Sentences with phrase «auction prices soar»

Auction prices soar for Andy Warhol and Jean - Michel Basquiat, sometimes in collaboration, who began respectively in commercial art and on the street — and who never let others forget it.

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It has been a challenging year in the art world with record auction prices and soaring fair costs.

LONDON — Prices for contemporary German artists — Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz and Blinky Palermo, among others — soared to new levels at Sotheby's here on Wednesday night in an auction that featured 34 works from the collection of Count Christian Duerckheim, a German industrialist who became obsessed with what he calls «the art of his time.»

Christie's Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York Totals $ 388.5 Million (# 240.9 Million / $ 299.1 Million) Most Valuable Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction Ever Top Prices Of The Week - Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow Soars to $ 86.9 Million (# 53.9 Million / $ 66.9 Million) Setting a New Record for Any Post-War and Contemporary Work Sold at Auction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction Ever Top Prices Of The Week - Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow Soars to $ 86.9 Million (# 53.9 Million / $ 66.9 Million) Setting a New Record for Any Post-War and Contemporary Work Sold at Auction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caAuction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the caauction history for the category.

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché (1917 — 18) soared past its already astronomical $ 100 million on - request estimate en route to a record - smashing price of $ 170.4 million at Christie's Monday night, making the magnificent nude portrait the second - most - expensive painting ever sold at auction — and, in a twist,... Read More

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché (1917 — 18) soared past its already astronomical $ 100 million on - request estimate en route to a record - smashing price of $ 170.4 million at Christie's Monday night, making the magnificent nude portrait the second - most - expensive painting ever sold at auction — and, in a twist, a high point in an otherwise surprisingly tepid evening.

If a very rare piece of art comes to auction that has not been seen in the public for years, there will most likely be a bidding frenzy, causing the prices to soar.»

All previous Zero exhibitions have sold - out, and those collectors who did not manage to purchase paintings have turned to the secondary market where auction prices have consistently soared.

Museums are clamoring to buy them and her auction values are soaring way beyond her primary market prices.

A Ruth Asawa hanging sculpture soared to $ 1.43 million, marking a new record for the highest price ever achieved for a single lot in the company's 22 - year history and effectively tying the world auction record for the artist.

The mistake caused the minimum asking prices for the lots to soar overnight, and forced a red - faced auction company to post a correction and apology online.