Auctions Christie’s Joins the Race for Millennial Buyers With Its Own Sale of Supreme Skateboards (Plus a Pinball Machine) The sale 'Handbags X Hype' features artist-designed skate decks and Hermès bags. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 20, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Will Sell Art From the Estate of Tastemaker and Legendary Met Board Member Jayne Wrightsman The sale is expected to make more than $8 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 20, 2019
Auctions Auction Blotter: Tschabalala Self’s 3,400% Return, Michael Armitage’s Big Debut, & More Market Sparks From New York’s Day Sales We look at seven lots that took off at New York's day sales last week—and what they tell us about where the market is headed. By Nate Freeman, Nov 19, 2019
Auctions A 14-Year-Old Charlotte Brontë Made This Tiny Book for Toy Soldiers to Read in 1830. It Just Sold For More Than $860,000 The dramatic, miniature volume includes a fiery scene that anticipates ‘Jane Eyre.’ By Maxwell Williams, Nov 19, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Pulls Banksy’s Allegedly Stolen Sculpture ‘The Drinker’ Just an Hour Before It Was Due to Be Sold at Auction The sculpture had been estimated to sell for as much as $1.3 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 19, 2019
Auctions Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 13 Key Takeaways From New York’s Head-Spinning $1.1 Billion Fall Art Sales From the priciest work to the top flop, here are our parting observations from last week's auction marathon. By Artnet News, Nov 18, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Preparing to Sell an Early Banksy Sculpture—But Now the Secretive Street Artist’s Nemesis Says That He’s the Rightful Owner A Banksy work that was stolen almost 15 years ago has resurfaced at Sotheby's with a $1.3 million high estimate. By Kate Brown, Nov 18, 2019
Auctions Has the AI-Generated Art Bubble Already Burst? Buyers Greeted Two Newly Offered Works at Sotheby’s With Lackluster Demand The two lots failed to spark the same frenzied bidding that Obvious's work generated last year. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 15, 2019
Auctions Asian Bidding Rouses Sotheby’s $270.7 Million Contemporary Sale, With the Same Buyer Snapping Up Two of the Priciest Paintings Still, fireworks were muted—the sale's total was down more than 25 percent from the equivalent sale in 2018. By Nate Freeman, Nov 14, 2019
Auctions A Triumphant Basquiat and an Unexpected Norman Rockwell Help Boost Phillips to a Strong $108 Million Evening Sale Meanwhile, French artist Julie Curtiss cements her place as a market darling. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 14, 2019
Auctions A Masterwork by Female Baroque Painter Artemisia Gentileschi, Unseen for 40 Years, Sells for a Record $5.3 Million Her painting Lucretia smashed its high estimate of around $880,000. By Caroline Elbaor, Nov 14, 2019
Auctions A Record-Breaking Ed Ruscha of a Word Being Tortured Injects Life Into Christie’s Otherwise Sober $325 Million Contemporary Sale Other star lots failed to surpass expectations. By Tim Schneider, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions This Rare Portrait of a Teenage Mozart at Work Is Heading to Auction in Paris—and It Could Fetch More Than $1 Million The work features the 13-year-old prodigy sitting at an organ, wearing a wig. By Maxwell Williams, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions A Bronze Hippo Bathtub Made a Giant Splash at Christie’s, Selling for $4.3 Million—25 Times What Its Seller Bought It For Someone will be taking their bubble baths in a multimillion-dollar fixture by François-Xavier Lalanne. By Brian Boucher, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions A Few Technical Difficulties May Have Been the Most Exciting Thing About Sotheby’s $209 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale A new record was set for Tamara de Lempicka, but a Picasso work sold despite missing its low estimate by a wide margin. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 12, 2019
