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  • Christie’s Triple-Header 20th and 21st Century Evening Sales Nets $265 M., as London Proves It’s Still a Draw to Collectors

    This week has shown that there’s still a lot of money sloshing around London’s art market; Christie’s three-pronged 21st/20th century evening sale on Thursday took £197.5 million ($265 million), one day after Sotheby’s modern and contemporary auction brought £131 million ($175 million). The result marked a 52 percent increase on the house’s equivalent sale last read more

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    Christie’s Triple-Header 20th and 21st Century Evening Sales Nets 5 M., as London Proves It’s Still a Draw to Collectors

  • Christie’s to Offer Three Masterworks From Agnes Gund Collection This May

    When Agnes Gund bought Mark Rothko’s1964 abstraction No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe)in 1967, she purchased it directly from the artist in his studio. The painting would go on to hang in her living room for decades. This May, it will be offered on the secondary market for the first time, leading a focused read more

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    Christie’s to Offer Three Masterworks From Agnes Gund Collection This May

  • Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Sells for Record-Setting $5.7 M. at Christie’s

    An early self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi broke a record for the Italian Baroque painter when it sold at Christie’s in New York for $5.69 million—well over its estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. As reported by Artnet News, “The previous auction high for a Gentileschi was $5.25 million (€4.7 million), which was set in read more

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    Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Sells for Record-Setting .7 M. at Christie’s