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Rebounding Art World Expects Huge Spring Prices

Rob Quinn — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:57:05 CDT

The art market has bounced back amazingly well from the downturn, and auction houses are aiming to sell $1 billion in Impressionist and modern works at two major sales next week. A dozen works are expected to fetch close to $20 million apiece, a price the auction houses couldn't reach...

140 'Lost' Masterworks to Hit Sotheby's Auction

Rob Quinn — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:42:00 CDT

A stash of 20th-century artworks hidden for generations because of war and legal wrangling is finally seeing the light of day. The 140 artworks, including works by Picasso, Derain, and Renoir, had been placed in a Paris bank vault by influential art dealer Ambroise Vollard's assistant after Vollard's death in...

Monet Sells for Record $80.4M

Laurel Jorgensen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:30:04 CDT

One of Monet’s rare waterlily paintings sold at Christie’s in London tonight for more than $80 million, a record price for the artist, the New York Times reports. At least six buyers competed for Le Bassin aux Nympheas , a 1919 work from a series of paintings considered among Monet’s most...

Monet Sells for Record $41M

Laurel Jorgensen — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:05:34 CDT

A Monet painting sold at Christie’s tonight for $41.4 million, a record price for the artist, the New York Times reports. Three bidders competed for the 1873 impressionist painting “The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil,” which Christie’s estimated would go for $35 million. The high bid of $37 million pushed...

Art Auction Houses Predict 25% Bump

Jim O'Neill — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:30:21 CDT

The New York art auction season begins today, and Sotheby’s and Christie’s say they believe the art market’s 5-year boom will continue, forecasting $1.8 billion in sales, reports the Financial Times. The prediction of a 25% boost over last year flies in the face of financial-market lassitude and nervousness...

Contemporary Art Scores for Auction Houses

Wesley Oliver — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:39:46 CST

Contemporary art has been very good to Sotheby’s, fueling a 46% boost in sales for the world’s second-largest auctioneer this year over last, Bloomberg says. A crop of new collectors from the US, Russia and Asia brought new records for artists like Francis Bacon and Jeff Koons, for a total...