Bainbridge Chinese Vase £50m Still Outstanding
We reported on 7 March that the record-breaking £51m Pinner Vase, an 18th century Qianlong-dynasty ceramic sold from a suburban… Read More
13 December 2011
We reported on 7 March that the record-breaking £51m Pinner Vase, an 18th century Qianlong-dynasty ceramic sold from a suburban… Read More
13 December 2011
This week’s 20th Century British and Irish Art sale at Bonhams broke the world auction record for a work on… Read More
19 November 2011
Sotheby’s auctions for Modern and Post-War British Art make £8m, selling work by Lowry and the fictional creation Nat Tate… Read More
18 November 2011
Confusion as last week’s total sales of Asian Art hit impressive £57.4 million, despite fact that 44% of lots remained… Read More
17 November 2011
Portrait of Kate Moss set to be sold at Bonhams next week for £18,000, alongside famous images by Robert Maplethorpe… Read More
11 November 2011
Buyers lack enthusiasm at first post-war and contemporary sale of the season, uncharacteristically held by Phillips De Pury Phillips… Read More
8 November 2011
Sotheby’s have enjoyed considerably more success at their first “Impressionist and Modern Art” sale of the autumn season than their… Read More
3 November 2011
Picasso and Degas Fail to Sell At Christies Modern evening sale As we reported on Monday, this week sees the… Read More
2 November 2011
The aspirational brown motor car is offered by Bonhams Auctioneers “The legendary Pop Artist Andy Warhol’s car is to join… Read More
17 October 2011
Sotheby’s Christie’s and Phillips produce healthy results This week has been an important one for the art market, with London’s… Read More
15 October 2011
Lord Forte’s Piccadilly Circus Oil goes under the hammer In November Having been part of hotel tycoon Lord Forte’s personal… Read More
3 October 2011
AIDS charity to benefit from Sotheby’s sale and new photo Portfolio Elton John has announced that his charitable organization, The… Read More
30 September 2011
Damien Hirst, the YBA worth £215 million, has allegedly been putting pressure on the major auction houses to stop selling… Read More
22 September 2011
Personal Items from Elaine Kaufman’s Upper East Side Apartment and Restaurant Art Collection Featuring Works by Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler,… Read More
17 September 2011
China is now the second largest art market after USA Every September, Shanghai becomes a key destination for the international… Read More
6 September 2011
Original works by Picasso and Warhol to go under the hammer The estate of one of Hollywood’s most colorful… Read More
11 August 2011
Gustav Klimt Stolen By Nazis To Be Offered By Sotheby’s A masterpiece by the Austrian Secessionist painter Gustav Klimt that… Read More
15 July 2011
The Contemporary Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s last night was the highest total ever achieved in London by a contemporary… Read More
30 June 2011
The Kay Saatchi Collection went under the hammer as part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening auction at Christie’s… Read More
28 June 2011
Sotheby’s has set a record price for the Viennese Secessionist painter Egon Schiele. The landscape titled “Hauser mit bunter Wasche… Read More
23 June 2011
Works Generously Donated by Artists Including: Gilbert & George, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami Chris Ofili, Richard Prince,… Read More
12 June 2011
Andy Warhol’s portrait of Blondie star Debbie Harry goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s and is expected to fetch up… Read More
7 June 2011
It has been rumoured that Sotheby’s has had its Lawyers sending litigation threats to one of the oldest online publications… Read More
6 June 2011
A record price for a photograph was achieved recently at Christies, New York. Cindy Sherman’s ‘Untitled #96′, part of a… Read More
25 May 2011
Sotheby’s has announced that its forthcoming London Summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by “Crouching Nude”, an important… Read More
7 May 2011
Another record price has been achieved for a Chinese vase. This time it is £11m for what is presumed to… Read More
23 March 2011
The Most Expensive Chinese Work Of Art Still Unclaimed After Four Months We reported on 7 March, the record-breaking £51m… Read More
21 March 2011
Intrigue and sabotage blamed for the sales collapse The internationally reported sale of an 18th century Qianlong-dynasty Chinese vase from… Read More
6 March 2011
While the Sotheby’s Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale realized totals of £44.4 million another very different auction was… Read More
18 February 2011
RESULTS: Feb 17th – 7pm Phillips de Pury and Company Contemporary Art Evening Auction The Auction sale totalled £5,409,200. The… Read More
15 February 2011
The art market is thriving. Fine art is confidently viewed by financial experts as one of the best performing… Read More
9 February 2011
Businesses investment in UK arts fell last year by 11%. This was despite Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s DCMS directive to… Read More
29 January 2011