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The Ernie Barnes bidding war and the final victory of Anne Bass

Detailed and illustrated results from tonight's 21st Century Evening Sale at Christie's including need-to-know lots by Anna Weyant, Salman Toor, Tom Sachs, and more

Sotheby’s and Christie’s dueling target paintings might cause a market overhaul for the Color Field painter. Though his paintings sit on the same textbook pages as Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland’s prices on the secondary market lag behind his peers.

The market for Wayne Thiebaud’s work has been on the move these last few years and the strong prices are coming from unexpected works. To most, Thiebaud is prized for his candies and pastries from the 1960s. Traditionally, these are the works that have had the best shot at attracting bidders and driving up new prices. 

How we should think about the Warhol sale plus impressive prices for Cy Twombly, Ann Craven, and Mary Heilmann

As more works from Katz's prime period in the 1970s come to auction, could his market finally get momentum? It’s a big auction season for the most famous names and for emerging talent. But there’s also a few familiar artists whose work seems poised to try to break out of past sales patterns.

It's fun to guess who might spend $200 million—or much more—on Marilyn. But what impact will a new Warhol record have on the art market? LiveArt Market Monitor tries to answer the question.

LiveArt Market Monitor's report Warhol's Marilyn and the Art Market is available as a pdf with additional charts and content. You may download and share it from here. When Christie’s announced that it would be selling Doris Ammann’s 40-inch square Warhol image of Marilyn Monroe this May, the news was stunning but the r

Sotheby’s Hong Kong sale cycle was overshadowed by China’s zero Covid policy, but that didn’t seem to dampen demand. Over four sales, nearly $200 million in art was sold and sell-through rates were in the ninetieth percentiles for the Evening sales and eightieth percentiles for the Day sales. 

Christie’s Thomas and Doris Ammann Sale, Monday, May 9th, 7 pm EDTA curated selection of 36 works including Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn. With a $200m estimate, the work could very likely surpass both the public sale record for a Warhol

Christie’s bringing back to the market an important large Gerhard Richter abstract painting that once set a record price for these works at $34 million. The painting doesn’t have a published estimate but the whisper number isn’t really more than the previous sale. Christie’s will only say they expect the work to sell f

Sotheby’s major Hong Kong sales will also take place on Wednesday the 27th. The Modern Evening Auction, beginning at 6 am EDT, has already drawn press attention with all eyes on Picasso’s red portrait of Dora Maar.