| Asian art records tumble at Christie's HK auction (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A work by Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi sold for $9.5 million on Saturday, a new auction record for an Asian contemporary artwork, at auctioneer Christie's first evening sale of such art in Hong Kong. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Bids That Mattered Here are five examples from this year’s auctions that provided some measure of the collectible car market’s strength in early 2009. nytimes.com |
In Jersey City, Jump-Starting Condo Sales The first units at the Saffron, a nearly complete 76-unit condominium complex in Jersey City, will be auctioned off before the grand opening. nytimes.com |
At Christie’s, Return of American Collectors In an auction in which major names in postwar and contemporary art were solid sellers, only one work a 1996 painting by the Scottish artist Peter Doig broke the $10 million barrier. nytimes.com |
‘Auction Hunters’ and Other Buy-and-Sell TV Several new reality shows track the auctioning process and dealers. nytimes.com |