Christie’s 20th century evening sale in New York defies fears of a jittery market
The Art Newspaper
November 10, 2023 by Judd Tully

Swan song of veteran auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen made $640.8m—the house’s highest total for a non-single-owner sale in six years. It Read more…

Sotheby’s London Sells a $44.7 Million Restituted Kandinsky
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March 9, 2023 by Judd Tully

A standout Modernist masterpiece by Wassily Kandinsky, “Murnau mit Kirche II (Murnau with Church II)” from 1910, recently restituted to Read more…

Auction of longtime Vogue editor André Leon Talley’s collection exceeds expectations at Christie’s
The Art Newspaper
February 15, 2023 by Judd Tully

The white-glove sale brought in nearly $1.4m (with fees) across 64 lots, including rare portraits and works by Andy Warhol Read more…

Restituted, record-setting Bronzino and gruesome Rubens lead Sotheby’s Old Masters sales in New York
The Art Newspaper
January 26, 2023 by Judd Tully

The auction house’s four-part auction extravaganza was a decidedly mixed bag, bringing a total of $74.5m across 124 lots What Read more…

Record-breaking Goya portraits lead the way at Christie’s muted $62.7m Old Masters auctions in New York
The Art Newspaper
January 25, 2023 by Judd Tully

Despite works the collection of film producer Jacqui Eli Safra that were enticingly offered with no reserves, the auction house’s Read more…

Phillips’s $138.7m contemporary art sale in New York reflects ‘a general cautiousness in the market’
The Art Newspaper
November 16, 2022 by Judd Tully

The measured result, which slightly surpassed its low estimate and the total take from the same sale last year, was Read more…

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s collection brings record-smashing $1.5bn at Christie’s evening sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 10, 2022 by Judd Tully

A $149.2m Seurat studio scene and $137.7m Cézanne landscape led the 60-lot, white glove sale Studded with masterpieces ranging from Read more…

The Prints of Andy Warhol—the Anatomy of a Blue Chip Market (Still)
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October 28, 2022 by Judd Tully

For starters and a big exclamation point, 51 prints by Andy Warhol have sold for over a million dollars at Read more…

Inigo Philbrick’s 7-Year Sentence for $86 Million Fraud Has Rattled the Art World
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May 26, 2022 by Judd Tully

The once high-flying art fraudster Inigo Philbrick was sentenced to sentenced to seven years in prison Monday in connection with an $86 Read more…

As market for young artists grows, Sotheby’s turbocharged The Now sale in New York threatens to eclipse its contemporary evening auction
The Art Newspaper
May 20, 2022 by Judd Tully

While both back-to-back sales did well, works by artists under 40 were snapped up at a rate not matched by Read more…