Auction

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How A Collector’s Estate Planning Is Shaping the Fall Auction Market

Amid reports of the auction market’s steady decline,…

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, c. 1835, oil on canvas, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Turner’s First Exhibited Painting Rediscovered after 150 Years

Just last year, a seemingly ordinary oil painting, attributed to a “follower of Julius Caesar Ibbetson,” an 18th-century British painter, sold for £400 ($506) at Dreweatts auction…

Camille Claudel, bronze casting at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, between 1898 and 1913. License
A Lost Camille Claudel Sculpture Now Set to Go To Auction

A cast of Camille Claudel’s masterpiece, The Age of Maturity (1894), has recently been found in a vacant Paris apartment and is suspected to fetch between $1.…

Ruby slippers from the film The Wizard of Oz displayed at the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution). License
Dorothy’s Signature Red Slippers Make Auction History

A pair of Dorothy Gale’s famous ruby slippers, worn while filming The Wizard of Oz, went to auction late last week and…

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A Diamond Necklace With Ties To Marie Antoinette Doubles Its Low-Estimate At Auction

As November auctions kick off in New York with Sotheby's Modern Art Evening— led by one of …

Elton John's 1992 Bentley Continental
Christie’s Announces Acquisition of Major Vehicle Auction House

Christie's announced late last week that they would be acquiring the classic…

Claude Monet, Le bassin aux nymphéas, 1913-1917. License
Claude Monet’s Water Lilies to Debut At Christie’s Hong Kong

Precursor of modernism and founder of the impressionist school, Claude Monet…

Vivienne Westwood, St David's shopping centre, Cardiff, Wales. License
Designer Vivienne Westwood’s Personal Wardrobe Goes To Auction

Westwood World: The Personal Collection kicked off at …

Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Titian, c.1510
A Twice-Stolen Titian Expected To Break Personal Sale Record In July

Tiziano Vecello, otherwise known as Titian, is estimated to set a new…

Leonora Carrington, Les Distractions de Dagobert (1945)
Christie’s, Sotheby's, and Phillips: Auction Highlights and Record Breaks

Despite the market’s slight lull in comparison to the last few years, …

Event by Brice Marden (2004-2007)
Christie's Website Hacked Days Leading Up To Major Auctions

There typically would be great anticipation leading up to …

Portrait of Fräulein Lieser, unsigned. Painted by Gustav Klimt in 1917.
A Rediscovered Klimt Painting Goes to Auction In Vienna

A portrait, originally thought to be lost, painted by Austrian symbolist Gustav Klimt…

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Painting by The Beatles Sells for $1.7 Million at Auction
A painting created by The Beatles in 1966, the only known artwork made by all four of The Beatles, sold at Christie's for $1.7 million.
TERRY O'NEILL (1938–2019) Elton John (Album Cover Variant) (Detail). Estimate $6,000 – 8,000
Christie's to Offer Trove of Sir Elton John's Artworks and Collectibles
Christie’s will auction an extensive collection of art, furniture, and collector’s items from Sir Elton John’s former home in Atlanta, Georgia in a an eight-auction sale titled "The Collection of…
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The $4 Wyeth Painting Bought in Thrift Store Sells Big

It’s a thrifter’s dream: buy a small painting for $4, find out it's incredibly rare, and come out on the other side of an auction with over $100,000. That is what happened to Tracy…