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…

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…

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…

Phillips 20th Century & Contemporary Art Sale Hits New Heights
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May 19, 2022 by Judd Tully

Anchored by a major and massive scaled Jean-Michel Basquiat painting, Phillips scored a company record $224,906,950 on Wednesday evening. The 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…

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…

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…

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…