Generous guarantees and a giant Warhol net a healthy $346.5m for Christie’s Modern evening sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
May 17, 2024 by Judd Tully

The reassuring result was a marked increase from last year’s equivalent auction—despite a cyberattack that has taken down the auction Read more…

Sotheby’s makes $198.1m in consistently strong Modern evening sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
May 16, 2024 by Judd Tully

The results were led by Monet’s ‘Meules à Giverny’ and Leonora Carrington’s record-breaking ‘Les Distractions de Dagobert’ Breaking through the Read more…

New York Old Master sales deliver tepid results at Christie’s and Sotheby’s
The Art Newspaper
February 2, 2024 by Judd Tully

Scattered seven-figure highlights failed to make up for dozens of passed lots and multiple key withdrawals The premier auctions among Read more…

Brisk Sotheby’s Modern evening sale in New York delivers moderate results
The Art Newspaper
November 14, 2023 by Judd Tully

The auction, spanning Monet to Miro, made $190.3m—just above its low estimate—and was preceded by the record-breaking sale of a Read more…

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…

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…