Auctions Fugitive Billionaire Joseph Lau Will Auction Off Millions of Dollars in Art and Wine to Make Up for Stock Market Losses Lau is selling off eight pieces of Chinese imperial porcelain at Sotheby's, plus rare wines at Christie's. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 4, 2022
Auctions Squish! The Louvre Puts the Kibosh on the $26.8 Million Sale of Chardin’s Record-Setting Strawberry Painting The museum, hoping to acquire the treasured artwork, has requested that it be classified as a French national treasure. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 1, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Lands the Coveted Art Collection of Late Philanthropist Anne Bass, Which Could Fetch $250 Million in May Twelve artworks will make up a dedicated sale the week of May 9 in New York. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 31, 2022
Auctions The First-Ever Sample of Dust Collected From the Moon Is Coming to Auction. NASA Thinks It Belongs to the People After a theft and a lawsuit, the lunar sample is hitting the auction block once again. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 30, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Hurriedly Withdraws Two Lots From an Upcoming Antiquities Sale That May Have Been Looted The objects were dropped from the sale after an archaeologist pointed out their ties to two dealers linked to the illicit trade. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2022
Auctions An Unassuming Chardin Strawberry Painting Fetches a Record-Shattering $26.8 Million at Auction, Shocking Market-Watchers The luminous 18th-century still life is the only known instance in which he painted strawberries. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2022
Auctions How Much for an Invisible Artwork? Sotheby’s Is Betting It Can Get a Half Million Dollars for a Sales Receipt by Yves Klein Klein sold a number of such works between 1959 and 1962 in return for a weight of pure gold. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 22, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Adds Danish Auctioneer Bruun Rasmussen to Its Rapidly Expanding Network, Its Third Acquisition in as Many Months The London-based auctioneer is looking to strengthen its position as a global player in the market. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 22, 2022
Auctions An Andy Warhol ‘Marilyn’, Estimated to Fetch $200 Million, Could Become the Most Expensive Work of Art Ever Sold at Auction The painting will be sold at Christie's in May to benefit the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 21, 2022
Auctions Led by a Prized Francis Picabia, Sotheby’s First-Ever Surrealist Sale in Paris Nets $36 Million The event included 23 lots and was highlighted by a 1929 Picabia picture that sold for $10.9 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2022
Auctions A Statue Bought at a Garden Sale for Just $7,500 Turned Out to Be a Long-Lost Work by Canova. It Could Now Fetch $10.5 Million The historic marble work languished in British gardens for decades. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 17, 2022
Auctions Bonhams, Sotheby’s, and Christie’s Have All Cancelled Their Upcoming Russian Art Auctions The houses are also imposing stricter scrutiny of buyers. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 16, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Buys Boston-Based Skinner Auction House, Accelerating Consolidation of Midlevel Auctions The acquisition 'brings the world to New England,' and creates an entity known as Bonhams Skinner. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Auctions The Met Has Confirmed Plans to Sell a $30 Million Bronze Picasso Sculpture at Auction to Boost Its Acquisition Fund The museum currently owns two versions of the bronze cast. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 9, 2022
Auctions Despite Talk of a Boycott of the Russian-Owned Auction House, Phillips Cruises to a Solid $40 Million Evening Sale in London The overall results were strong, especially considering challenges in the lead-up to the auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2022
