Tony Curtis Estate To Be Auctioned In September
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
Art Category: Art Market
$25m Disputed Klimt Painting To Be Auctioned By Heirs
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
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale Smashes Records
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
Kay Saatchi Collection Fairs Well Under The Hammer
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
Egon Schiele $40m Sale Settles Nazi Compensation Case
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
Serpentine Auction to Raise Millions At Sotheby’s
Works Generously Donated by Artists Including: Gilbert & George, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami Chris Ofili, Richard Prince,… Read More
12 June 2011
Sotheby’s Goes Pop Contemporary Evening Sale Rocks Out
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
Mystery Surrounds The Sale Of Jeff Koons $16.5M Pink Panther
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
Cindy Sherman $3.89m Record Price For Photograph
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
Francis Bacon Masterpiece Goes Under The Hammer
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
Chinese Vase Sells For Astounding £11m At Sotheby’s
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
Chinese Vase £51m Sale Faces Collapse
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
Pinner Vase Sale a £51m Stiff?
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
Protests Disrupt Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale
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
Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillip’s de Pury Contemporary Art Sales
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
Latest Art Market News
The art market is thriving. Fine art is confidently viewed by financial experts as one of the best performing… Read More
9 February 2011
Arts Donations From UK Business Falls By 11%
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
Christie’s Sales Total Record-breaking £3.3 Billion
Contemporary art market bounces back In 2010 Christies has announced sales figures of £3.3 billion or $5.0 billion for 2010…. Read More
28 January 2011
London Art Fair Latest
London Art Fair 19 – 23 January 2011, presents over 100 galleries featuring the great names of 20th Century British… Read More
5 January 2011
£53 Million “Pinner” Chinese Vase Sets Record
An auction record was set this week for a piece of Chinese art, when a 16 inch high ceramic vase… Read More
13 November 2010
Christie’s Record Breaking Contemporary Art Sale
Auction News The highest total for a Post-War and Contemporary Art sale was achieved yesterday when Christie’s New York led… Read More
11 November 2010
Stuart Cary Welch Collection Of Islamic and Indian Art Offered By Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s has announced today the sale of works from the personal collection of Indian and Islamic Art acquired by the… Read More
9 November 2010
Jerry Hall Portrait By Lucien Freud Goes Under The Hammer
The Former partner of Mick Jagger, Model Jerry Hall will auction part of her art collection at Sotheby’s next week…. Read More
8 October 2010
Dennis Hopper Collection Under The Hammer
10-11 November 2010. An additional 200 works will be offered in Christie’s Interiors sale in January 2011 TBA Christie’s NEW… Read More
29 September 2010
Lehman Art Auction Raises £1.6 Million
Here are the highlighted results of the Lehman sale which took place on the 29th September 2010 at Christies South… Read More
24 September 2010
£1bn Generated By Tourists To UK museums
The UK’s major museums and art galleries generated over £1bn in revenue from overseas visitors in 2009, VisitBritain, the national… Read More
21 August 2010