After four years of uneven sales, the auction houses engineered a successful season by redefining the expectations of buyers and sellers.
Category: Collectors and Collections
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Oysters, Champagne and Billionaires Buying Art
When the European Fine Art Foundation alights in Manhattan, it’s something like a billionaire version of the classic television game show “Supermarket Sweep.”
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Can Three Auction Houses Sell $2.6 Billion Worth of Art in One Week?
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
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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Covid Relief Loans Are Haunting Small Businesses
The Small Business Administration lent $378 billion to keep businesses afloat. Getting paid back is proving difficult.
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This Corvette’s a Hybrid, but It’s Built for Raw Power, Not Efficiency
The ZR1X, starting at $207,000, is a Chevrolet showpiece that competes with rarefied rivals like Ferrari and McLaren at a fraction of their (stratospheric) prices.
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Iris Cantor, Philanthropist and Art Collector, Dies at 95
She and her husband, the financier B. Gerald Cantor, amassed one of the largest private collections of Rodin artworks, donating much of it to museums around the world.
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Overlooked No More: Bobby Garnett, ‘Godfather’ of Vintage Dealers
His store, Bobby From Boston, transformed the way vintage men’s wear is sold, serving as a model for a generation of retailers.
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Christie’s to Auction 3 of Agnes Gund’s Art Jewels
A Rothko, a Twombly and a Surrealist box with a Medici princess by Joseph Cornell are estimated to sell for $145 million.
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The NFT Has Changed Artists. Has it Changed Art?
Hardly at all.
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Vintage Watch Dealer Goes Her Own Way
Last year, Zoe Abelson left Hong Kong and the security of a full-time job. Now, based in New York, she searches for the watches of her clients’ dreams.