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Phillips

What’s the New Art Market Look Like?

The London sales were down by 30% from the previous year. The pullback surprised no one. The numbers may be lower at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips but the sales still emphasize artists with emerging markets.

Marion Maneker

08 March, 2023

Lot Announcement

Restituted Kandinsky Seeks $45m at Sotheby's

Sotheby's will over Wassily Kandinsky's Murnau mit Kirche II from 1910 with expectations of $45 million sale on March 1, 2023

Marion Maneker

09 February, 2023

Pablo Picasso

Sotheby’s to Offer $15m Picasso Portrait of Daughter Maya

Pablo Picasso's Fillette au bateau, Maya from 1938, once owned by Gianni Versace, will be sold at Sotheby's in London on March 1st with an estimate of $15 million.

Marion Maneker

24 January, 2023

Sotheby's

$15m Munch Comes to Sotheby's Through Restitution Deal

Edvard Munch painting once featured in German theater to be sold with $15 million estimate as part of restitution deal.

Marion Maneker

20 January, 2023

Phillips

Auction Houses Ask the $16 Billion Question

In 2022, the three auction houses sold $13.6 billion at auction and $2.56 billion in private sales for a total of $16.16 billion.

Marion Maneker

21 December, 2022

Christie's

The Market for Les Lalannes Reaches La-La-Land

The design market's favorite Surrealist-inspired makers of functional art have seen a market explosion as the estate and some of their heirs sell into a ravenous market.

Marion Maneker

01 December, 2022

Contemporary Art

Sotheby's $315m Contemporary Sale

Sotheby's The Now made $45 million and its Contemporary Evening sale made $269 million as the art market showed more demand that expected.

Marion Maneker

17 November, 2022

Sotheby's

Sotheby's $391m Modern Evening

Sotheby's sale of William Paley and David Solinger's art boosts the Modern total to $391m with Mondrian, de Kooning, Picasso and Giacometti leading the sales.

Marion Maneker

15 November, 2022

Andy Warhol

Did the $195m Marilyn Advance the Warhol Market?

Sotheby's will auction one of Andy Warhol's most valuable works—White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times)—which is expected to make a price in excess of $80 million.

Marion Maneker

28 October, 2022

Phillips

After Action Report: Sotheby's & Phillips Frieze Evening Sales

The Frieze Evening sales for Sotheby's and Phillips showed unexpected strength in the art market as £115 million was spent.

Marion Maneker

15 October, 2022

Sotheby's

Henry Moore's Most Valuable Work Comes to Sotheby's

Henry Moore's famous Festival of Britain sculpture from 1951, Reclining Figure: Festival, to be sold by Sotheby's on November 14th 2022 with $30 million estimate.

Marion Maneker

12 October, 2022

Piet Mondrian, Composition No. II, 1930, estimate $50 million

Sotheby's

A Major Mondrian

Sotheby's will offer a 1930 Piet Mondrian work with a $50 million estimate in November

Marion Maneker

06 October, 2022

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