ARTNET AUCTION REPORT  12/30/98
by Fred Stern
Exuberant New York sales of antiquities and Tiffany lamps bring a fabulous auction year to a close.

DEUTSCHE BARGAINS  12/22/98
by Susanne Nusser
Photography auctions in Berlin and Cologne.

RULE BRITTANIA  12/9/98
by Mary Barone
Christie's Saatchi sale makes record prices.

THE MYSTERY OF THE VAN GOGH MILLIONAIRE  11/20/98
by Andrew Decker
Who bought the $71.5-million van Gogh at Christie's New York on Nov. 19, 1998?

CHRISTIE'S 20TH CENTURY  11/20/98
by Stuart Waltzer
A $71.5-million knockout.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT  11/20/98
by Stuart Waltzer
Impressionists at Sotheby's New York, Nov. 16, 1998, and Christie's New York, Nov. 18, 1998.

CHRISTIE'S IMPRESSIONISTS  11/19/98
by Andrew Decker
A report on 19th-century and Impressionist sales at Christie's New York, Nov. 18, 1998.

THRIVING AT THE TOP  11/19/98
by Andrew Decker
An analysis of Impressionist, modern and contemporary sales at Sotheby's New York, Nov. 16 & 17, 1998.

SALON SELECTIVES  11/18/98
by Paul Jeromack
New York sales of 19th-century art.

THE BASQUIAT BOOM  11/13/98
by Andrew Decker
The $3.3 million Basquiat, plus more news of the fall art auctions.

MAAR-VELOUS  11/3/98
by Adrian Darmon
"Les Picasso de Dora Maar" on the block in Paris.

MASTERFUL OLD MASTERS  10/20/98
by Fred Stern
A $574,500 El Greco leads the Old Master auctions in New York.

FALL PHOTO FOCUS  10/16/98
by Meredith Mendelsohn
Barry Friedman sells his collection, plus other news.

GLOBAL WOES HIT ASIAN SALES  9/22/98
by Fred Stern
Asian Week in New York shows an art market a bit under the weather.

ASIA WEEK TESTS THE MARKET  9/15/98
by Fred Stern
Will the bear growl? New York gears up for a round of Asian art auctions.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: DECORATIVE ARTS IN NEW YORK  6/24/98
by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy
Lively spring sales of 20th-century decorative arts at Phillips, Christie's and Sotheby's in New York.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: ANTIQUITIES IN NEW YORK  6/12/98
by Fred Stern
A report on early June antiquities auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's.

CHRISTIE'S HOME RUN  6/5/98
by Walter Robinson
Everything sells at Christie's June 3 contemporary sale in New York.

MAY AUCTION ROUNDUP  6/2/98
by Walter Robinson
The art market heats up, with sales of American art, Old Masters, Pre-Columbian and Latin American art in New York.

SOTHEBY'S AMERICAN INDIAN ART SALE  5/22/98
by Amy Page
A grand total of $3.4 million for over 700 lots.

SOTHEBY'S IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN  5/18/98
by Stewart Waltzer
A $12-million Monet, a record $3-million Courbet, and that $5.7-million tureen.

$17-MILLION MARILYN  5/15/98
by Walter Robinson
Sotheby's triumphs with a $35.7-million contemporary sale.

CHRISTIE'S 20TH CENTURY  5/13/98
by Stewart Waltzer
The venerable house makes some changes, and $61 million.

CHRISTIE'S NEW ERA  5/7/98
by Stewart Waltzer
The venerable house makes some changes.

SLOW START AT CHRISTIE'S  5/6/98
by Walter Robinson
A low overall total, but records for Courbet and Puvis.

HIRST RULES AT CHRISTIE'S LONDON  4/24/98
by Mary Barone
A very contemporary sale totals more than $4.7 million.

NEW YORK PHOTO AUCTIONS  4/10/98
by Walter Robinson
New York's spring auction season begins with a record sale.

THE $25-MILLION ASIAN AUCTION WEEK  4/6/98
by Fred Stern
Buyers went dizzy at Sotheby's and Christie's, Mar. 23-26, 1998.

ASIA WEEK IS UPON US!  3/20/98
by Fred Stern
Will it transform New York into the Asian art center of the world?

