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| News about Christie's. Commentary and archival information about Christie's from The New York Times. |
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Christie’s to Auction Items From the Collection of Lee Radziwill
The auction will include fine and decorative art, books, costume jewelry, photography and memorabilia.
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Tutankhamen Head Sells for $6 Million, Despite Protests from Egypt
Christie’s said the sale was legal. But Egypt’s government says the antiquity was looted and should be returned.
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Female Artists With African Backgrounds Are Winners at Phillips Auction in London
Paintings by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Marlene Dumas bring in double their estimates, as do others at Christie’s and Sotheby’s.
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The British Stole Tipu’s Magic Box. It Should Not Be for Sale.
Christie’s auctioned $109 million of Indian artifacts, items that should not be privately owned.
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Why Sotheby’s Agreed to Be Bought by a Telecom Executive for $3.7 Billion
Patrick Drahi’s acquisition of the auction house, which has recently struggled to turn a profit, will return it to private ownership after 31 years of being publicly traded.
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Robert Mnuchin Would Rather Not Discuss His Client (or His Son)
The treasury secretary’s father, a New York art dealer, paid a record price last week for a work by a living artist. But for whom?
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Stop Hating Jeff Koons
Why “Rabbit,” the perfect art for the roaring mid-80s, continues to speak to us.
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Contemporary Art Evening Sales Bring $981 Million, Led by Koons and KAWS
Demand for a former graffiti tagger named Brian Donnelly transforms a speculative market for paintings.
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Even the Rich Aren’t Rich Enough for Jeff Koons
As billionaires compete for art in an overheated market, the merely affluent are giving up.
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Jeff Koons’s ‘Rabbit’ Sells for $91.1 Million
Jeff Koons’s stainless steel “Rabbit” sculpture broke the record for most expensive work sold by a living artist at an auction at Christie’s on Wednesday night.
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