After four years of uneven sales, the auction houses engineered a successful season by redefining the expectations of buyers and sellers.
Category: Auctions
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How Art Auctions Choreographed a $2.5 Billion Comeback
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Can Three Auction Houses Sell $2.6 Billion Worth of Art in One Week?
The New York Times – Business:Five luxury artworks hold the key to the spring season, one of the most anticipated sales in years. Major buyers are looking past female and younger artists and toward tradition.
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$450 Million Worth of Newhouse Trophies Come to Christie’s
The New York Times – Business:A special May evening sale will feature 16 artworks from the museum-quality collection of the Condé Nast chief S.I. Newhouse Jr.
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Top-End Auction Sales Help Pull Global Art Market Out of Slump, Study Says
The New York Times – Business:The top drivers included a $2.2 billion auction week in New York and strong fall fairs, according to the annual Art Basel and UBS report.
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Christie’s to Auction 3 of Agnes Gund’s Art Jewels
The New York Times – Business:A Rothko, a Twombly and a Surrealist box with a Medici princess by Joseph Cornell are estimated to sell for $145 million.