Auctions Cattelan’s $6.2 Million Banana Boosts an Otherwise Uneven Auction Night at Sotheby’s The highest price of the evening was Ed Ruscha’s $13.6 million "Georges’ Flag." Many other works struggled to meet their estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, 9 hours ago
Auctions Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s The artist's controversial creation has been called "the most talked-about artwork of the century.” By Eileen Kinsella, 20 hours ago
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s Modern Art Evening Sale in New York Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, 1 day ago
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s ‘Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller’ Evening Sale Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, 2 days ago
Auctions Tiffany Window Shatters Records as Most Expensive Ever Sold The sale of the stained-glass piece has cemented the 20th-century designer's place in the 'pantheon of iconic artists.' By Richard Whiddington, 2 days ago
Auctions From Chandelier Bids to White-Glove Sales: The Wild Jargon of Art Auctions, Decoded "That lot failed to meet its reserve and was bought-in." "That other work sold to its third-party guarantor in the white-glove sale." What? Read on. By Annie Armstrong & Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Auctions Leonora Carrington’s ‘Otherworldly’ Cat Woman Sculpture Sells for a Record $11.4 Million The sculpture was once in the collection of Surrealist patron Edward James. By Richard Whiddington, 2 days ago
Art World $65.5 Million Monet Sells at Sotheby’s New York, While $12 Million Matisse Flops The late beauty titan Sydell Miller's collection over-performed. A sale of Modern art had a tougher time. By Katya Kazakina, 3 days ago
Market $1.6 Billion Worth of Art Goes Under the Hammer in New York—and More Art Industry News Plus, the U.S. returns antiquities totalling $10 million to India. By Annie Armstrong, 3 days ago
Art Market Minute Listen: What Does the Crypto Rally Mean for the Market? Plus, $1.6 billion worth of art is set to go under the hammer this week in New York. By Sonia Manalili & Margaret Carrigan, Nov 17, 2024
Market Bananas for Bitcoin? What the Recent Crypto Rally Means for the Art Market Sotheby's is enabling crypto payments for "select" lots at its New York evening sale. By Margaret Carrigan, Nov 16, 2024
Auctions L.L. Bean Heiress Is Selling Her Collection of Artworks by the Wyeth Dynasty The full lineage of Wyeth artists will hit the block with Bonhams this month. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 15, 2024
Collectibles Rock Icon Jeff Beck’s $1 Million Guitar Collection Hits the Auction Block Leading the sale is Beck's 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul, which has an upper estimate of $631,000. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 15, 2024
Auctions Ruscha, Pollock, and Prince, Oh My! Our Picks From the New York Auctions An iconic image of the 'Standard' gas station and a devilish nurse rank among our favorite lots coming to market this fall. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 14, 2024
Auctions Diamond Necklace Linked to Marie Antoinette Fetches a Dazzling $4.79 Million The sale more than doubled its low estimate. By Verity Babbs, Nov 14, 2024
