Audrey Hepburn style lovers should run, not walk, over to Sotheby's this weekend for a rare chance to see some of her iconic clothes. Whether you fell...
nytimes.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
Guessing who the winner bidder was for Andy Warhol's "200 One Dollar Bills" in a recent Sotheby's auction is becoming something of a parlor game, with...
AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A painting by Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," brought the equivalent of 43.8 million dollar bills at auction, more than three ti...
Stephanie Adamowicz | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York
Paris is attracting an increasing number of international galleries exhibiting high-quality works by blue chip artists.
Crain's New York Business | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
The art world is anxiously awaiting the coming fall auction season, a major gauge of whether collectors are still feeling the wrath of the economic do...
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York
Astoria-based Eli Wilner has become the framer of choice for the Smithsonian, Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses and the White House. "I want to frame the whole world," he says.
Reyne Haines | Posted 11.09.2009 | Style
Set Your DVR!: Art of Collecting with Reyne Haines and Jonathan Novack Premieres Thursday, September 10 on Channel 2, NBC Houston (Houston, Texa...
The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
Less than a year after Morgan Stanley got its $10 billion TARP loan (and exactly two and a half months after the money was repaid), the mammoth firm's...
Reyne Haines | Posted 09.12.2009 | Style
Which celebrities' pre-owned gems scored big at auction? At number 7, Marilyn Monroe's white baby grand piano, sold by Christies. The lucky bidder? Mariah Carey, for $662,500.
Journalism Boot Camp | Posted 08.21.2009 | World
Despite denials that the buying of pieces by Qatar helped fuel a black market, Egyptian officials say Gulf collectors are the reason Islamic heritage sites are being looted.
Reyne Haines | Posted 07.03.2009 | Style
They say a collection is something you have three or more of. Why just 3 and not 4, or a dozen? I have no idea.
AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 04.12.2009 | World
LONDON — The contents of late fashion designer Gianni Versace's fabulous Italian villa will be sold in London next week, giving curious fans a c...
Charlotte Appleyard | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business
There has been a lot of discussion about what will happen to art prices.Theories abound that contemporary galleries will return to their "old masters" rather than nurturing younger talent.
AP | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — A judge says Slash and his wife can pursue a lawsuit against the brokers who sold them what they thought was a party-worthy Hollyw...
Paul Klein | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago
A solid art collection is an amazing asset whose worth is invariably overlooked. Most collectors aren't honoring their collection, using it or enabling it to take care of them.
Paul Klein | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago
The art landscape has changed because the Internet has affected the relationship between artists and galleries--and artists and collectors, too.
NY Times | Posted 05.23.2008 | Business
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Forbes | Dorothy Pomerantz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Even Hollywood's rich and famous can't avoid the housing downturn that's sweeping the nation. In Los Angeles, only 4,430 homes were sold in December, ...
Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Just before the evening contemporary art sale at Sotheby's in New York this November, a short, stocky 68-year-old named Jose Mugrabi made his way down...
AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Art is hot. Despite turmoil in the financial markets, there are no signs that the art market is softening. The fall auction season in New York saw rob...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta _ the version that became part of English law _ was auctioned Tuesday ...
Salon.com | Edward M. Gomez | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Thanks, in large part, to George W. Bush's no-end-in-sight war spending, the once-mighty dollar is tanking, a development that recently prompted a se...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
A 3 1/4-inch limestone lion from ancient Mesopotamia fetched the highest price ever paid at an auction for a sculpture -- $57 million. Sotheby's had ...
Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Sotheby's auctioneers displayed a rare copy of J.K. Rowling's book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" on Tuesday, ahead of a charity auction on December ...
Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 11.20.2009 | Style