Auctions Tupac Shakur’s Bejeweled Crown Ring Sold for $1 Million at Sotheby’s—More Than Three Times Its Estimate The auction house had predicted the ring would bring in $300,000. By Adam Schrader, Jul 26, 2023
Auctions Could a Corruption Investigation Into Patrick Drahi’s Cable Company Spark Problems For Sotheby’s? An Altice executive has been detained as part of a sweeping probe alleging money laundering, among other crimes. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2023
Auctions France’s Oldest Auction Business, Drouot, Has Sold a 30 Percent Stake to Two Investment Companies The group said the investment will open up liquidity options for shareholders and help bolster the auction business. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2023
Auctions Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts’s Jazz-Age Collection Heads to Auction, Led by an Inscribed Copy of ‘The Great Gatsby’ His bandmates called him “totally unique and devoted to jazz and literature from boyhood.” By Adam Schrader, Jul 13, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Reports Global Sales Dropped 23 Percent in the First Half of the Year To be sure, 2022's stellar line-up was tough to replicate. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2023
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Phillips’s 20th Century to Now Sale in London, June 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 30, 2023
Analysis State of the Art Market: Old Is New Again and Neo Old Masters An analysis of the auction market’s resurgent interest in the Old Masters and in young artists reinventing the classics. By Artnet News and Morgan Stanley, Jun 30, 2023
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London, June 2023 Let the numbers tell the story. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 29, 2023
Auctions Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Sets a New Auction Record in Europe, Making $108.4 Million at Sotheby’s Mini-Marathon of London Sales The artist's final portrait—it was still on the easel in Klimt's studio when he died in 1918—is now the most expensive artwork ever sold in Europe. By Eileen Kinsella & Sarah Cascone, Jun 27, 2023
Auctions Rubens Painting Lost For 300 Years and Misidentified When Last Sold at Auction Will Star At Upcoming Sotheby’s Sale in London Research and x-ray analysis revealed that the painting is far more important than previously thought. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 19, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Offer a Rare Klimt Portrait in London With a Whopping $80 Million Estimate—Which Could Set a European Record The painting, made near the end of the artist's life, will lead the Sotheby's London summer sale. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 14, 2023
Auctions Disco Queen Donna Summer’s Personal Possessions—Gold Records, Handwritten Lyrics, and Her Own Abstract Paintings—Are Heading to Auction This June Christie's relives the legend's heyday with a shimmering sale timed with her HBO documentary. By Vittoria Benzine, May 30, 2023
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Hong Kong Evening Sales, May 2023 The combined hammer total from the Post-Millennium and 20th/21st Century Sales barely surpassed the presale low estimate. By Vivienne Chow, May 30, 2023
Law & Politics What the Story of a Botched $1 Million Auction Reveals About the Clash Between New Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Client Confidentiality Patrick Matthiesen sought more information about a painting he bought at auction, but immediately hit a wall. By Eileen Kinsella, May 29, 2023
Auctions Ann and Gordon Getty’s Magnificent Collection Returns for Another Auction at Christie’s With Major Blockbuster Potential The contents of the couple's opulent Temple of Wings home in California will head to auction June 14. By Lee Carter, May 29, 2023
