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NEWS ABOUT: Christie's

Christie's stories: 38 news summaries

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 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

Smells Like
Teen Nostalgia

As baby boomer baubles grow less desirable, collectors turn to Nirvana, G N' R

May 8, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grunge is passé, but the market for its collectibles isn’t, reports Portfolio. Nostalgia plays a big role in determining what's hot, and prices on items of baby boomer vintage, even from the likes of the Fab Four, are starting to drop. Meanwhile, the demand for Gen X artifacts—... More »

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Christie's • Jimi Hendrix • auction • Nirvana • guitar • memorabilia • Generation X • Eric Clapton

 Monet Sells for Record $41M 

Painting fetches tidy sum at Christie's

May 6, 08 10:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Monet painting sold at Christie’s tonight for $41.4 million, a record price for the artist, the New York Times reports. Three bidders competed for the 1873 impressionist painting “The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil,” which Christie’s estimated would go for $35 million. The high bid... More »

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

 Art Auction Houses
 Predict 25% Bump 

Sotheby's and Christie's prepare for booming auction season—they hope

May 5, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York art auction season begins today, and Sotheby’s and Christie’s say they believe the art market’s 5-year boom will continue, forecasting $1.8 billion in sales, reports the Financial Times. The prediction of a 25% boost over last year flies in the face of... More »

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

Give Peace a Bid: Lennon
Lyrics Go to Auction

Hand-written memento expected to fetch at least $400K at Christie's sale 

Apr 30, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to 1960s mantra "Give Peace a Chance" are going up for auction, reports Reuters. A Canadian woman, then 16, acquired them after sneaking into the famous Montreal "Bed-In" staged by Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969—with Lennon predicting, “One day they... More »

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music • Christie's • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • auction • Beatles • Sixties • peace movement

analysis

Spring Art Auctions Surrounded by Crash Talk

Writers keep predicting implosion, but it might never come

Apr 29, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's auction season again in the art world, and Sotheby's and Christie's have put record estimates on dozens of paintings. Despite warnings in the media of an imminent crash, prices of fine art seem to be impervious to the global economic downturn. It's enough to make one writer at Slate ... More »

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

Carla Nude Pic Fetches $91K
at Christie's

1993 portrait of Sarko's wife goes for 20 times expected price

Apr 10, 08 8:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarkozy isn't the only one who gets to see his wife in the buff: a collector paid $91,000 for a photograph of a naked Carla Bruni at Christie's today. The auction house expected Michel Comte's 1993 portrait of the French first lady to sell for no more than $4,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • art • Christie's • photography • auction • art collector • art auction • Carla Bruni

Papa’s Got a Brand New … Jumpsuit?

James Brown's estate selling everything in August auction

Apr 8, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Estate sales are always a mixed bag, but the James Brown auction at Christie’s in August will be something special, TMZ.com reports. Sure, fans will be able to snag coveted items like a Grammy or keyboard, but the Godfather’s socks, underwear and canceled checks? Say it loud:... More »

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Christie's • auction • memorabilia • James Brown • music sales • estate

Nude Photo of Sarkozy's Wife Up for Auction

Ex-supermodel's
B&W image expected
to fetch at least $3K

Mar 25, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A black-and-white photograph of Carla Bruni will go up for sale at an auction next month, Reuters reports. Christie’s expects the portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's bride to attract a final bid of $3,000 to $4,000, and the auction house's announcement of the sale on the eve of... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Christie's • photography • auction • Cecilia Sarkozy • Carla Bruni

 Art Funds Looking Far East 

As West's growth slows, managers aim to buy, and sell, in China, Middle East, India

Mar 20, 08 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - With major economies slowing and the US dollar near historic lows, art investment funds are looking to move away from the slowing Western art market, Bloomberg reports. Funds are sinking millions into works from China, India, and the Middle East. One leading fund has met its target for contemporary Chinese... More »

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art market • art • Christie's • hedge fund • investment • Fine art market • ArtTactic • Security and Exchange Board of India • Phillips de Pury

Contemporary Art Scores for Auction Houses

Sales swelled 36% in 2007; some fear houses too invested in the new

Dec 27, 07 11:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Contemporary art has been very good to Sotheby’s, fueling a 46% boost in sales for the world’s second-largest auctioneer this year over last, Bloomberg says. A crop of new collectors from the US, Russia and Asia brought new records for artists like Francis Bacon and Jeff Koons, for... More »

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contemporary art • London • art • subprime mortgages • Sotheby's • Christie's • Francis Bacon • Vincent Van Gogh • art auction • Jeff Koons • impressionist art

Art Market Sails Over Turmoil

Weak dollar, overseas buyers help keep prices high

Dec 26, 07 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - US financial markets were in chaos this year, but the art market certainly wasn't. The expanding ranks of the super-rich, the weak dollar, and emerging connoisseurs from Russia, China, India, and the Middle East kept auction houses in fine form, the AP reports, with postwar and contemporary works—including a... More »

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art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • auction • US economy • Matisse • art auction • weak dollar

1926 Whiskey Fetches $54K

1926 whiskey goes for $54K

Dec 9, 07 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The crown jewel of New York's first liquor auction since Prohibition brought in $54,000 at Christie's yesterday. The 1926 bottle of whiskey went to an anonymous bidder, the New York Daily News reports, but was "worth the price," said a contender for the bottle. But it wasn't... More »

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Christie's • auction • whiskey • spirits

Rockwell Santa Painting Sells for $2.17M

Prices for magazine cover originals may
be heading north

Nov 30, 07 2:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Straddling the line between art, illustration, and extravagant Christmas gift, Norman Rockwell's "Extra Good Boys and Girls" raked in $2.17 million at a Christie's auction this week. The painting, originally a 1939 Saturday Evening Post cover, didn't hit the $2.5 million to $3.5 million estimate, but... More »

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art market • art • Christie's • Norman Rockwell • auction • painting • art auction

Art Market Defies Crash Fears With Record Sale

Christie's contemporary evening shatters 16 records

Nov 14, 07 6:21 AM CST
(Newser) - So much for a correction: at last night's sale of modern and contemporary art at Christie's in New York, 16 artists achieved record prices and 61 out of 66 lots sold. Dealers were in shock as collectors continued to snatch up works at astronomical prices. Even a lesser work such... More »

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Matisse Pulls Impressive $33.6M

Art world breathes easier after first night of stellar sales

Nov 7, 07 7:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A nervous New York art world breathed a sigh of relief on the first night of the fall auctions yesterday when a Matisse painting fetched a whopping $33.6 million, far above its high estimate. Collectors and dealers are watching November's sales at Sotheby's and Christie's with anxiety, reports the... More »

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art market • art • Sotheby's • Christie's • painting • Matisse • Cézanne • Signac • art auction

$72M Sale Shatters Warhol Record

Auction madness continues
as contemporary-art market sizzles

May 17, 07 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Andy Warhol painting sold for $71.7 million last night at Christie's, more than quadrupling the previous record price for a work by the pop artist. The price for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)," part of Warhol's "Death and Disaster" series, more than doubled... More »

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art market • contemporary art • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • painting • pop art • Mark Rothko • art auction

Rothko Fetches $73 Million

Record price for seminal modern work marks trend in art purchases

May 16, 07 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sotheby’s sold a Mark Rothko painting last night for $72.84 million, a record price for a piece of art created after World War II and a signal of a new boom in the market. Seller David Rockefeller bought the 7-foot-tall "White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender),"... More »

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art market • contemporary art • globalization • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • Damien Hirst • painting • Mark Rothko • Jasper Johns

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