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Big Money Matisse

Christie's pulled off a marathon sale last night at Rockefeller center, selling a total of $231.4 million, a result in the middle of its projection. A healthy sale-67 lots sold, of 84-suggests tht col…

Auction Thriller

Christie's did it again last night, this time as the famed Michael Crichton collection spearheaded its evening sale of Post war and contemporary art. The quintessential American sale was exciting, wit…

Good Impressions at Sothebys

The dust has safely settled on one of the biggest weeks that  Christie's and Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern sales has seen in some time. And while Christie's dispensed with the most expensive art…

Miami Basel Slow but Steady

Some 265 galleries from 33 countries participated in the eighth installment of Art Basel Miami Beach, newly and entirely in the Miami convention center. The new space, boasted 502,848-square-feet (as…

Sothebys What Recession

Sotheby's clearly has the lead in volume this season, with 68 lots in the Impressionist and Modern evening sale. With a low pre-sale estimate of $116 million and a high of $165 million, Simon Shaw hea…

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