Auctions Sotheby’s Delivers a Solid $123 Million in Its Last Contemporary Sale Before Brexit, But Suggests an Anxious Market The sale boasted high marks for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lucian Freud, but two Richters from Marc Jacobs's collection fell flat. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 5, 2019
Auctions Oprah and a Record-Breaking Carmen Herrera Painting Help Raise $3.9 Million at Auction for Miss Porter’s School for Girls The auction set a new record for Carmen Herrera with the $2.9 million sale of "Blanco y Verde." By Sarah Cascone, Mar 1, 2019
Auctions Robert Rauschenberg’s Haunting Silkscreen of JFK Could Sell for $50 Million at Christie’s This Spring The work is part of a trove from the estate of Robert and Beatrice Mayer that is expected to generate $125 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Strong 2018 Earnings Are Propelled by Record Private Sales and a Strong Showing in Asia The auction house expects more strong growth in 2019 through its continued focus on Asian clients, estates, and the middle market. By Tim Schneider, Feb 28, 2019
Auctions A Long-Lost Painting Experts Say Is by Caravaggio Was Discovered in an Attic. It Could Fetch $171 Million at Auction Opinions are divided as to the painting's authenticity, but the auction house is still predicting a monster sale. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 28, 2019
Auctions Signac Sails to a Record While Van Gogh and Monet Bellyflop in Christie’s $220 Million London Impressionist and Modern Sale Missing its lofty expectations, the London sale was determined by the very different fates of two glamorous estate collections. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 27, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Transform Its New York Headquarters, Adding a Museum’s Worth of Exhibition Space The auction house will increase its gallery space to more than 90,000 square feet. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 22, 2019
Auctions SFMOMA Is Selling a Painting by Mark Rothko at Sotheby’s This Spring, and It Could Fetch Up to $50 Million The museum plans to use the proceeds to diversify its collection, which is heavy on white, male, and blue-chip figures. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 15, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Wants You to Have Faith in Singer George Michael’s Collection of YBA Art, Going to Auction in London Next Month Highlights from the former Wham! singer include works by Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, and Michael Craig-Martin By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2019
Auctions Boosted by High-Value Estates and a Bump in Online Sales, Christie’s Announces $7 Billion in Revenue for 2018 Blue-chip estates and online clients boosted the bottom line at Christie's—but the total is still down from the US market's peak. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 7, 2019
Auctions Are Female Old Masters an Untapped Market or a Marketing Ploy? Experts Are Divided, But Buyers Don’t Seem to Care Rarely traded work by female artists helped Sotheby's Masters Week generate $99.8 million, an eight-year high. By Judd Tully, Feb 4, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Raises Its Buyer’s Premiums for the Third Time in Less Than Three Years Buying at the auction house will become more expensive starting February 1. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 31, 2019
Auctions A Painting by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun Sold for $7.2 Million at Sotheby’s, a New Record for a Female Artist From Before the Modern Era The artist's work led Sotheby's Master Paintings evening sale in New York, with a little pre-sale help from Victoria Beckham. By Kate Brown, Jan 31, 2019
Auctions Experts Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Painting by Baroque Master Artemisia Gentileschi—and Now It’s for Sale at Sotheby’s With its new attribution, the painting could fetch more than 10 times what it sold for just five years ago. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 29, 2019
Auctions ‘People Didn’t See It Coming’: Victoria Beckham on How She Became an Unlikely Celebrity Spokesperson for Female Old Masters The fashion designer is helping Sotheby's New York promote "The Female Triumphant," a rare grouping of women artists in its upcoming Old Masters sale. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 25, 2019
