| Americans Are Heaviest Bidders on Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby’s Unlike at the Christie’s sale, which was dominated by European buyers, at Sotheby’s Americans took home 67 percent of the work, and Europeans bought 27 percent. nytimes.com |
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week included Monday’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday. nytimes.com |
Sitting Back and Waiting The cooling market has curbed the once-endless appetites of buyers. nytimes.com |
Still Seduced by All That Glitters Despite the recession, jewelry has been doing brilliantly at auction for months, setting world records and attracting buyers at all levels. nytimes.com |
$13.5. Million for Self-Portrait A self-portrait that Anthony van Dyck painted the year before his death, in 1641, set a record for his work at auction at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday, bringing $13.5 million. nytimes.com |