Magritte gets star billing at Christie’s $410m ‘solid as a rock’ evening auction
The Art Newspaper
November 20, 2024 by Judd Tully

The interior designer Mica Ertegun’s Surrealist L’empire des lumières sold for a record $121.1m in New York last night, with Read more…

Generous guarantees and a giant Warhol net a healthy $346.5m for Christie’s Modern evening sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
May 17, 2024 by Judd Tully

The reassuring result was a marked increase from last year’s equivalent auction—despite a cyberattack that has taken down the auction 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…

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…

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…

Sotheby’s Hong Kong White Glove Sale
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April 24, 2021 by Judd Tully

The live-streamed art market action continues to thrive on the global front as evidenced by the recent series of Modern 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…

Art Basel Miami Beach’s VIP Opening Sees Brisk Sales
Artnews
December 4, 2019 by Judd Tully

$2.4 M. David Hammons, $1.7 M. Helen Frankenthaler Find Buyers It’s no secret that the global art market is alive Read more…

Abstract Expressionism Leads Sotheby’s Contemporary Sale
Artnews
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…