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Christie's

Did Paul Allen's Provenance Pay Off?

Paul Allen's $115 million Day sale gives the market a better indication of whether buyers were attracted to the art works or Allen's place in history.

Marion Maneker

11 November, 2022

Christie's

Paul Allen Collection Makes $1.5 Billion

Paul Allen's collection of art sold for $1.5 billion at Christie's. The proceeds will go to fund the Paul Allen Foundation.

Marion Maneker

10 November, 2022

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sugar Ray Robinson (1982), estimate upon request

Christie's

Basquiat's Knockout Sugar Ray

Jean-Michel Basquiat's Boxers and Warriors are among his most recognizable, valuable and traded works. This painting of Sugar Ray Leonard returns to market with a $35 million price tag after 15 years with the same owner.

Marion Maneker

21 October, 2022

Phillips

After Action Report: Christie's Evening & Phillips Day

During the Frieze art fair in London, Christie's 20th/21st Century Evening sale totals $80 million and Phillips's Day sale made $12.4 million

Marion Maneker

13 October, 2022

Christie's

Agnes Gund Sells Lichtenstein Mirror for Charity

Christie's announced the sale of Roy Lichtenstein's Mirror No. 5, 1970 (estimated at $3.5 million) on November 17th with proceeds going to charity.

Marion Maneker

13 October, 2022

Auctions

The Return of Belkis Ayón

Last week’s Latin American Art sale at Christie’s in New York achieved a new record sale for recently “rediscovered” artist Belkis Ayón.

Cara Blumstein

06 October, 2022

Jeff Koons, Jim Beam — J.B. Turner Train, estimated at $15 million

Christie's

This Train Bound for Glory?

Christie's announces Jeff Koons Jim Beam J.B. Turner Train with $15 million estimate for November 17, 2022 sale

Marion Maneker

05 October, 2022

Willem de Kooning, Untitled III, estimated in the region of $35 million

Christie's

Christie's to Offer $35m de Kooning

Christie's offers "Untitled III" painted between 1977 and 1980 with a $35 million estimate.

Marion Maneker

04 October, 2022

Lynne Drexler

Christie's Holds the Line

Christie's Fall Post-War to Present auction made $25.7 million, almost exactly what it made in the Spring despite concerns about the art market in a new macro economic environment.

Marion Maneker

29 September, 2022

Auctions

Christie's Reveals $850m from Paul Allen's Collection

Paul Allen's billion-dollar collection will be sold on November 9 & 10 in New York with three works estimated above $100 million

Marion Maneker

23 September, 2022

Price Database

Monet-mentum!

Claude Monet sold $451 million worth of art in the first half of 2022. Another $350 million in Monets are coming to market in Fall 2022 with the Paul G. Allen collection.

Marion Maneker

07 September, 2022

NFT

What Will the Luxury Metaverse Look Like?

Christie’s fifth Art & Tech Summit held this week at the auction house’s New York headquarters featured crypto-luminaries like ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin and Galaxy Digital’s Mike Novogratz, a sponsor of the conference.

Marion Maneker

22 July, 2022

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