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Christie's stories: 37 news summaries

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 Color Christie's Blue 
 Over Weak Modern Sale 

Picasso, Mondrian flop at sparsely attended auction

Nov 4, 09 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A New York art dealer at the Christie's auction last night decreed "the recession is ending," but apparently not soon enough to move 13 of 41 modern and impressionist art works on offer, leaving the auction house millions of dollars short of pre-sale estimates. Major works by Picasso... More »

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art market • Christie's • Picasso • art auction • Degas • art dealer • Piet Mondrian • Auguste Rodin

 London Art Market 
 Feels a Chill 

Lack of once-plentiful foreign cash hurts auctioneers

Jun 26, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - London became the hottest art market in the world last year, eclipsing New York, but the recession is putting the squeeze on auction houses, the Wall Street Journal reports. Last year’s influx of foreign money has dried up, and sellers are keeping a firm hold on their  most desirable... More »

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London • art • Sotheby's • Christie's • art auction





 Bob Dylan: Teen Plagiarist 


May 20, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Was the young Bob Dylan a plagiarist? A piece that Christie’s auction house has been touting as Dylan’s first known poem turns out to be the lyrics to a country song by the late Hank Snow, Reuters reports. A 16-year-old Dylan submitted the pilfered verses, which tell the... More »

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entertainment • music • plagiarism • Bob Dylan • Christie's • poetry • folk • lyrics • Jay-ZTV • Hank Snow


 Modest Success 
 at Christie's 
 Cheers Art World 

Hockney breaks record as auction house sells $93.7M

May 14, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Christie's contemporary auction in New York last night went better than expected, selling $93.7 million worth of postwar art—double the result of its rival Sotheby's the night before. The top lot was a 12-foot panorama by British painter David Hockney, which sold for $7.9 million, a record... More »

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art market • contemporary art • art • Christie's • David Hockney • auction • art auction • Jay-ZTV

 Buyers Return 
 for Healthy 
 Christie's Sale 

Auction house pulls in $103M, besting rival Sotheby's

May 7, 09 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The art market performed better last night at Christie's New York sale of Impressionist and modern art, pulling in $103 million after a lackluster showing by its rival Sotheby's on Tuesday. The top lot was a 1968 portrait by Picasso, which sold for $14.6 million. As the Wall Street ... More »

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art market • Christie's • art auction • Pablo Picasso • Degas

 Strapped 
 Art Market 
 Preps for 
 Auctions 

Expectations low as auction houses try variety of tactics

May 1, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a 7-year boom, art auction houses are struggling as collectors hit hard by the recession close their wallets. Sotheby’s predicts it will pull in $179 million to $256 million at spring sales, compared to $742 million a year ago. As the spring events approach, auctioneers are employing an... More »

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art market • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • Damien Hirst • Francis Bacon • Mark Rothko • art auction • Jeff Koons • Pablo Picasso • financial crisis • Alberto Giacometti • Robert Gober • Tamara de Lempicka • Jean-Michel Basquiat • Tom Wesselman

 Auction Winner 
 Won't Pay for 
 Chinese Relics 

Collector says he bid $36 million on antiquities as protest

Mar 3, 09 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Among the most closely watched lots at last week's Paris auction of Yves Saint Laurent's art collection were two imperial Chinese bronzes that each sold for $18 million. Beijing spent months insisting that the sculptures were looted in the 19th century and should be returned to China, but failed to... More »

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China • art market • art • Christie's • looting • Yves Saint Laurent • art auction • antiquities

(Newser) - Celebrity power revived the art market in Paris for at least one night, the Wall Street Journal reports. Despite the economy, a giddy atmosphere prevailed at Christie's as bidders battled over blue-chip works from Yves Saint Laurent's personal collection, dishing out $32 million more than expected. Only a moody, Cubist... More »

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art • Christie's • Paris • Yves Saint Laurent • art auction • what recession?

 Christie's Cuts Jobs 
  as Art Sales Slump 

250-year-old auction house downsizes to stay afloat

Jan 13, 09 7:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Following months of bad results in America and Europe, Christie's is reorganizing to cut costs, including "significant staff reductions," the auction house said yesterday. While at the start of 2008 the art world seemed immune to the economic downturn, the decade-long boom in art prices busted this fall.... More »

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art market • art • Sotheby's • Christie's • art auction • downsizing • recession depression

 'Risqué' Attic 
 Painting Sells 
 for $4.1M 

Hidden away because it showed a breast

Dec 4, 08 3:27 AM CST
(Newser) - A provocative 18th Century painting, hidden in the attic of a French chateau for decades because it featured a woman with a breast exposed, has fetched $4.1 million from an anonymous buyer at a Christie's auction in London, reports the Daily Telegraph. The price was three times its estimated... More »

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art • Christie's • painting • art auction • Giambatista Tiepolo • Portrait of a Lady as Flora

