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Andy Williams' Art Sells For Millions

AP | Posted 05.16.2013 | Arts

NEW YORK — Singer Andy Williams' eclectic art collection has brought $46 million at a New York City auction. The works sold on Wednesday, the f...

Christie's Heads To Shanghai

AP | By KELVIN CHAN | Posted 04.09.2013 | Arts

HONG KONG -- Christie's said Tuesday it will be the first international auction house to operate without a local partner in mainland China, one of the...

Modigliani Portrait Sells Big

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 04.09.2013 | Arts

LONDON — The high-end art market is weathering Europe's economic storm, with London auctions this week netting more than 280 million pounds ($44...

This Painting Cost How Much?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 01.28.2013 | Arts

Peter Doig has been known to fetch a high price at auction, attracting eager bidders with his tranquil, snowy landscapes. But can you guess how much h...

David Hockney's Pricey Pyramids Head To Auction For First Time

Posted 01.16.2013 | Arts

We all have treasured mementos from our early trips abroad, but in the case of British artist David Hockey, his token of vacations past is a surreal p...

What Art Can You Get For A Million Bucks?

Posted 11.24.2012 | Arts

Christie's Auction House in New York recently announced the final price tag on its Fall Postwar and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, boasting a whopping...

Guess How Much This Painting Cost...

Posted 11.15.2012 | Arts

George Condo, an American painter who coined the term "Artificial Realism" and designed multiple covers for Kanye West's album, My Beautiful Dark Twis...

Pop Culture Meets Christie's Auction House

Posted 11.09.2012 | Arts

The line between pop culture and fine art is a precarious delineation -- just ask Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. Actually, why not ask Britney Spear...

Basquiat Will Likely Break ANOTHER Record

Posted 09.19.2012 | Arts

An early painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat is expected to break big records this November at Christie's New York. At only 20 years old, the young artis...

Is There An Arab Spring Happening In The Art Market?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 09.27.2012 | Arts

Two paintings by the father of modern Egyptian painting, Mahmoud Said, are poised to lead Christie's Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian, and Turkis...

Kandinsky Expected To Sell For $30 Million

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 09.06.2012 | Arts

Wassily Kandinsky, the Russian-born painter famous for his vibrant colors and early abstract techniques, is set to break records at Christie's this No...

High-Priced Yayoi Kusama Works Head To Christie's

Posted 08.23.2012 | Arts

Yayoi Kusama has certainly been upholding her moniker as the polka-dotted queen as of late, imposing her reign of fantastical dots on New York these p...

Battle of the Bronze Aquamaniles

Posted 07.03.2012 | Arts

After perusing the lists of items about to hit the auction chopping block this week, we came across a battle royale occurring across the Atlantic ...

LOOK: Christie's Green Auction Party

Posted 04.12.2012 | New York

Christie's auction house hosted their third annual Green Auction party on Wednesday where guests including Lauren Bush, Graydon Carter, and Glenn Clos...

Elizabeth Taylor's Art Collection Is Hitting The Auction Block

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.17.2012 | Home

LONDON — A Vincent van Gogh landscape and other paintings from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor are up for auction in London next month. Chri...

Ridiculously Expensive Book To Be Auctioned In NYC

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 01.04.2012 | Books

NEW YORK -- A rare first edition of John James Audubon's sumptuously illustrated "The Birds of America," depicting more than 400 life-size North Ameri...

Who's At The Top Of The World's Art Market?

Posted 12.28.2011 | Arts

Gerhard Richter is at the head of a changing art market. The German artist, known for his ability to cover a range of styles, from the abstract to the...

Elizabeth Taylor's Jewels Sell For Big Bucks

AP | Posted 02.12.2012 | Celebrity

NEW YORK — An Andy Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor sold for over $662,000 at auction in New York. The painting was included in Christie's a...

PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor's Jewelry Up For Auction Dec. 13

Posted 12.09.2011 | Fifty

Elizabeth Taylor once said, "I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it." On December ...

Botero Sculpture Fetches $1.7M In NY

AP | Posted 11.16.2011 | Latino Voices

NEW YORK -- Fernando Botero's monumental bronze "Dancers" fetched over $1.7 million dollars at a New York auction, setting a new record for a sculptur...

Artists Sue Auction Houses Over Royalty Dispute

online.wsj.com | Posted 12.19.2011 | Arts

A group of major artists, including painter Chuck Close, and the heirs of abstract expressionist Sam Francis and sculptor Robert Graham, filed a pair ...

Art Market Boom, Or Investors Hoarding Masterpieces?

Posted 09.21.2011 | Arts

As stories of sovereign debt crises abound, it is the art market that's unexpectedly--and undeniably--booming. In the first half of this year alone, C...

Photos Of Beatles 1st US Concert To Be Auctioned

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 09.19.2011 | Arts

NEW YORK — In 1964, an enterprising 18-year-old snapped pictures of the Beatles' momentous first U.S. concert in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday,...

AUCTION: James Bond Takes On Darth Vader At Christies

Forbes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

The force, I guess, was with James Bond at a pop culture auction held at Christie's in London on Thursday, where a suit worn by Star Wars villain Dart...

Christie's President: "Rich People Decided They Have Plenty Of Money To Spend"

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Christie's Americas auction house president Marc Porter appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Street Smart" to discuss the increasingly confident art market. ...