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Nine works from a private collection that the New York Times identified as belonging to Jeff Koons will be auctioned at Christie’s on November 17 as part of a sale titled “…
Santa Fe Art Auction’s Signature Annual Live Sale will be held this year on November 6 and 7. This significant live auction offers the finest of all the categories that Santa Fe Art Auction brings to…
As car enthusiasts perused hundreds of unique vehicles along the Carmel coast, five auction houses sold a record $762 million in collector machines during Monterey Car Week this August, far…
Auction houses have long measured their seasons by paintings and sculptures, but the numbers favored a relatively overlooked category this spring season.
This year’s FIFA World Cup in North America has turned into an unlikely showcase for art as soccer, sculpture, and sports memorabilia converge across the tournament cities.
On May 14, 2025, Miss January, an oil on canvas by the South African artist Marlene Dumas, sold at Christie’s New York for $13.6 million, the highest price ever achieved at auction by a…
New York’s marquee spring auctions have wrapped with a combined $2.5 billion in sales across Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips.
The art world is full of wonderful things to discover, but it can also be hard to keep up. New exhibitions open, artists gain attention, auctions make headlines, museums announce major shows, and…
The Joachim-Ma violin, crafted in 1714 by the great luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona, Italy, sold at Sotheby’s New York on February 7 for $11.3 million (est. $12-18 million). While it had been…
While Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elizabeth Lederer was sold for a record-breaking $236.4 million after a 20 minute bidding war, a solid gold toilet, titled America…
On October 25th, Shapiro Auctions will be holding its Autumn Fine Art Auction at its new location in Bedford Hills, New York. The auction house, which has been holding fine art…
Amid reports of the auction market’s steady decline, Sotheby’s has clinched a collection from the estate of Leonard Lauder valued at more than $400 million.
Alberto Giacometti’s “Large Thin Head” is still waiting for its next collector after failing to sell at Sotheby’s New York auction in May for an asking price of $70 million. Andy Warhol’s “Big…
![Merina [Pop Chalee] Lujan, Taos, 1906 – 1993, Yellow Horse, gouache on paper, 13 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (33.3 x 46 cm.) Estimate: 1,000 – 2,000](/sites/default/files/styles/category_card_187x139/public/4630-58.jpg?itok=R2zKHjbv)
Santa Fe Art Auction’s annual Native Market sale will be held this year from August 12th through 14th, prior to SWAIA’s Santa Fe Indian Market—a vibrant, renowned annual event and the largest…
After having the highest value-added tax (VAT) rate for art in the European Union, Italy has just reduced it to 5%, the new European low.
