Auctions
On Wednesday the Whitney Museum’s Whitney Contemporaries group will hold its annual Whitney Art Party and auction, with proceeds from the sale of tickets and artworks going to benefit the museum’s educational programs, including the Independent Study Program...
CEO Pete Siegel of "Gotta Have it Collectibles" in New York shows off items from the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Jim Morrison and the Grateful Dead that are being auctioned online. More than 700 lots of Rock and Roll memorabilia are available in a 10-day...
Amid a sizzling auction market for jewelry, Bonhams has embarked on a vigorous campaign to place itself on a par with the big two, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, if not in terms of annual totals, then in ability to move important lots. Bonhams is part of a second...
What I’m about to say might be self-evident if you are on the business end of the art world, but if you aren’t, listen up: A lot of what gets written about the art market is crap. It isn't necessarily meant to be so, but the whole thing is set up so that it's...
On one level, this week’s widely trumpeted announcement that Christie’s auction house has secured a license to become the first foreign auction house able to carry out auctions in China under its own name is significant: The world’s biggest auction houses...
NEW YORK — In a generous burst of charitable giving, an elite band of artists, artist estates, collectors, and dealers have contributed 25 artworks to benefit the new Whitney Museum of American Art building downtown. In total, this trove is estimated to be...
It appears that the online auction house winning the startup funding war is the one you've never heard of: Auctionata. The Berlin-based startup, which has only been in business for a year, just raised $20.2 million in second round funding from five different...
HONG KONG — The all-important auction season kicked off yesterday, April 3, with the sale of elBulli’s wine cellar. Still to come is the marathon of auctions for art, ceramics, timepieces, and other fine collectibles. Below, ARTINFO highlights all...
Poly Auctions officially opened their Hong Kong exhibition space, the Poly Gallery, ahead of their spring auction series.The 232-square-meter space on the seventh floor of One Pacific Place will regularly host exhibitions, lectures, and other art-...
Asia Week kicked off on Tuesday with a bang. As has been the trend in the last few years, there were plenty of lots selling for 10 times estimates. As always, Chinese ceramics are hot, as are traditional Indian and Himalayan works of art. Perhaps more...
