Auctions Collectors Go Into a Frenzy for Les Lalanne at Sotheby’s Paris, Where a White-Glove Sale of the Couple’s Designs Notched $92 Million The sale set a record for François-Xavier Lalanne, and for work he created in collaboration with his wife, Claude Lalanne. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 5, 2021
Auctions Depressing New Report Finds That Women Artists Accounted for Just 16 Percent of NFT Sales Over the Past 21 Months The numbers are terrible—but are actually better than the traditional fine art market. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 5, 2021
Auctions Presto Change-O! Illusionist Ricky Jay’s Collection of Wondrous Ephemera Makes $3.8 Million Magically Appear for Sotheby’s A majority of buyers were new to the house, drawn by unusual material and approachable prices. By Katie White, Oct 29, 2021
Auctions A 98-Year-Old Widow Sold a $100 Eames Cabinet She Didn’t Even Like for $48,000, a New Auction Record The rare cabinet may be among fewer than half a dozen surviving examples. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 28, 2021
Auctions Beeple Will Return to Christie’s Next Month, This Time With an Actual, Physical Artwork (That Is Also an NFT) The piece, which features an astronaut striding across an otherworldly landscape, is expected to fetch more than $15 million. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 28, 2021
Auctions An Orientalist Painting Authenticated on the BBC Show ‘Fake or Fortune’ Just Sold for $130,000 at Auction An artist purchased the work for just over $6,000 in 1999. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 28, 2021
Auctions Former Casino Boss Steve Wynn’s Picasso Collection Fetched $109 Million in a Special Sotheby’s Event in Las Vegas Sotheby's staged an action-packed event in Las Vegas for the occasion. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 25, 2021
Auctions Christie’s Taps Deidrea Miller, an Arts Pro Who Previously Worked in the Mayor’s Office, to Lead Its Communications Strategy in the Americas The appointment comes as auction houses are embracing new technology and courting younger audiences. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 25, 2021
Auctions Young Painters Steal the Limelight From the Likes of Polke and Prince in Phillips’s $35 Million London Evening Sale New records were set for seven up-and-coming artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 15, 2021
Auctions With Camera Crews and a Slick Studio, Christie’s $88 Million Evening Sale in London Felt Like a TV Show—Luckily, Buyers Tuned in Buyers were asked to project their voices and "bid with purpose." By Naomi Rea, Oct 15, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Launches Metaverse, a Dedicated Digital Art Platform, With a Little Help From Pak, Paris Hilton, and Time Magazine The NFT arms race is heating up another notch. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 15, 2021
Auctions Asian Collectors Steal the Show at Sotheby’s $90 Million London Evening Sale, Buying Banksy’s Shredded Work and Competing for Young Artists The sale exceeded expectations thanks in large part to Asia's buying power. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 14, 2021
Auctions These Sphinx Patio Ornaments Were Offered for $700 at an English Auction House. Turns Out They’re Ancient—and Sold for $265,000 A flood of bidders seems to have known something that the auctioneer did not. By Artnet News, Oct 14, 2021
Auctions Banksy’s Famed Shredded Artwork, ‘Love Is in the Bin,’ Sells for a Record $25.4 Million at Sotheby’s—18 Times the Non-Shredded Price Sotheby's was careful that Banksy had no more funny business planned, even though the 2018 stunt only enhanced the work's value. By Julia Halperin, Oct 14, 2021
Auctions A Basquiat Painting Picked Up in 1998 for Less Than $400,000 Could Make More Than $40 Million at Christie’s in November The painting, created by the late artist while he was in Italy in 1982, stands to make a 10,222 percent return. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 13, 2021
