News As Sales Contract, Christie’s and Sotheby’s Report 13 Percent Drop in 2023 Figures In 2023, Christie's and Sotheby's reported $14.2 billion in sales. By Angelica Villa Jan 2, 2024 3:32 pm
News Discussions Stall for Qatari Purchase of Stake in Sotheby’s as House Denies Possibility of IPO The house's French Israeli owner did not formally pursue plans to offload stake in Sotheby's. By Angelica Villa Dec 8, 2023 5:34 pm
News Sotheby’s Relinquishes Half of Longtime Manhattan Headquarters to Medical School eill Cornell Medicine (WCM), Cornell University's medical school and research body, will be moving in. By Daniel Cassady Nov 29, 2023 1:12 pm
News With $1.8 Billion in Sales, Auctions Return to the Fair and Sober The past couple weeks sent clear signals about shifting tides between the blue-chip artists that typically dominate the market and heretofore overlooked ones. By Angelica Villa Nov 22, 2023 5:15 pm
Market Behind the Agnes Martin Market and Sotheby’s Record-Making Sale "When compared to her male counterparts of that vintage, the price achieved at Sotheby's, just like Christie's in 2016, is absolutely cheap." By Daniel Cassady Nov 22, 2023 10:45 am
News Records for Julie Mehretu, Barkley Hendricks Enliven Sotheby’s $310 M. Contemporary Sale The sale set records for Julie Mehretu, Barkley Hendricks, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Ad Reinhardt, Amy Sillman, and others. By Angelica Villa Nov 15, 2023 11:24 pm
News A Tame Sotheby’s Modern Art Evening Sale Generates $224 M. The sale saw a record for Romanian-American artist Hedda Stern. By Angelica Villa Nov 13, 2023 9:55 pm
News Rare ‘Inverted Jenny’ US Postal Stamp Sells for Record-Breaking $2 M. At Auction The auction house said the price for the iconic error image set a new record for a single US stamp. By Karen K. Ho Nov 12, 2023 5:39 pm
News Sotheby’s White Glove $406 M. Fisher Landau Sale Sets New Benchmarks for Agnes Martin, Mark Tansey A 1932 Picasso sold for $139 million. By Angelica Villa, Daniel Cassady Nov 8, 2023 9:30 pm
Opinion This Year’s November Sales in New York Will Take Place in a Very Different Art Market One doesn't get wealthy enough to spend millions on a painting by ignoring macroeconomics. By Daniel Cassady Oct 25, 2023 5:56 pm