Are the art markets telling us something about the global economy we don't know? Like the old Watergate adage, if your really want to find out what's going on, follow the money. In this case, it's pouring into contemporary art....
Elizabeth Taylor apparently never tossed anything. Her vast couture wardrobe and more than $36 million in stunning jewelry and other items will be auctioned at Christie’s in a sale that is attracting international interest....
Victorian novelist Jane Austen's handwritten manuscript for "The Watsons" about four daughters of a widowed clergyman who endeavor to marry well, has fetched a stunning $1.4 million at auction....
Mike Mitchell was just 18 when he caught the Beatles in his hometown on their inaugural tour in 1964, with camera in hand. He came away with 50 iconic photos that captured the explosion of Beatlemania....
The boom in art sales continued unabated at Sotheby's London auction with a triptych painted by Francis Bacon selling for $37 million-- double its top estimate-- while a work by Salvador Dali also pulled in nearly $20 million. ...
Christie’s contemporary and post-war art auction marked the end of New York’s fall art season this week and dispelled once and for all concerns about the strength of the art market in the fragile economy....
Actress Demi Moore will be among the highlights of Sotheby's auction of Victorian era paintings, when two works from her collection go on the auction block. She could be in for a big payday....
Art works that once adorned the British and European offices of former banking powerhouse Lehman Brothers are to be auctioned off this month, and the proceeds will go toward paying off creditors....
Model Jerry Hall, ex-wife of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, plans to auction 14 of her artworks next month, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant....
When the gavel fell last February on the right to buy a rare bronze statue by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, the art work set an all time record for a sale -- $104.3 million. It dethroned a Picasso, which had held the previous record....
At least 10 bidders gamely contested for the right to buy a rare bronze statue by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, and when the gavel fell, the art work set an all time record for a Sotheby’s London sale -- $104.3 million....
A painting with a long and controversial provenance tracing back to a contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci, shocked bidders at an Old Masters Sotheby's auction....
A highly anticipated auction of works by old masters at Christie’s in London has shattered records, with a rare chalk drawing by Raphael selling for $48 million and a painting by Rembrandt last seen publicly 40 years ago, selling for $33.2 million...
The art world is seeing a sudden resurgence in collecting with auctions generating stunning sale prices as investors move off the side lines and into the action. The real estate crash and the shaky stock market have no doubt been major contributors to the trend, narrowing investment options that provide a hedge against inflation....
