Phillips Closes Auction Season on a Quietly Upbeat Note
Blouin Artinfo
May 16, 2014 by Judd Tully

Phillips’ season-ending contemporary art evening sale on Thursday delivered $130,905,000, making it the Russian-owned auction house’s biggest sale to date. Read more…

Christie’s Breaks Another Record With an Assist From Asian Bidders
Blouin Artinfo
May 15, 2014 by Judd Tully

In a night rich in $20 million-plus offerings, Christie’s brought in a mind-boggling $744,944,000 in its Post-War and contemporary art Read more…

Auction Report: “If I Live I’ll See You Tuesday” at Christie’s
Blouin Artinfo
May 12, 2014 by Judd Tully

The contemporary art auction season opened during happy hour on Monday with a loud bang at Christie’s, as the bespoke Read more…

Big Night at Christie’s Caps London Contemporary Week
Blouin Artinfo
February 15, 2014 by Judd Tully

London—Powered by a runaway Francis Bacon portrait, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary evening sale—the last of the London season—surged to £124,192,000 Read more…

A Very Big Night at Christie’s London
Blouin Artinfo
February 2, 2014 by Judd Tully

The mid-season round of London auctions got off to a meteoric start at Christie’s on Tuesday night with a rich Read more…

Echoes of a Landmark Sale Jussi Pylkkänen on the Rostrum
Auctioneers Who Made History
January 22, 2014 by Judd Tully

When auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen navigated the record-smashing $495.021,500 Post-War and Contemporary art evening sale at Christie’s New York in May Read more…

RM and Sotheby’s Bring Rare Vintage Car Auction to NYC This Week
Blouin Artinfo
November 20, 2013 by Judd Tully

Canada-based collector car auction company RM has teamed up with Sotheby’s for a rare New York auction of high-end classic Read more…

Warhol Disaster Wins Sotheby’s $380.6M Night
Blouin Artinfo
November 14, 2013 by Judd Tully

NEW YORK — Powered by a record-breaking Andy Warhol disaster painting, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art evening sale made an impressive $380,642,000. Read more…

Christie’s $691M Night Smashes Auction, Sale Records, With $142M Bacon
Blouin Artinfo
November 13, 2013 by Judd Tully

NEW YORK — Launched by a rare and record-shattering Francis Bacon triptych that became the most expensive art work ever Read more…

Christopher Wool’s “Apocalypse Now” to Hit Christie’s Sales Floor
Blouin Artinfo
November 10, 2013 by Judd Tully

Christopher Wool’s highly anticipated retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, opening October 25, will be missing what is arguably the artist’s Read more…