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…

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…

Christie’s “One” Brings in a Whopping $420 million
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July 10, 2020 by Judd Tully

Christie’s ambitiously titled “One: a Global Sale of the 20th Century” met expectations and more as the four city, four Read more…

Phillips’ “White Glove” Evening Sale
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July 3, 2020 by Judd Tully

Phillips navigated a “white glove,” 100 percent sold live-stream auction of 20th Century and Contemporary art on Thursday evening with Read more…

Sotheby’s Marathon Night Reaps $363.2 Million
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June 30, 2020 by Judd Tully

The glass ceiling for art prices fetched in the digital realm were shattered on Monday evening at Sotheby’s live-streamed auction Read more…

Christie’s Contemporary Art Sale in New York, Ed Ruscha Is King
Artnews
November 14, 2019 by Judd Tully

Christie’s postwar and contemporary art evening sale racked up a strong tally of $325.3 million on Wednesday night at Rockefeller Read more…

Christie’s Big Night for Hockney But Little Excitement Overall
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March 6, 2019 by Judd Tully

Apart from a single David Hockney painting that contributed almost half of the £79.3/$104.1 million sale result of Christie’s Post-War Read more…

Jenny Saville Painting Sells for $12.4 M. at Sotheby’s London, Record for Living Female Artist
Artnews
October 5, 2018 by Judd Tully

On Friday night, in a salesroom at Sotheby’s London, Jenny Saville’s masterful seated nude self-portrait Propped (1992), which features the Read more…

London Calling—The June Evening Auctions Cruise Comfortably
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June 27, 2018 by Judd Tully

Strong demand, further enhanced by financial guarantees that insured success for top lots in the salesroom animated the action on Read more…