The 12-foot-tall view of a car wrapped around a tree had originally sold at auction for $660,000.
Art & Auctions
The painting is part of a collection of works being sold off by a foundation for CBS founder William Paley to fund an expansion of MoMA’s digital footprint
The auction at Christie’s offered a trove of trophies from artists like Cézanne, Seurat and Botticelli.
After months of watching climate protesters slather famous paintings in tomato soup or mashed potatoes, stunned museums are fighting back.
Miami’s Rubell Museum is known for edgy art that propels artists to new heights. Now they’re aiming to shake things up in the nation’s capital.
Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco aims to shake up museum norms. “The art world sees us as a bunch of bank accounts,” says a tech donor.
A sale of more than 1,600 items over the weekend surpassed auctioneers’ estimates. Most of the highest-selling items in the three-day auction were from White’s time on “The Golden Girls.”
An online auction of items belonging to the late Supreme Court justice raised over $500,000 dollars to support one of her favorite charities.
The jersey, which Mr. Jordan wore during his sixth NBA championship for the Chicago Bulls, is the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia ever sold, Sotheby’s said.
Masterpieces from CBS founder William Paley’s museum trove are heading to Sotheby’s this fall, as MoMA seeks to expand its online presence and possibly buy more digital art.
Collectors and galleries descend on South Korea’s capital for Frieze Seoul as a new generation of Korean entrepreneurs look to art to boost their status
Sports trading cards and other memorabilia have been selling for record prices over the past few years.
The sale price for the mint condition 1952 Topps baseball card of the Yankees slugger surpassed the previous sports memorabilia record—$9.3 million for Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” jersey.
Christie’s will offer 150 artworks from the Microsoft co-founder’s estate, with proceeds from a likely historic sale going to charity.
GenX collectors are revving up the fancy car market as Monterey Car Week lines up nearly $500 million in vehicles.
Inside the billionaire’s decision to outbid crypto investors for the rare document, which is currently on view at the Walton Family’s Crystal Bridges museum in Arkansas.
A campaign using social media and auction-house shaming has recovered thousands of relics and rattled international markets for artifacts.
Amid a strong art market, the auction house is plunging into tech startups at a time when other venture capitalists are pulling back.
Collectors returned to bid in person for blue-chip art—but some cracks in the art market are beginning to show.
From inflation to the rise of Asian collectors, Charles Stewart reveals the dynamics fueling robust auction sales.
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