3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (669+ words) We are living in a second Gilded Age. At least, a very, very select few of us are. Economists have crunched the numbers charting the growth of extreme wealth in the US over the last 120 years and have come to…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (270+ words) Paintings by Paul Signac are earmarked for high-profile sales in New York, Paris, and London. Christie’s will sell nearly 600 works of modernist art from the same collection under the title “Radiant Modernism.” The sale will occur across…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (384+ words) IndexBox Search across reports, market insights, and blog stories. Housing Market Cools: Prices Drop in Former Boomtowns Circle Squared Alternative Investments founder Jeff Sica discussed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's hawkish rate outlook and the housing market on a recent…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1839+ words) Read an excerpt from William D. Cohan’s MONEY TO BURN: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall Street. Leon Black’s main passion is art, a love that can easily be traced back to his…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (215+ words) The 137-lot collection, which offered an intimate glimpse into the childhood and early career of the musician Jacqueline du Pré – whose father was born in Jersey and who maintained a close connection to the Island – went under the hammer at…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1082+ words) Someone asks if it is a Richter. It is not. The question still does the job. In a Southampton dining room the art is doing social work before it does optical work. Scale is correct. Light is correct. The piece…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (194+ words) The Russian art market is at a stage where the need for systematic research is becoming increasingly evident. However, unified approaches to data collection, analysis, and interpretation are only just beginning to take shape. Who needs art market research today…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (396+ words) Four original Masters of the Universe paintings by legendary artist Earl Norem became the four highest-selling items in a recent Heritage Auctions event packed with rare He-Man memorabilia. The original Norem paintings sold for $32,500, $30,000, $16,875, and $14,375, beating every sealed action figure…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (407+ words) You might come for lunch, but you could leave with a hair appointment, an aesthetics consultation and ideas for your next tattoo. This is just one of the tongue-in-cheek complaints featured in Newport Market’s recent social media campaign, which highlights…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (171+ words) Christie’s and Bonhams have both quietly raised the fees they charge buyers. The charges, which auction houses like to call “buyer’s premiums,” are added on top of a lot’s hammer price and are a key source of revenue for the…...