Christie’s to Offer $35 M. Renoir Painting Owned by Whitney Family
Pierre-Auguste Renoir for the first time in 97 years La femme aux lilas (portrait of Nini Lopez) It’s up for auction with an estimate of $25 million to $35 million. The 1876-77
Marian Goodman Collection to Lead Christie’s May Sales
Just months after Marian Goodman died in January at the age of 97, she was back on the market as a consignor. Christie’s will feature works from the dealer’s personal collection at
Christie’s $94.5 Million Jim Irsay Sale Sets 28 Records and shakes up Memorabilia Market
For a few days in March, Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries felt less like an auction house and more like a public exhibition of 20th-century mythology. Fans came to see up close Kurt
Christie’s Nabs $450 M. Newhouse Cache, Led by Pollock, Picasso, and Brancusi
$100 million worth of treasures by 20th-century masters Jackson Pollock and Constantin Brancusi will lead Christie’s New York art auction in May, drawn from the collection of media giant SI Newhouse. Art
An Analysis of the Mid-Season Sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Phillips
If paying $7.6 million for a set of 4-foot-tall smiling wooden bears has anything to do with it, prices at major auction houses’ mid-season sales could rise. Last Thursday, Christie’s auction house
Agnes Gund Collection Heads to Christie’s With $80M Rothko
When Agnes Gund buys Mark Rothko’s 1964 abstract painting No. 15 (two green and red stripes) In 1967, she purchased the painting directly from the artist’s studio. The painting would hang in
Christie’s to Auction 3 of Agnes Gund’s Art Jewels
A Rothko, a Twombly and a Surrealist box with a Medici princess by Joseph Cornell are estimated to sell for $145 million.
Christie’s Set to Sell Ringo’s Drumset, Kurt Cobain’s Guitar in $30 M. Sale
Select pieces from Jim Irsay’s famed collection of film, music and sports memorabilia, as well as Americas, will go on display this week ahead of its sale at Christie’s in Los Angeles
Christie’s New Head of Luxury Talks The Category’s Growth
Earlier this month, Christie’s promoted Kimberly Miller to global managing director of its luxury goods business, a move that comes as the category continues to outperform much of the auction market. In
Christie’s Koch Sale Signals Renewed Interest in American Art
Christie’s record-breaking sale of works from the William Koch Collection of Western Art may have seemed like a one-off, but recent data suggests it fits within a broader (albeit uneven) renaissance in
Christie’s Offers Belgian Couple’s $54 Million Collection, Led by Magritte
Auction house Christie’s in London will offer a selection of modern and contemporary works by Belgian collecting couple Roger and Josette Vanthournout during its major auction week in March. The couple collected
William Koch’s Western Art Collection Comes to Christie’s
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. At the very moment that the United States of America celebrates the
Christie’s to Offer 1804 Picture of George Washington Currently on $1 Expense
Early following year, Christie’s will certainly auction musician Gilbert Stuart’s 1804 oil picture of George Washington. The paint was appointed by James Madison, the 4th head of state of the USA, as
Christie’s Posts $6.2 B in 2025 Sales as Market Supports
Christie’s anticipates worldwide sales of $6.2 billion in 2025, up virtually 7% from in 2014’s $5.8 billion and in accordance with overall sales in 2023. After a slow-moving very first fifty percent,
Christie’s Alex Rotter Talks Market Rebound, Personal Public Auctions, and Self-confidence
Editor’s note: This tale becomes part of Newsmakers, art information We talk to prominent individuals making a distinction in the arts globe. For Alex Rotter, worldwide head of state of Christie’s, November
Christie’s to Offer Billionaire Costs Koch’s $50 M. Art Collection
Christie’s revealed Thursday that it will certainly market jobs by billionaire Costs Koch in 2 different public auctions on January 20 and January 21. The “Visions of the West” sale will certainly
Christie’s London is marketing extra Sam Josefowitz functions
Christie’s London is preparing to place an additional set of jobs from the collection of the late Sam Josefowitz up for public auction on December 5. The collection, labelled The Sam Josefowitz
Why Sotheby’s and Christie’s Are Placing Gems on the Rostrum
When salesclerk Phylis Kao took the platform for Sotheby’s Contemporary and Currently sale last Tuesday, the last point anybody in the area thought of was what she was putting on. The Lauder
Unusual ‘Royal Blue’ Sapphire Pendant Brings $16.1 M. at Christie’s
On Tuesday, an uncommon sapphire locket called “Royal Blue” cost HK$ 125,450,000 (US$ 16,131,051) at Christie’s in Hong Kong. It is simply among a series of distinguished deluxe things being auctioned by
Lynne Drexler Breaks Public Auction Document at Christie’s Day Sale
Intraday sales are typically where real temperature level of the marketplace is gauged – patterns magnify and the mid-market either holds or falls down. Christie’s postwar and modern art day sale on
Christie’s 21C Night Sale Overalls $123.6 M. and Establishes A Couple Of Records
After Christie’s started November’s large public auction week with a smash hit two-part sale on Monday that stimulated a loads or even more bidding process battles, the public auction home’s 21st Century
Females Musicians Beam at Christie’s 21 Century Night Sale
Christie’s established brand-new public auction documents for Fireelei Báez, Joan Brown and Olga de Amaral in Wednesday’s 21st Century Night Sale, highlighting solid need for traditionally unacknowledged lady musicians. Báez celebratory paint
Christie’s Paris Suspends Its Sale of the First Calculating Equipment
Christie’s has actually put on hold sales of its very first computer system because of an export restriction that avoids it from leaving France, according to the French public auction home. South
Kurt Cobain Guitar Mosts Likely To Public auction at Christie’s, for $2.5–$ 5 Million
Bliss mastermind Kurt Cobain’s cherished 1969 Fender Competitors Mustang will certainly be auctioned at Christie’s in March and is anticipated to cost $2.5 to $5 million. The tool showed up throughout the