Archive for the ‘Auctions’ Category
The auction of contemporary art at Sotheby's totaled $190 million, above the $168 million high estimate.
1583 via NY Times
Jasper Johns' signature work "Flag" sold for $28.6 million at Christie's last night, a record for the artist.
1576 via AP
Mel Gibson and his wife, Robyn, who filed for divorce last year, are selling a $15 million Maxfield Parrish collection at Christie’s.
1546 via Lindsay Pollock
Irving Penn prints from the collection of Patricia McCabe, the photographer's confidant of 30 years, will be auctioned at Christie's.
1396 via Christie's
Robert and Ethel Scull created a market for Pop, making it the occasion for lavish parties and the new face of art in the 60s.
1389 via NY Times
The notoriously private Basquiat estate, headed by the late artist’s father, is selling several artworks this spring at Sotheby’s.
1328 via Lindsay Pollock
The Michael H. Epstein and Scott E. Schwimer collection, which contains the best examples of Hollywood fine art, will be auctioned on 3/26.
1276 via Live Auctioneers
Andrew Lloyd Webber to sell Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto by Picasso, which is predicted to fetch between £30m-£40m.
1253 via Guardian
Over 600 members of the NY art community rallied together at Sotheby’s for a silent auction in support of rebuilding Haiti.
1243 via Art Observed
Sotheby's auction "Tools For Thought" to benefit Haiti, features the works of over 200 accomplished artists.
1221 via ourtoolsforthought.org
Guggenheim commissioned 200 artists to imagine their dream interventions of Frank Lloyd Wright’s building, the central void.
1213 via Charity Buzz
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Bonhams will give over its Madison Avenue location to “Africa Now: Contemporary African Art,” a first auction of recent African artworks.
1199 via ARTINFO
Hoping to find new growth and fresh hype, Sotheby's hopes to propel young Dutch designers into international stars.
1178 via Fast Company
Polaroid Corporation will send its photography collection to the block, which includes work by many of the century’s leading practitioners.
1133 via ARTINFO
Both day and evening sales at Phillips de Pury London raised $10,096,428 (before buyer’s premiums).
1056 via The Art Collectors
A bronze sculpture, entitled L’Homme qui marche I, by Alberto Giacometti became the most expensive work ever sold at auction.
994 via Art Observed
Masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt and Henri Matisse will go under the hammer this week at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in UK.
983 via Art Observed
Christie’s and Sotheby’s battle for an estimated $100 to $150 million worth of artworks from the estate of Frances Lasker Brody.
977 via Lindsay Pollock
Expectations were high for the Old Master auctions that took place last week at Sotheby’s and Christie’s in New York.
972 via Art Observed
Old Master & 19th Century Art sale in London in December realized £68,380,250 - the highest ever total for an Old Masters auction.
952 via Art Observed
The hell-raising son of a Christie's baron Henry Allsopp will become a contemporary specialist at the house's competitor.
949 via ARTINFO
A self-portrait of Lucian Freud nursing a black eye after a fight with a taxi driver is to go up for auction for an estimated $6.5 million.
873 via Evening Standard
