Auctions
Art marketarchive
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
Alberto Giacomettiarchive
Eighteen Giacometti pieces from his wife’s estate to be sold by auctioneer Jacques Tajan
Sculptural ensemble "La clairière" is a standout, expected to reach up to 6 million francs
Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive
Only a legal antiquities market can curb the illegal market which destroys world history
Change needed in the face of a growing market
Auction Reportarchive
Contemporary art sales 1994: Poor stock meets fittingly lukewarm response, exemplified by Sotheby's Warhol fiasco
Contemporary art sales '94 auction report
Lawsuitsarchive
Christie's Sackler maiolica sale off—for now
Collector’s widow overturns court decision
Auction housesarchive
Contemporary art sales 1992: Saatchi succeeds at Sotheby's and Freud nude provokes Christie's bidding war
Contemporary art sales '92 auction report
Old Mastersarchive
Trends in Old Master drawings over the last twelve years analysed by Professor Victor Ginsburgh and Nicholas Schwed of Brussels University, who apply a new methodology
Of course every work of art is unique—but enter the technique of “hedonic regression”
Art marketarchive
Sotheby’s President Michael Ainslie discusses the 1991 figures
Decorative arts no longer the Cinderella
Art marketarchive
Cautious sales in a buoyant French auction market
Good pickings for private collectors at Drouot auctions
Art marketarchive
Buyer confidence returns at Impressionist and Modern paintings sales as collectors - not speculators - drive the market
The auction houses bring out six long-held major estates to tempt collectors
Art marketarchive
Contemporary sale report: School of London resilient in contemporary art auctions
Francis Bacon’s “Pope” fetches top price at Sotheby’s