing Is Clamping Down on ‘Subversive’ Activity in Hong Kong. The Art Market Doesn’t Seem to Care A strong auction week in the city suggests that the art market is detached from political concerns. By Vivienne Chow, Jul 16, 2020
Auctions Hit Hard by Travel Disruptions, British Airways Will Sell a $1 Million Bridget Riley Painting and 16 Other Works at Sotheby’s This Month Works by Damien Hirst, Julian Opie, and Marc Quinn are among those being auctioned off in July. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 14, 2020
Auctions Who Were the Winners of the First-Ever Hybrid Auction Week? Here Are 8 Takeaways From Summer’s Unprecedented—and Rather Surprising—Marquee Sales From the priciest work to the most flipped artwork, here are our parting observations from the season's auction marathon. By Artnet News, Jul 13, 2020
