Auction history was made throughout November and around the globe

  In November, Sotheby’s concluded a month of worldwide sales spanning New York, Geneva, London, Paris and online, with 1,675 lots sold over twelve auctions for a total of more than $1 billion. Across the auctions, nineteen lots exceeded $10 million and ten lots exceeded $20 million. From 20th- and 21st-century art to magnificent jewels … Read more

Art market in ‘mania phase’ and risks bursting of the bubble, report says

Experts expect a ‘severe correction’, particularly in contemporary and American art, after years of spiralling prices and celebrity and luxury obsession

Sotheby’s to offer never before seen pieces. Record sales expected.

Record sales expected at Sotheby’s auction. Three months after Sotheby’s record-breaking sale of Contemporary Art in New York, the auction house is bringing to the market a number of major art works, many of which have rarely, if ever, been seen at auction before. Sotheby’s flagship Contemporary Art sale in London on Tuesday 12th February … Read more