Auctions
Books: Basquiat from street artist to superstar
Banksy’s rise from street artist to gallery star, embraced by the commercial art world, is by no means unique
Bacon “rubbish” including sketches and diaries makes £1m at auction
An alternative end for the rubbish that was to be thrown out from Bacon’s famously chaotic studio at 7 Reese Mews in London
Swedish and German auction houses take advantage of the rising Russian Market
A growing number of mid-size European auction houses are trying to cash in on the Russian boom
Christie’s Warhol could set new record in New York
The work is one of the “Death and Disaster” series which rarely come on the market
Warhol “Athletes” commissioned for $800,000 to be sold for $28m
This is the first time a complete set of the series is on offer
Rediscovered Bacon “rubbish” could fetch £50,000
Documents and paintings will be sold at a country auction
Collector sells £15m Turner collection to buy Chinese contemporary art
Baron Ullens is acquiring new works for his Beijing gallery
Albright-Knox sells the old to pay for the new
Sotheby's is auctioning 200 antiquities and pre-Modern works worth $15m from the US museum's collection to raise funds to purchase Modern and contemporary art
Why you cannot trust dealers’ prices—or auction results either
In 2006 we reported that attempts to accurately measure the market are being thwarted by auction guarantees and private sales between tight-lipped collectors
Best results ever for Italian art at auction
An unnamed East European collector bought several works at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s
Christie’s launches online bidding
Clients will be able to follow live auctions at home
How long can this amazing art market boom last?
In recent years have seen works sold for explosive prices—and now in 2006 we are asking if this an indication of an accelerating trend or a reflection of the cyclical nature of the market?
“There is so much money in the market now that... price seems to be irrelevant”
Oil-rich private collectors are dominating the salerooms and pushing aside dealers and investment funds
Impressionist art: unknown Russian buys $95m Picasso
New buyer beat established collectors at Sotheby’s impressionist and modern art sales in New York
November auctions of Important British Pictures failed to stir collectors leaving slew of unsold lots
Collectors shunned many 18th- and 19th-century works
Louvre makes an unexpected splash at Boisgirard auctions with E2.8 million purchase of Ancient Greek horse head
The piece could be a precursor of the Parthenon sculptures
Court action after Renoir archive fails to sell at auction
Collector sues family trust which had withdrawn the artist’s belongings from sale
New Ukrainian buyer spends £12 million on Modern paintings
American buyers have returned and Asian collectors were also active
Two plump catalogues prove the major auction houses can drive the contemporary market
A week of new records will leave dealers wondering how to set their prices
From the archive | £16.2 million Vermeer led patchy sales
But major works failed to sell
London Impressionist and Modern art sales report: Modigliani and Matisse overtake soft-focus Impressionists
Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro and Degas are yesterday’s stars
British and Irish art sale a subdued affair
Some big collectors have stopped buying and bidders held back
Authentication issues: "Trust me, this is a fake"
Pierre Valentin suggests that the decisions of expert committees should not be beyond the reach of the law
The market for Irish art has matured: collectors are buying more selectively and hunting for bargains
Yeats and Orpen run out of steam
From the archive | Can the new Vermeer make £20m?
A committee of experts has decided that the reattributed painting, Young Woman Seated at the Virginals, is authentic
The work of young Indian artists is entering the Western market with collectors itching to obtain this contemporary art
Prices are rising for a new generation of Indian artists
Rothschild sale brought British collectors out
Sotheby's sale lands within estimate at £1.3 million
Strong demand for Old Master paintings from private collectors boosted prices in summer sales
Rediscovered Rembrandt made £6.9 million
The supply of surrealism on the art market means that collectors can still tap into this movement
The Surrealism sections of the February sales in London were the only to produce sparkling results