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 |
And Do I Hear $2 Million? No? $1 Million? Sold!
Awash in unsold inventory, developers in New York are looking to condo auctions to jump-start the market. nytimes.com |
Phillips de Pury Limps to the Finish With a $7 Million Total
The evening sale of contemporary art at Phillips de Pury brought a vibrant week of auctions to an anemic close on Thursday night. nytimes.com |
Naismith’s Rules of Basketball to Be Auctioned
The first rules of basketball, as set down by Dr. James Naismith on two typewritten pages, will be auctioned Dec. 10 by Sotheby’s, which expects the heirloom to sell for at least $2 million. nytimes.com |