Auctions
Auction of German dealing dynasty’s collection disappoints
Sotheby’s sale of Konrad Bernheimer’s family property, once looted by the Nazis, failed to meet expectations
Common sense makes a comeback at New York’s November sales
This month's auctions signalled a slowdown in the market as collectors started to exercise restraint
Sotheby's offers voluntary redundancies to cut costs
Chief executive Tad Smith hopes to keep “excellent, less-tenured” staff who want to change the worlds of art, jewellery, cars and wine
The sky is falling on the art market, or is it?
Kenny Schachter on the auctions in New York
Bonhams boss adds dramatic twist to the auction theatre
Under Matthew Girling, the auction house is running an advertising campaign that makes devious dukes and ravishing brides central characters in the backstory of items listed for sale
Strong finish for New York auction marathon at Christie’s
Matisse’s drawing of sleeping beauty fitted mood of quiet Impressionist and Modern sale
Records for Cy Twombly and Mike Kelley at solid Sotheby’s sale
Contemporary art auction in New York meets expectations as market finds its level
Louise Bourgeois’ spider breaks record, but auction at Christie’s crawls in below estimate
Auction house’s post-war and contemporary sale in New York last night was patchy
Modigliani sells for $170m to China, but market ‘a little cooler, a little smarter’
Shaky stock market dampens Christie’s contemporary and Modern art auction
Sotheby’s third-quarter results are a mixed bag
Auction house chief Tad Smith points to positive progress, but firm is still operating at a loss
Never on a Sunday: Phillips contemporary sale fails to meet low estimate
The auction house’s CEO Ed Dolman pins tepid results to “selective bidding” by collectors saving their money for the week’s auction gauntlet
Picasso portrait helps Sotheby’s put Taubman blues behind it
Billionaire sells Blue Period La Gommeuse for $67m in upbeat Impressionist and Modern sale
Lacklustre result for Sotheby’s sale of former chief's best works
Modigliani soars, but many pieces once owned by Alfred Taubman fall flat
Iron Lady’s handbags go under the hammer
Christie’s to sell Margaret Thatcher’s belongings after V&A turns them down
Women and Italians first: the surprise results of the London auctions
Market turns on its head as buyers show less interest in the usual contemporary, blue-chip names
Off the beaten track
Bonhams has big plans to break into the contemporary Asian art market—next year
The jewel with a sparkling history
Secret legacies, family feuds and the aristocratic rakes who couldn’t resist a bet
Sotheby’s holds first online-only auction in partnership with Artsy
Most works, by emerging and established artists, are valued at less than $50,000
Marketable names like Picasso still reign at Christie’s $11m Shanghai sales
But a new edition of the auction house’s First Open series with emerging Chinese artists also did well
Photo collection dedicated to women to be sold in Paris
Italian fashion photographer Amedeo Turello has amassed 200 images over more than 20 years
Dispute over Venetian painting seized by Vichy regime resolved after more than 70 years
Late 18th-century Vincenzo Chilone regatta scene once owned by John and Anna Jaffé is due to be sold at Christie’s
Modern Italian art scales new heights at Christie’s London
While female painters prove Georg Baselitz wrong in the contemporary sale
Sunny side up: Fontana's egg helps Modern Italian works outshine contemporary art at Sotheby’s London
Buyers look to diversify their collections with paintings by post-war artists
Lucian Freud etchings fetch £1m at Phillips London
Two prints of his zaftig muse Sue Tilley, a rare self-portrait, and a tender sketch of Eli the whippet given as a Christmas gift to his assistant were among the 30 works sold
Louis XV desk smashes its auction estimate at Lambert collection sale
Writing table, which once belonged to Baron Gustave de Rothschild, is a star lot at Christie’s