Christie’s Is Sending a Hologram of a $20 Million Edgar Degas Ballerina on a World Tour to Avoid the Cost and Complexity of Shipping

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Christie’s Is Sending a Hologram of a $20 Million Edgar Degas Ballerina on a World Tour to Avoid the Cost and Complexity of Shipping

Is this the future of auction-house previews?

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 25, 2022

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The ‘World’s Leading’ Purveyor of Tiki Decor Is Going Out of Business With a Fire-Sale Auction of Props, Mugs, and All Kinds of Knick Knacks

Oceanic Arts, a California business that has been selling Tiki decor for nearly 70 years, is closing as its owners retire.

By Artnet News, Apr 20, 2022

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Artnet Auctions Is Teaming Up With Poly Auction to Stage an Online Sale of Blue-Chip Art in China This Summer

The sale will appear on the Poly Auction platform.

By Artnet News, Apr 20, 2022

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This Jackson Pollock Painting Could Become One of the Priciest Works by the Artist Ever Sold at Auction

The painting, estimated to sell for $45 million, measures just 31 by 22 inches.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2022

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Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Rare Trove of Drawings by Gérald Genta, the ‘Picasso of Watchmaking’

Genta's luxury watches, such as the Patek Philippe Nautilus, helped modernize the industry.

By Artnet News, Apr 18, 2022

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Sotheby’s Digital Art Sale Will Offer New NFTs From Some of the OGs of Computer-Generated Art

Historic and brand new works by several nonagenarian artists are at the heart of the sale, which takes place later this month.

By Artnet News, Apr 14, 2022

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To Honor Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, Sotheby’s Will Sell British Art and Show Historic Portraits in a Month-Long Program in London

The auction house will also sell contemporary tiaras.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 13, 2022

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The Toledo Museum of Art Will Deaccession Three Impressionist Paintings That Could Fetch More Than $60 Million at Sotheby’s

The museum will divest itself of a Cézanne, a Matisse, and a Renoir to double its acquisition funds.

By Katya Kazakina, Apr 13, 2022

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Sotheby’s Hong Kong Hopes to Nab Up to $20 Million This Month With a Rare, Wall-Mounted Louise Bourgeois Spider Sculpture

Sotheby's hopes the rare sculpture appeals to Asian collectors' growing appetite for work by Western artists.

By Vivienne Chow, Apr 12, 2022

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For the Third Time in Its History, Christie’s Will Sell One of the World’s Largest Diamonds to Benefit the Red Cross

Proceeds from the sale of the 205-carat Red Cross Diamond at Christie's will go toward the humanitarian organization.

By Artnet News, Apr 12, 2022

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A Rare $10 Gold Coin Designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at Teddy Roosevelt’s Insistence Fetches $1.1 Million at Auction

This version of the Indian Eagle $10 was put into production by mistake, hence its rarity.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 8, 2022

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Prime-Period Picasso Portrait of His Muse Could Sell for More Than $60 Million at Sotheby’s Next Month

The artist painted the large-scale work during his "annus mirabilis" of 1932.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 7, 2022

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Christie’s Will Sell the Complete Storied Collection of Swiss Connoisseurs Doris and Thomas Ammann This Spring

Christie's hopes the sale is the biggest since the 2018 Rockefeller collection sale.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 6, 2022

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An Invisible Artwork by Yves Klein Just Sold for More Than $1 Million at Sotheby’s

The winning bidder scored a receipt for a “zone of empty space,” created by Klein in 1959.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 6, 2022

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A Newly Reattributed Michelangelo Drawing Could Fetch $30 Million at Christie’s Paris Next Month

The drawing last sold in 1907 at the Hôtel Drouot auction house as a work of the school of Michelangelo.

By Artnet News, Apr 6, 2022