Heist-out, a feisty publication that debuted last year, is working with the auction house on an “underground” sale (scheduled in a wine cellar).
Category: Sotheby’s
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The Rise and Fall of Art Mogul Louise Blouin
After a dramatic rise in business and society, the art-world mogul Louise Blouin finds herself unloading a Hamptons dream home in bankruptcy court.
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At Art Fraud Trial, Sotheby’s Is Pressed on Role in Sales to Russian Oligarch
The auction house is accused of helping an art dealer who the oligarch says defrauded him in several sales. A Sotheby’s specialist involved in some of the transactions defended his conduct.
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Russian Oligarch Takes Sotheby’s to Court as Art World Watches
At trial next week, Dmitry Rybolovlev is set to accuse Sotheby’s of helping an art dealer trick him into wildly overspending for works, a claim the company disputes.
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Gold Air Jordans Worth More Than $10,000 Found in a Donation Bin
A charitable organization in Portland, Ore., usually receives donations of shirts or pants. Maybe socks. This time they received a pair of sneakers created for the director Spike Lee.
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Stones Inspire a High Jewelry Collection
“Showing the pebbles with diamonds, it brought out what’s beautiful about the pebble,” the designer Fernando Jorge said.
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Auctions in New York Reflect a Dip in the Market
While some risk was offloaded to third-party guarantors at the November series, and sales hit estimates, Sotheby’s saw a loss on a Rothko and seemingly the Fisher Landau collection.
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Will the Art Market Need to Discount Its Masterpieces?
Amid fears that a new war could threaten the world economy, New York’s coming auctions will test a growing consensus that the $60 billion art market is headed toward a down cycle.
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Watches, Fans and a Giant Blue Whale. It’s RollieFest 2023.
Geoffrey Hess invited what he described as ‘the crème de la crème of the collectors’ community’ to a weekend in Manhattan.
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Art Auction in Hong Kong Draws Lower Bids Than Expected
A portrait by Amedeo Modigliani sold for less than expected and several artworks went unsold as China’s best-known art investor liquidated part of his collection.
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Liu Yiqian, China’s Top Art Collector, Is Selling a Modigliani
Liu Yiqian made global headlines in 2014 and 2015 by paying top prices for paintings and antiquities but is starting to liquidate some of his artworks.
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A German Noble Family’s Pearls and Diamonds to Be Auctioned
Sotheby’s has scheduled a November sale in Geneva for more than 200 pieces from the House of Württemberg.