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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How Art Auctions Choreographed a $2.5 Billion Comeback
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Oysters, Champagne and Billionaires Buying Art
The New York Times – Business: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?
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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Covid Relief Loans Are Haunting Small Businesses
The New York Times – Business: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 New York Times – Business: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
The New York Times – Business: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
The New York Times – Business: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
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.
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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.