Auctions
NEW YORK — Speaking of a hard act to follow… Phillips's evening sale commenced just 24 hours after Christie’s record-setting half-billion-dollar result. It proved mildly successful. The boutique-scaled auction house, headquartered on Park Avenue and 57th...
NEW YORK — Auction history was made at Christie’s postwar and contemporary evening sale on Wednesday, which raked in $495,021,500 — the highest ever tally for any auction in any category. It nicked the $491.4 million mark set at Christie’s Impressionist...
SALE: Fine and rare winesLOCATION: Sotheby’s, London and Christie's, Hong Kong DATE: May 22 (Sotheby's), May 25 (Christie's)ABOUT: Cases of some of the finest and rarest wines go on the block next week at...
NEW YORK — Fueled by a handful of outstanding offerings, the contemporary art market maintained its upwardly momentum on Tuesday at Sotheby’s, racking up $293,587,000. Impressively, 44 of the 53 lots that sold hurdled the million dollar mark. Of those,...
NEW YORK — Sold to benefit conservation projects for endangered species, the 33 donated art works in the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation’s “The 11th Hour Auction” at Christie’s realized a whopping $38.5 million Monday evening. It was an excellent portent...
A rare VOX custom-built guitar played by Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison is among the rock memorabilia up for sale this coming weekend by Julien's Auctions at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. Other items on the block include a cape designed...
NEW YORK — After last night's robust Sotheby's sale, the Impressionist and Modern market continued to swing at Christie’s Wednesday evening, though at a slightly lower volume, totaling $158,505,000 for the 44 lots that sold. The performance fell midway...
SALE: Post-war and contemporary art, and wildlife benefitLOCATION: Sotheby’s and Christie's New YorkDATE: May 13 (Christie's), May 14 (Sotheby's), and May 15 (Christie's)ABOUT: Ab Ex masterworks highlight the sale at Sotheby’s Tuesday, May 14. ...
NEW YORK — Rumors of a fading Impressionist and Modern market evaporated Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s season opener that pulled in a solid and reassuring $230-million tally, nearing the $235.1-million high estimate. Thirty-seven of the...
In the days following Hurricane Sandy, one of the thousands of widely posted, shared, and retweeted images of the storm's aftermath was a beautiful photo of the sidewalk outside a waterfront warehouse in Red Hook that had been stained blood red by the...
