Phillips Notches Its Best Sale Ever with Record-Breaking Bradford and £42 Million Picasso

March 8, 2018 by Judd Tully

Anchored by a stunning Picasso painting and a ravishing Matisse sculpture, Phillips 20th Century & Read more…

Seller Beware: Why Does the Art Market Fail to Learn from Its Past?

February 1, 2018 by Judd Tully

Chowaiki & Co has imploded, but it is just the latest in a long line Read more…

Impressionist and Modern Sizzling Evening Records

November 14, 2017 by Judd Tully

The fall auction season opened with a big bang at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern evening Read more…

A Mild Bang at Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

November 15, 2016 by Judd Tully

The anxiously awaited, post-election auction season of blue chip art opened with a mild bang Read more…

Christie’s Mild-Mannered Imp/Mod Closer

May 13, 2016 by Judd Tully

The Impressionist and Modern market continued to show signs of weakness on Thursday night, with Read more…

Sotheby’s Mixed-Message Evening in London

February 4, 2016 by Judd Tully

Though impressively powered by four works that sold for over £10 million apiece, Sotheby’s Impressionist, Read more…

On the Block: London Sales

February 2, 2016 by Judd Tully

As 2016 dawns, the auction specialists’ usual hyperbole predicting record prices for their hard-won wares Read more…

Sotheby’s $377M “A. Alfred Taubman: Masterworks” Sale

November 8, 2015 by Judd Tully

The big fall auction season in New York got off to a glitzy yet tentative Read more…

Manet Steals the Show at Christie’s

November 6, 2014 by Judd Tully

An Impressionist-era painting by Edouard Manet starred in an otherwise modest Impressionist and Modern evening Read more…

Christie’s Falls Flat on High Expectations

June 25, 2014 by Judd Tully

Burdened with what appeared to be too many ambitiously estimated works, Christie’s London major evening Read more…