An Image to Depart from 2020 With
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December 31, 2020 by Judd Tully

Scrolling back through the multitudes of offerings at auction in this Pandemic crazed year, one painting stood out for this Read more…

2020 Auction Results at a Glance
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December 21, 2020 by Judd Tully

Upended by the Corona-19 virus/pandemic barely midway through 2020 and with it the abrupt cessation of ‘live’ auctions, including 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…

Another Sterling week of Hong Kong 20th Century and Contemporary Art sales
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December 4, 2020 by Judd Tully

Nipping and then some at the high heels of Sotheby’s $88.2 million result for its contemporary art evening sale in Read more…

Anatomy of a Masterpiece – Hammershøi Masterpiece sells at TEFAF Online 2020
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November 3, 2020 by Judd Tully

The first iteration of TEFAF Online 2020, an art fair limited to “300 Masterpieces” and allowing each exhibitor a single Read more…

Sotheby’s Back-to-Back Evening Sales of Contemporary & Impressionist & Modern Art
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October 30, 2020 by Judd Tully

The so-called hybrid digital live stream model of art auctions invented out of necessity from the Covid pandemic, soldiers on Read more…

Matthew Wong Sells for Estimate Busting $575,000
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August 28, 2020 by Judd Tully

Despite an Instagram launched plea from Pulitzer Prize winning critic Jerry Saltz to stop the sale, Fair Warning sold Matthew 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…

Sotheby’s Old Masters Sales in New York Raked in More Than $76 Million
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January 30, 2020 by Judd Tully

A drawing by Mantegna also set an auction record for a work by the Renaissance master. Powered by two outstanding Read more…

Abstract Expressionism Leads Sotheby’s Contemporary Sale
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November 15, 2019 by Judd Tully

Buoyed by heavy bidding from Asia for the evening’s top four entries, Sotheby’s contemporary sale on Thursday night racked up Read more…