Sotheby’s White Glove Macklowe Sale
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May 17, 2022 by Judd Tully

Sotheby’s staged the second tranche of the esteemed Macklowe Collection on Monday evening and snared the highest priced single owner Read more…

Christie’s evening sales total $831.3m, with Texan poker player’s surprise bidding spree upstaging blue-chip successes
The Art Newspaper
May 14, 2022 by Judd Tully

On a night when many works outpaced expectations in Christie’s New York saleroom, Ernie Barnes’s “The Sugar Shack” sold for Read more…

Warhol’s Blue Marilyn sells for record-smashing $195m at Christie’s auction of Swiss dealers’ collection
The Art Newspaper
May 10, 2022 by Judd Tully

The collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann brought in $317.8m with fees, good for Christie’s forth-biggest single-owner sale ever. Powered Read more…

Strong prices for female painters and young artists—but Francis Bacon’s Pope sells to the guarantor—at Phillips’s $137.9m auction in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 18, 2021 by Judd Tully

The 20th century and contemporary art evening sale saw stiff competition for works by Shara Hughes, Joan Mitchell, Amy Sherald Read more…

Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali and other heavyweights help Christie’s make $420m in 20th-century sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 12, 2021 by Judd Tully

Only five of the 59 lots went unsold in the auction last night Following on the high heels of the Read more…

Phillips’ Solid Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art
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April 16, 2021 by Judd Tully

Powered in part by a large-scale Jean Dubuffet painting, the 90 minute long live-streamed evening sale from Phillips London stage Read more…

An Image to Depart from 2020 With
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December 31, 2020 by Judd Tully

Scrolling back through the multitudes of offerings at auction in this Pandemic crazed year, one painting stood out for this Read more…

The Fall Season’s Last Barrage of Live-stream Sales
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December 10, 2020 by Judd Tully

In a mighty wind-up of the fall live-stream auction calendar, Phillips New York turned in a stellar performance on December Read more…

Another Sterling week of Hong Kong 20th Century and Contemporary Art sales
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December 4, 2020 by Judd Tully

Nipping and then some at the high heels of Sotheby’s $88.2 million result for its contemporary art evening sale in Read more…

Dear Keith’s $4.6 million White Glove Sale at Sotheby’s
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October 5, 2020 by Judd Tully

The week long online sale that closed on October 1st, “Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring” Read more…