Appeals Court Affirms Simon and Michaela de Pury’s $10 M. Commission on $210 M. Gauguin Sale
The work, 'Nafea Faa Ipoipo? (When Will You Marry?),' was previously owned by a Swiss collector.
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Simon and Michaela de Pury Split
The two auction experts had run an advisory and private-sale business together since 2013.
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Phillips 2.0: Can Auction Veteran Ed Dolman Turn Around the Art World’s Third-Place House?
On a gray Sunday last October, during Frieze Week in London, Phillips auction house opened its new headquarters in a 73,000-square-foot building on tony Berkeley Square, with renovations…
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No Filters At The Art Basel Miami Beach Instagram Panel
Had the concept of art fairs existed in 1410 (the date of some of the earliest surviving canvases), would we have had panels about canvas that praised it as a medium? Would we even have had to ask
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Simon de Pury Will Curate at 3 Grafton Street in London
What’s up next for Simon de Pury, the former head of the auction house formerly known as Phillips de Pury and Co. and former host of that former Bravo show about art? Georgina Adam has the answer…
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Simon de Pury Resigns from Phillips de Pury
In January, according to the auction house's statement, it will revert to the name Phillips.
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$25 Billion and Counting
Auction sales are what one dealer calls the "visible part of the iceberg." But how big is the rest of it? According to dealers, auction house experts, and other advisers, the private art market is…
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Sex, Money, Glamour, Tractors
Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov are charting new terrain by using the language of Socialist Realism to comment on contemporary Russia.
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Gold Rush
Until a few decades ago, Gustav Klimt was relatively ignored by the art establishment. Now his paintings are among the most expensive ever sold. How did the Viennese painter's prices rise so high so…
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‘Walking a Tightrope without a Net’
Auctioneers at evening sales create a sense of drama in performances that can range from buoyant to burlesque.
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