Auction Report
British Art Auction report: The Bacon and Freud effect
Recent record prices for the two artists boosted results for 20th-century British works, while Victorian art struggled
Iranian artists triumph at Christie's Dubai as contemporary market hits its stride
Christie's '08 auction report sees the mediocre pushed aside to make way for big names
Ukrainian artists lead the day at Kiev auction
Yet secrecy over values remained a priority at the Art Kapital auction
Tax breaks fuel Korean sales
Buyers were active in recent auctions and three new art funds have been started
Bonhams u-turns on no-sale of Sevso silver
Last month the auction house told us it would not sell the hoard, but now it says it might
Auction sales of art shrank again in 2003
Figures show between 1.2% and 17% decline in turnover
British auction houses develop ties with Cambodia
Sotheby's and Christie'shave been working with Cambodian authorities and organisations in the art world
New York auction season report: Strong bidding, powerful prices
Sotheby’s cuts losses, sells London Institute
Christie’s Picasso sale saw prices soar; but the highest-priced lots were the least desired
Most of the unsold lots were high-value items unlikely to attract new buyers
Sales results provide reinforcing evidence that the field of photography and its market remain steadfast and financially solid
“Traditional notions of composition and beauty do very well”
With the Paris auction market soon to be cracked wide open to outside competition, all eyes were on the first major sales to be held this year
Tip-top results for two very different sales
An overview of Paris’s top five auction houses at the turn of the millennium
Tajan and PIASA lead the list
London auction report: Sotheby’s and Christie’s last month show strong performances for Impressionists in London
Many new, middle-aged, collectors, say Christie’s
Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern auction report: Record price for Modigliani
No market for the mediocre, however
Glerum Auctioneers sale report: Growing Indonesian demand for colonial-period art
Dutch auction house holds successful sale in Singapore
An assessment of Symbolism's market fortunes
We explore the rapid fall from favour of Symbolist art and its recovery in value after academic exposure
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
Contemporary sales report, London: Infectious enthusiasm pulls in bidders at Sotheby's
Bacon, Kitaj, Warhol and Richter attract keen competition
Contemporary art sales 1994: Poor stock meets fittingly lukewarm response, exemplified by Sotheby's Warhol fiasco
Contemporary art sales '94 auction report
Alain Delon collection auction: Delon sells a Modigliani “to buy a super Modigliani”
Japanese buyers come away with large proportion of lots