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…

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…

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…

Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale
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May 11, 2022 by Judd Tully

Christie’s recently reformatted 21st Century Evening sale, a cerebral mix and match of younger and more established artists, showed off 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…

The London Sales
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March 7, 2022 by Judd Tully

Last week’s London and beyond trio of auction house evening sales of modern and contemporary art held at Christie’s, Sotheby’s Read more…

Judd Tully Recaps the November Contemporary Auctions
ArtTactic
November 24, 2021 by Judd Tully

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Judd Tully, independent arts journalist, helps us recap the major November contemporary Read more…

Sotheby’s White Glove Macklowe Bonanza
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November 16, 2021 by Judd Tully

Sotheby’s pulled off the first stage of The Macklowe Collection with a white glove, 100 percent sold $676,055,000 evening sale, Read more…

Ed Dolman: Looking Back and Forward
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June 1, 2021 by Judd Tully

Ed Dolman, without doubt, the most seasoned and successful auction executive in the business, is stepping down from his high Read more…

Christie’s rounds off New York’s auction week with strong $481m 20th century sale
The Art Newspaper
May 15, 2021 by Judd Tully

– Half of it was pre-sold through guarantees The sale was led by a classic 1932 Picasso of Marie-Thérèse at Read more…