The 20th/21st century and Art of the Surreal auctions were up 18.5% by value on their March 2023 versions
The auction house made £82m before fees and set records for Etel Adnan and Takako Yamaguchi
Expectations are measured as sector adapts to new economic landscape
Plus, a painting to celebrate Francis Newton Souza’s centenary
The hip hop legend worked with the record executive Jimmy Iovine and Sotheby’s to put on the event, which also featured performances by the producer Timbaland and the singer Andra Day
Christie’s was due to support the sale of Wolfgang Flatz's tattooed tissue
A resurgence in top-end spending would only reprise the recent status quo
The auction next month will include 100 pieces acquired by Josef Müller and his family
Pop artist’s paintings have seven-figure prices, but his prints are available for just a few hundred dollars at New York sale
Scattered seven-figure highlights failed to make up for dozens of passed lots and multiple key withdrawals
The auction house Im Kinsky estimates the price of the 1917 painting at between €30m and €50m
Portrait of Isabel de Borbón was due to go on sale on 1 February
Auction mastermind Loïc Gouzer reveals why a cab driver's name was a very good omen
A 'nagging sense of lawlessness' persists despite the industry's periodic rebuttals
A painting depicting Pope Sylvester I made €3m, while a portrayal of Saint Helena more than doubled its high estimate, selling for €1.6m
Evening sales at Sotheby's and Christie's drew in £19.4m and £21.3m, respectively
Auction purchases by Arab cultural entities overcome early uncertainties of Israel-Hamas war
Middling performance of such auctions throughout 2023, with high costs and some sales coming in below their estimates, made a “sure thing” look less so
Fifty years later, history suggests the infamous sale from the collection of Robert and Ethel Scull is not quite the art market precedent it is remembered as
The painting could more than double the Spanish Old Master's auction record when it hits the block at Sotheby's
Plus, a small biblical scene by Rembrandt and a Hever Roman marble
The auction house, Grisebach, says the sketchbook’s candidacy for the list will not affect plans for today’s sale
The two-part auction, coinciding with the centenary of Riopelle's birth, took in $17.2m in total
Sotheby’s is selling an alabaster piece while Bonhams’ early carving is made from ironstone
Plus, experimental art from the Eastern Bloc and a sculptural installation by Terry Adkins
Two activists affiliiated with the group Extinction Rebellion took to the rostrum during a sale of works on paper
The house’s two-part auction fell short of the low estimate but still became its second-best showing ever by dollar value
The auction, spanning Monet to Miró, made $190.3m—just above its low estimate—and was preceded by the record-breaking sale of a Ferrari car
The star auctioneer is leaving Christie's after 38 years to share his experience "with a new generation of collectors"
The evening's total take of $406.4m was a sign of a stability—albeit one under-girded by guarantees and third-party backing—in a jittery market