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auction records

Adrien Meyer leads the bidding at Christie’s London as Henry Moore’s King and Queen appears on the screen behind the rostrum during the evening sale.

London Saw Few Auction Shakeups as Guarantees Steadied the Market

Auction houses have become remarkably adept at preserving market confidence through meticulously calibrated scripts and prearranged deals, even as the world beyond the saleroom seems to be steadily coming apart.
By Elisa Carollo
Auctioneer conducting bidding during Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Evening Sale in London, with works by Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon from the Joe Lewis collection displayed behind the podium.

Sotheby’s Opens the London Spring Marquee Sales With a £131M White-Glove Night

The auction house's solid, carefully staged £131 million performance suggests that renewed market confidence is holding despite the turbulence unfolding beyond the saleroom.
By Elisa Carollo
Logan Paul reacts dramatically during a live Goldin auction stream as a rare Pokémon card is revealed on a screen behind him, surrounded by collectors, cameras, and illuminated display posters.

A $16.5 Million Pikachu Illustrator Is Now the Most Expensive Trading Card Ever Sold at Auction

Logan Paul's latest multi-million-dollar sale underscores how Pokémon cards have evolved from childhood keepsake to serious asset, fueled as much by nostalgia as by the promise of outsized financial returns.
By Elisa Carollo
Auctioneer stands at the podium addressing a seated audience while Safeya Binzagr’s Coffee Shop in Madina Road appears on a large bidding screen.

Sotheby’s “Origins II” Results Suggest Saudi Collectors Are Prioritizing Legacy

By Elisa Carollo
Auctioneer conducts bidding at Christie’s New York during the Old Master Drawings sale, with the final price for Lot 8 displayed on screen

Historic Names, New Heights: Christie’s and Sotheby’s Log Over $200 Million in Old Masters Sales

By Elisa Carollo
Kennedy Center Adds Trump's Name To Building

The Defining Art World Moments of 2025, According to the Art Daddy

By The Art Daddy
An elehgant luminous interior with a Hyppo sculptural bar table.

Lalannes Fever and the Global Demand for Design

By Elisa Carollo
A Sotheby’s auctioneer in a black suit stands in front of a crowded room with Gustav Klimt’s portrait of a woman hanging beside a bidding screen showing Antonio Obá’s Alvorada—Musica Incidental Black Bird.

Christie’s and Sotheby’s Close 2025 With a Market Rebound Fueled by Luxury and New Buyers

By Elisa Carollo
A bar cart shaped like a hippo, with several panels open to reveal the compartments holding bottles and glassware

François-Xavier Lalanne’s ‘Hippopotame Bar’ Sets a New Auction Record for the Artist

By Christa Terry
A large illuminated sign reading "Collectors’ Week Abu Dhabi" stands against a purple sunset sky, surrounded by palm trees and greenery.

Sotheby’s Closes Its Inaugural Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week With $133 Million in Sales

By Elisa Carollo
A woman holding a gavel stands smiling with raised arms at the Christie's auction house dais

A $30.2 Million Fabergé Egg Commissioned by the Last Czar of Russia Sets a New Auction Record

By Mya Ward
A Sotheby’s auctioneer raises his gavel as Frida Kahlo’s painting and a $47 million bid appear on a large screen behind him while a seated audience watches.

In Its Best Week Since 2021, Sotheby’s Hit $1.173B With a $54.7M Kahlo Finale

By Elisa Carollo
An auctioneer, Oliver Barker, stands at the Sotheby’s podium with his arms raised while taking bids in a crowded auction room. Behind him is a large projected screen showing Gustav Klimt’s Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer with a bid of 205 million USD, and the actual painting hangs on the wall to his right. Audience members photograph the moment with their phones.

Sotheby’s Shatters Records at Its Breuer Debut as a $236.4M Klimt Leads the $706M Evening Sale

By Elisa Carollo
Auctioneer Aurélie Vandevoorde stands at a Sotheby’s podium mid-sale, gesturing to the audience between two framed paintings—a blue-toned surreal nude with a dove on the left and Amedeo Modigliani’s Elvire en buste on the right—while wearing Salvador Dalí’s Swirling Sea Necklace from the Schlumberger Collection.

The Paris Auctions Cap a Triumphant Art Week With Record Sales, Surrealist Strength and Italian Postwar Gems

By Elisa Carollo
Watercolor painting of flamingos standing on the edge of a pond

Henri Rousseau’s $43.5 Million ‘Les Flamants’ Sets a New Auction Record

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Christie's sale auctioning off Georges Seurat painting.

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen’s Art Collection Sells for $1.5 Billion, Breaking Auction Records

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Banksy Sets a New Auction Record With the £16.7 Million Sale of ‘Game Changer’

By Helen Holmes

Net Artist Beeple Just Set a Nifty Gateway Auction Record With Sales of $3.5 Million

By Helen Holmes

Georges de La Tour Painting Sets German Auction Record, Selling for $4.3 Million

By Helen Holmes

Banksy Just Broke Another Auction Record With His ‘Balloon Girl’ Print

By Helen Holmes
Japan yamazaki whisky auction

A Rare Bottle of Japanese Whisky Sold for $343,000, Sets Auction Record

By Sissi Cao
An untitled painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat broke the artist's world auction record, selling for $57.3 million at Christie's on May 10.

$57M Basquiat Breaks Auction Record at Christie’s

By Alanna Martinez
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