Asian Buyers Splurge $65.5 Million in London Art Auctions
Asian Buyers Splurge $65.5 Million in London Art Auctions. More Chinese artwork hit the auction block … this time in London. The three main salerooms offered more than 1,100 works and more than 1/3 of the items did not sell; … More…
Rolex Daytona Sells for Record $1.1 Million at Auction
Rolex Daytona Sells for Record $1.1 Million at a Geneva Action. This sale included 50 Rolex Daytona chronographs and all sold. Top price was $1.1M for a 1969 Paul Newman model and the entire sale brought in $13.2M … 4 … More…
Bidders Cry Foul Over Auction of Banksy Painting
Bidders Cry Foul Over Auction of Banksy Painting – In my November 1st post I did say it would be interesting to see if the high bidder actually paid for the work — he did not! Then the frenzy began to … More…
Dia founders sue to stop forthcoming auction
Lawsuits arise as two founders of the Dia Art Foundation fight the organization for putting several works up at auction that had been donated or loaned with intent to never be sold to private collectors, keeping them always accessible to … More…