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…

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 $340.8 Million Live-Stream Evening Sale
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October 7, 2020 by Judd Tully

Led by an elegiac Cy Twombly abstraction from the 1960’s and a custom-framed Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton from circa 67 million Read more…

Sotheby’s Solid, Cross-Category Live-Stream Sale
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July 28, 2020 by Judd Tully

The live-stream, online auction world kept apace in these pandemic times on Monday as Sotheby’s cross-category, “Rembrandt to Richter” auction Read more…