Giacometti’s $70m Bust Fails to Sell in Sotheby’s Uneven Modern Art Sale
On Tuesday, Sotheby’s New York Modern evening sale brought in 152m (152 million (186.4 million with fees), falling short of… Read More
14 May 2025
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Christie’s And Sotheby’s Report Mixed Results For 2024 Spring Sales
Sotheby’s $227.9m Double-Header marked tentative start to New York Spring auctions with Strong Sell-Through Rate and Multiple Artist Records Offset… Read More
16 May 2024
Salvador Dali DNA Confirms Pilar Abel Not Artist’s Daughter
The results of Salvador Dalí’s DNA samples taken when the body of the Surrealist artist was exhumed last June has proven that Pilar Abel is not the biological daughter of the painter.
7 September 2017
David Bowie Art Collection Part One Achieves £24.3m At Sotheby’s
The first part of the David Bowie art collection that went under the hammer at Sotheby’s yesterday (10 November) has achieved £24.3m ($30.5 m) with a painting by Jean-Michele Basquiat reaching £7 million.
14 November 2016
Sotheby’s Reports 127 Percent Increase in First Quarter 2015
Sotheby’s, which has gone through major board changes in the last six months has reported a 127% Increase in First… Read More
11 May 2015
Astronomical Warhol Koons And Bacon Results Defy Art Market Skeptics
Oh what a crazy week for contemporary and modern art at auction: Despite a lot of hot air in the… Read More
16 November 2013
Sotheby’s Achieves Second Highest Results For Impressionist and Modern Sale
An Impressionist and Modern art sale at Sotheby’s in New York has raised more than $290m (£180m) This is the… Read More
7 November 2013
Art Basel Excels With Buoyant Sales And Record Visitor Numbers
Art Basel’s 44th edition closed this evening, (Sunday, June 16, 2013), with galleries reporting exceptionally buoyant sales across the board…. Read More
16 June 2013