With Christie’s and Sotheby’s Both Private, No Major Auction House Is Publicly Traded

Trends & Statistics

Christie’s was in the limelight on Nov. 9, 2021, as the famed auction house put HUMAN ONE, the first physical artwork by famed NFT artist Beeple, on the auction block. The 7-foot multimedia sculpture, depicting an astronaut walking across sci-fi landscapes, is...

Marie Antoinette’s Diamond Bracelets Sell For More Than $8 Million At Auction

Celebrity Auctions, Jewelry Auctions

A rare pair of Marie Antoinette’s favorite diamond bracelets that France’s last queen is believed to have smuggled out while imprisoned during the French Revolution sold in Geneva for more than $8 million Tuesday. The roughly $8.1 million price tag, including hammer...

Apple’s first computer, a collector’s dream, could fetch $500,000 at auction

Industry News

Steve Wozniak, Steve and Patricia Jobs and Daniel Kottke built 200 Apple-1 units in Jobs’ home 45 years ago. One of the few remaining Apple-1 computers, the company’s first product, will go on sale this week at an auction that is expected to fetch as much as $600,000....

The ‘most expensive in the world’ collection to liven up auction in New York

Record Breaking Price

New York (AFP) – The exceptional Macklowe collection, reputed to be the most expensive in the world to market, will liven up the fall auctions in New York, which return to physical sales this week and hungry buyers after the pandemic. At Christie’s or Sotheby’s, we...

The New Masters: How auction houses are chasing crypto millions

Art Auctions, Cryptocurrency

Little could James Christie have known some 240 years ago, as he sold masterpieces by Rembrandt and Rubens to Catherine the Great, that his auction house would one day offer virtual apes to a crypto company for over $1 million. Nor would Sotheby’s founder Samuel...