Auctions
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Collector sues family trust which had withdrawn the artist’s belongings from sale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
Partial success for Japanese woodblock prints at the Bérès sale
Hokusai is now hotter than Sharaku
Christie's Giacometti sale stopped half way through and last 12 lots revoked
Once enough money to pay off the Giacometti Association's bills had been made, the sale was brought to the close, to the chagrin of foreign buyers
The latest auction results show a boom in figurative art (of the right kind)
Collectors of Modern art are paying fancy prices for Richter, Barceló and Doig
Jean-Michel Basquiat continues upward trajectory in sales and at auction
New paintings at Hamiltons for those who have so far missed out
Bernard Arnault sells 70% of his stake in Phillips de Pury Luxembourg
The luxury goods mogul cuts his losses from auction house investment
Biggest Dutch collection to go under the hammer as Anton Dreesmann's life's work goes on sale at Christie's
Dreesmann was a passionate and committed collector who barely ever sold on his beloved acquisitions
1991-2001: a mini-guide to a decade in the art market
From a game-changing Japanese scandal to price-fixing at the world's leading auction houses, we look at the most significant developments over the past ten years
Best ever Scottish sale at Christie's
Six of the richest Scots and international collectors bid on the collection of the Fleming merchant bank