The top drivers included a $2.2 billion auction week in New York and strong fall fairs, according to the annual Art Basel and ...
After the strongest month in nearly five years, wholesale auction sales were “substantially more muted” in May, but still up more than 3% from a year ago. And though down double-digits from pre-COVID ...
Princess Diana had nothing short of an iconic wardrobe—and a historic sale of pieces from the late Princess of Wales’ expansive collection is set to take place later this month. “Princess Diana’s ...
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In 1989, as the art market roared, the critic Peter Schjeldahl wrote deliciously about attending his very first auction, a marquee November sale in New York at Christie’s. He saw “finely tailored ...
Works from the collection of beauty mogul Sydell Miller went on the block at Sotheby’s last fall. ©Frank Frances Studio The very first auction that Christie’s conducted, back in London in 1766, was a ...
Auction sales have been declining for the third year in a row, as dealers, auctioneers and collectors ponder a deeper crisis in the art market. Auction sales for the first half of the year at ...