 Auction Houses 
 Counting on 
 Russians 

Buyers prop up industry staggering from economic crunch

Nov 30, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - With dwindling sales and empty showrooms, art auction houses are increasingly relying on what they have dubbed RR: rich Russians. Houses are hoping the record price drawn by a Kasimir Malevich painting earlier this month is proof that the Russian market will escape the downturn that's affecting other sectors. Of... More »

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Russia • contemporary art • Moscow • art • Sotheby's • Christie's • modern art • Bonhams Auctions • art auction

 Major Works 
 Fail to Sell 
 at Christie's 

Dismal auction season continues as Bacon fails to find buyer

Nov 13, 08 9:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The art world bust continued last night at the Christie's contemporary auction in New York, where almost a third of the 75 works on the block went unsold. Not a single collector bid for the highlight of the sale, a self-portrait by Francis Bacon estimated to sell for around $40... More »

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art market • contemporary art • art • Christie's • Francis Bacon • Lehman Brothers • art auction • Richard Fuld

Painting Price Spells Gloom
for Economy

Portrait of Bacon auctions for only
$9.4M at Christie's

Oct 19, 08 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Lucian Freud painting expected to sell for more than $12 million at Christie’s today went for only $9.4 million, a sign that even super-rich buyers of contemporary art are cutting back in the financial crisis, the Daily Telegraph reports. The art world anxiously awaited the sale of... More »

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art • Sotheby's • Christie's • Francis Bacon • art auction • Lucian Freud • financial crisis

Lehman CEO's Art Collection Goes Up for Sale

Richard Fuld's wife puts $20M in prized drawings on the block

Sep 27, 08 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A $20-million collection of abstract expressionist drawings belonging to Lehman boss Richard Fuld and his wife is to be sold by Christie's, Bloomberg reports. Fuld's net worth has taken a whack with the collapse of Lehman stock; the sale, which includes 3 de Koonings, was anounced 4 days after the... More »

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art • Christie's • Lehman Brothers • art collector • art auction • Richard Fuld

 Medical Bracelet
 With Soul Sells for $32K 

James Brown's goods sell for $850K at controversial auction

Jul 18, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The personal belongings of James Brown sold for $850,000 at a bittersweet Christie's auction yesterday, E! Online reports. Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer provided the day's surprise by shelling out $32,500 for the medical bracelet Brown was wearing before he died on Christmas Day in 2006; the estimate had... More »

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Christie's • auction • singer • James Brown • soul • estate

 Masters Shore Up
 Shaky Art Market 

Auctions break records, but living artists' work suffers

Jul 3, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The art market has again defied the economic downturn, with Christie's and Sotheby's bringing in more than $1 billion combined during the past two weeks' London sales—a 19% rise from last year. But those numbers disguise the erratic nature of the market, writes the Wall Street Journal. While new... More »

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art market • art • Sotheby's • Christie's • art auction

 Fuhgeddaboutit!
 Soprano Garb
 Grabs $200K 

Auction raises money for wounded soldiers

Jun 26, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of fictional mob boss Tony Soprano shelled out nearly $200,000 for the outfits he wore on his hit TV series, including a set of "blood-spattered" threads, reports E! Online. Top grossing was the suit and undershirt Tony wore when Uncle Junior shot him in season 6, which... More »

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Christie's • Tony Soprano • auction • charity • Iraqi soldiers • James Gandolfini

 Monet Sells for Record $80.4M 

Rare waterlily work attracts high bidders at Christie's

Jun 24, 08 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of Monet’s rare waterlily paintings sold at Christie’s in London tonight for more than $80 million, a record price for the artist, the New York Times reports. At least six buyers competed for Le Bassin aux Nympheas, a 1919 work from a series of paintings considered among... More »

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Christie's • auction • bid • art auction • impressionist art • Claude Monet

Sopranos Star Auctioning
Mob Duds
to Help Vets

Don't fuhgeddaboutit: Sale to aid wounded

May 28, 08 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anybody who ever wanted to dress like New Jersey's most famous fictional mobster could soon find an offer they can't refuse, reports E! Online. James Gandolfini is auctioning off 24 costumes he wore as mob boss Tony Soprano—including the blood-spattered ensemble the character wore when he was shot. All... More »

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Christie's • Tony Soprano • The Sopranos • auction • Wounded Warriors • Sopranos • wardrobe

 Art Continues to Buck 
 Ragged Economy 

Contemporary works bring $348M at Christie's—which even sells a house

May 14, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christie's auction of contemporary art in New York belied an economic downturn, the Times reports, with paintings, sculpture, and even a house fetching handsome prices. Two works drew particular attention: a portrait of a 280-pound nude woman by Lucian Freud, which sold for $33.6 million, and a house in... More »

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art market • art • Christie's • Mark Rothko • art auction • Lucian Freud • Richard Neutra

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