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Experts’ view on the market performance for the different artist segments over the next 12 months. Source: ArtTactic Art Market Expert Survey – January 2026 As Observer predicted…
Read more The Art Market Enters 2026 With Renewed Confidence and a Sharper K-Shape DivideDynamo Phyllis Kao led Sotheby’s The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction, which scored a $178.5 million result with strong participation from Asia. Julian Cassady Photography / Ali After…
Read more Christie’s and Sotheby’s Close 2025 With a Market Rebound Fueled by Luxury and New BuyersWhen it comes to gifts for art lovers, wrapping original art is the ultimate power move. But here’s the catch: collectors pour their hearts—and usually their bank accounts—into…
Read more The Best Holiday Gifts for the Art Lovers and Artists On Your ListOn November 20, Sotheby’s generated a combined total of $304.6 million between the Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection, Exquisite Corps and Modern Evening sales. Julian Cassady Photography /…
Read more In Its Best Week Since 2021, Sotheby’s Hit $1.173B With a $54.7M Kahlo FinaleA 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction, becoming the top sale price for a work…
Read more Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly $55 million, shattering record for female artistsPhillips’s New York Evening Sale closed at $67.3 million—a 24 percent increase from last November. Photo: Jean Bourbon The auction results of the past few years have confirmed…
Read more A Juvenile Triceratops and Francis Bacon Heat Up Phillips’s $67.3 Million Evening SaleA Gustav Klimt portrait painting sold Tuesday for $236 million, a record for a modern art piece, at an auction where a solid gold, fully functional toilet satirizing…
Read more Gustav Klimt portrait painting sells for record $236 million at New York auctionThe collection of Robert F. Weis and Patricia G. Ross Weis has an estimate in excess of $180 million. Christie’s The November marquee sales in New York are…
Read more The Top Collections (and Their Top Lots) Headlining the $1.6 Billion November SalesThe October evening sales brought the London auction houses their highest totals in years. Courtesy of Sotheby’s Sales aren’t just buoyant at Frieze this week—London’s auction houses also…
Read more London Sees Its Best Evening Auction Results in YearsLast Spring, Kasmin New York staged “Les Lalanne: Zoophites,” featuring works by the acclaimed French designers drawn entirely from the collection of their eldest daughter, Caroline Hamisky Lalanne.…
Read more Record Prices, New Buyers and Global Reach: Design’s Moment Has ArrivedKeith Haring, Untitled (Breakdancers and Barking Dog), 1985. Courtesy of Sotheby’s As the November marquee auction season approaches and the major auction houses start to build momentum by…
Read more Consignor Revealed: Rare Keith Haring Subway Drawings Come to Sotheby’s from Larry WarshDinosaur skeleton finds new home Dinosaur skeleton found in U.S. finally finds new home in Europe 01:33 Sotheby’s has auctioned off the skeleton of a stegosaurus named Apex,…
Read more Stegosaurus sells for almost $45 million at Sotheby’s auction, the most for any dinosaur fossil(CNN) — J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was the beginning of what would become a worldwide phenomenon. Now, the original illustration for the first edition of the…
Read more Original cover art for ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ expected to set auction recordMonumental gilt-bronze figures of Panjarnata Mahakala and Kapaladhara Hevajra. Courtesy Sotheby’s Two of the largest bronze figures created during the early Ming dynasty will soon be offered up…
Read more A Pair of Early Ming Dynasty Bronze Figures Is Expected to Fetch $11M at Sotheby’sOne princess’s trash is another auction-goer’s $1.143 million treasure, as it turns out. The iconic “Black Sheep” sweater worn by the late Princess Diana sold at auction at…
Read more Princess Diana’s Iconic Black Sheep Sweater Sells for Over $1.1 Million at AuctionPrincess Diana’s black sheep sweater auctioned for $1.1 million – CBS News Watch CBS News The black sheep sweater famously worn by Princess Diana was auctioned by Sotheby’s…
Read more Princess Diana’s black sheep sweater auctioned for $1.1 millionFreddie Mercury’s possessions on display “Queen” frontman Freddie Mercury’s handwritten lyrics, other possessions on display for first time ever 03:14 Some of Freddie Mercury’s prized possessions went up for…
Read more Freddie Mercury’s piano and scribbled “Bohemian Rhapsody” lyrics sell for millions at auctionHe was the king of Queen and his crown could be yours — for the right price. Freddie Mercury‘s extensive collection of costumes, fine art, and even handwritten working…
Read more Freddie Mercury’s costumes, handwritten lyrics and “exquisite clutter” up for auctionA diamond cross pendant once worn by Princess Diana now belongs to Kim Kardashian, after the reality star and business mogul outbid others at a Sotheby’s auction. The…
Read more Kim Kardashian buys amethyst cross pendant worn by Princess Diana at auction
