Auction houses
Chinese privatise their auction scene
Rapid advances as new companies model their catalogues and conditions of sale on Western models
Phillips moves into Judaica sales in New York
A difficult market now centred on Israel and Amsterdam
Don’t just berate the thieves: look at the museums and excavators too
In the last of our series which publishes talks given in London this summer, Professor Sir John Boardman, Lincoln Professor Emeritus of classical archaeology and art at Oxford, singles out three areas for concern.
Indian art generates solid sales as Persian market shows signs of life: Indian, South East Asian and Islamic sales 1995
Strong bidding from expatriate Iranians recalls pre-Revolution prices
Is New York taking over from London for Old Master drawings?
Christie's cancel a London sale and European dealers are flocking to the US to buy and sell
As more private libraries are put on the block, the question arises —are we running out of old libraries?
Some of Europe’s oldest collections have recently been broken up: are there many left, and who is buying the books?
Giacometti retrospective to be held at New York's Acquavella Galleries Inc.
Acquavella's good name has guaranteed the participation of several distinguished lenders
Singapore’s new art auction market has an impressive turnover of more than $10 million after only five sales
A ten-fold increase in turnover on 1993
Contemporary art sales 1994: Poor stock meets fittingly lukewarm response, exemplified by Sotheby's Warhol fiasco
Contemporary art sales '94 auction report
Contemporary art sales 1992: Saatchi succeeds at Sotheby's and Freud nude provokes Christie's bidding war
Contemporary art sales '92 auction report
Brodsky tables bills to restrict the freedoms of N.Y. auction houses
Populist legislation involves no more “chandelier” bids, loans to buyers, or secret reserve
Benin bronzes take limelight at sales of tribal art in London
Tribal art expected to do well at upcoming sales
New branch of Sotheby’s to be located in Basel
Ruedi Staechelin appointed leadership role