Auctions SFMOMA Is Selling a Painting by Mark Rothko at Sotheby’s This Spring, and It Could Fetch Up to $50 Million The museum plans to use the proceeds to diversify its collection, which is heavy on white, male, and blue-chip figures. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 15, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Wants You to Have Faith in Singer George Michael’s Collection of YBA Art, Going to Auction in London Next Month Highlights from the former Wham! singer include works by Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, and Michael Craig-Martin By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2019
Auctions Boosted by High-Value Estates and a Bump in Online Sales, Christie’s Announces $7 Billion in Revenue for 2018 Blue-chip estates and online clients boosted the bottom line at Christie's—but the total is still down from the US market's peak. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 7, 2019
Auctions Are Female Old Masters an Untapped Market or a Marketing Ploy? Experts Are Divided, But Buyers Don’t Seem to Care Rarely traded work by female artists helped Sotheby's Masters Week generate $99.8 million, an eight-year high. By Judd Tully, Feb 4, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Raises Its Buyer’s Premiums for the Third Time in Less Than Three Years Buying at the auction house will become more expensive starting February 1. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 31, 2019
Auctions A Painting by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun Sold for $7.2 Million at Sotheby’s, a New Record for a Female Artist From Before the Modern Era The artist's work led Sotheby's Master Paintings evening sale in New York, with a little pre-sale help from Victoria Beckham. By Kate Brown, Jan 31, 2019
Auctions Experts Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Painting by Baroque Master Artemisia Gentileschi—and Now It’s for Sale at Sotheby’s With its new attribution, the painting could fetch more than 10 times what it sold for just five years ago. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 29, 2019
Auctions ‘People Didn’t See It Coming’: Victoria Beckham on How She Became an Unlikely Celebrity Spokesperson for Female Old Masters The fashion designer is helping Sotheby's New York promote "The Female Triumphant," a rare grouping of women artists in its upcoming Old Masters sale. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 25, 2019
Auctions A 16-Year-Old Found a Rare Penny in His Lunch Money. Then It Sold for $204,000 at Auction The one-cent coin is one of 20 pennies minted by accident by the US government. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 13, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Sell a Complete Set of All the Skateboard Decks Supreme Has Ever Produced for Up to $1.2 Million All 248 Supreme decks, some of which were designed in collaboration with artists, will be sold as a single lot. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 11, 2019
Auctions Legendary Old Master Dealer Richard Feigen Is Selling His Own Collection at Auction to Fund His Retirement After more than six decades in the art world, the 88-year-old dealer is selling a select group of his treasures at Christie's. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 4, 2019
Auctions Phillips Is Organizing a Selling Exhibition of Work by 64 African American Artists—With One Notable Absence The show spans four generations of artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 3, 2019
Auctions An Ethereal Painting of the Doge’s Palace by Claude Monet Could Sell for $35 Million at Sotheby’s This could become the most expensive Venice painting by the famed Impressionist. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 21, 2018
Auctions Phillips Is Moving Its New York Headquarters Next Year—But Only Around the Corner The fast-growing auction house is going for a major upgrade on Park Avenue. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 17, 2018
Auctions David Hockney’s Double Portrait of a Legendary Met Curator and His Partner Could Fetch Almost $40 Million The artist's painting of Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott will hit the auction block in London. By Tanner West, Dec 14, 2018