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: OLD MASTERS IN NEW YORK  2/3/98
by Fred Stern
Sotheby's tops Christie's, $53 million to $21.7 million.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: LONDON AUCTION WEEK  12/15/97
by Walter Robinson
New auction records for Soutine, Hirst and Basquiat, plus a run on Morandi still lifes and a $312,000 Warhol portrait of Lenin.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: SOTHEBY'S AMERICAN INDIAN ART  12/05/97
by Gabriel Desai
Six-figure prices for rare kachinas and Navajo weavings.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: SOTHEBY'S AMERICAN  12/04/97
by Walter Robinson
Sargent, the Crispo Collection in record $43.7-million sale. Plus Bill Traylor drawings.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: SOTHEBY'S PRE-COLUMBIAN
by Diana Gabrielle Erdos 11/24/97
A record $510,000 for a large Tairona gold figural pendant.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY
by Walter Robinson 11/20/97
A record $5.9 million Rothko, plus lots of avant-garde faces.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: CHRISTIE'S CONTEMPORARY
by Walter Robinson 11/19/97
A $4.2-million de Kooning tops a $24.8-million sale.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: SOTHEBY'S IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN
by Walter Robinson 11/14/97
A $21-million bathing beauty and a $73.5-million sale.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: THE SHARP COLLECTION
by Walter Robinson 11/13/97
A below-estimate total of $41.2 million for 34 lots sold.

ARTNET AUCTION REPORT: CHRISTIE'S IMPRESSIONISTS
by Walter Robinson 11/12/97
A $70-million total for 51 lots sold.

GANZ SALE RESULTS
by Walter Robinson 11/11/97
Picasso's Le rêve goes for $48 million as sale total tops $206.5 million.

WAITING FOR GANZ
by Walter Robinson 11/7/97
A preview of the Victor and Sally Ganz Collection to be sold at Christie's, Nov. 10.

AUCTION KING JAILED
by Adrian Darmon 10/28/97
Do the charges against Guy Loudmer mean trouble for the insular French auction world?

FALL PHOTO SALES: FALLING UP?
by Judd Tully 10/15/97
A buoyant market, but no lots top $100,000.

IMPRESSIONISTS AND MODERNS IN LONDON
by Judd Tully 7/2/97
London evening sales on June 23 and 24 total some $80 million, with good prices for German Expressionist material and an onerall demonstration of "the snoozing strength of the market."

THE NEW BLUE CHIPS:
by Judd Tully 5/20/97
Sotheby's spring sales featured record-setting lots by relative newcomers, including Matthew Barney, Kiki Smith and Rachel Whiteread.

AUCTION REPORT: IMPRESSIVE IMPRESSIONISTS
by Stewart Waltzer 5/19/97
Could the art market be in recovery? Auction results from Christie's May 12, Sotheby's May 13, and Christie's May 14.

AUCTION REPORT: SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY
by Stewart Waltzer 5/6/97
The contemporary market shows signs of rebounding, and with top prices for works by Kiki Smith and Robert Gober, a new cutting edge as well.

SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTIONS
by Judd Tully 4/29/97
Kertesz reigns in the spring photo sales in New York, with his Modrian's Pipe and Glasses (1926) going for a record $376,500.

SMUGGLERS AT SOTHEBY'S: THE INSIDE STORY
by Judd Tully 2/11/97
The smuggling scandal at Sotheby's in London and Milan, courtesy muck-raking British art journalist Peter Watson, still can't budge the company's stock price.

TO MARKET, TO MARKET: BOOMING OLD MASTERS
by Judd Tully 2/11/97
A record-setting sale that saw consignments from Saul P. Steinberg (including the smallest known Rembrandt painting) and the British Rail Pension Fund.

ARTNET AUCTION RESULTS by Stewart Waltzer 12/04/96
The Impressionist and modern sales in London, at Christie's on 12/2/96 and Sotheby's on 12/3/96, were not all that to write home about.

A TALE OF TWO CITIES: NEW YORK CONTEMPORARY SALES by Judd Tully 11/22/96
Lichtenstein's Forest Scene goes for $2.09 million at Sotheby's on Nov. 19, while a de Kooning Woman sells for $15.6 million at Christie's Nov. 20--the first time in the `90s a contemporary picture has sold for more than $10 million.

ARTNET AUCTION RESULTS by Stewart Waltzer 11/21/96
A summary of Christie's and Sotheby's contemporary art auctions in New York.

DEGAS, MONET, CEZANNE: IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN SALES IN NEW YORK by Judd Tully 11/15/96
Las Vegas casino magnate Stephen Wynn was one of the celebrity buyers at Sotheby's and Christie's Fall 1996 sales of Impressionist and modern art in New York. Together the two houses sold $210 million worth of art in three days.

ARTNET AUCTION RESULTS by Stewart Waltzer 11/14/96
A summary of Christie's and Sotheby's Impressionist and modern art sales in New York.

TO MARKET, TO MARKET: LONDON CALLING  by Judd Tully 7/11/96
Warhol's Mao makes $1 million and German collector Heide Charmat makes her art-market presence felt. Meanwhile, back in New York, Jeffery Deitch expands.

POLKE IN LONDON: A CASE STUDY  by Catherine Morris 6/25/96
As the 1995-96 art season draws to a close, four works by Sigmar Polke go up for auction in London.

TO MARKET, TO MARKET: THE MARRIAGE OF EMMERICH AND SOTHEBY'S  by Judd Tully 6/18/96
What's behind the recent merger of the world's largest auction house and the seasoned New York dealer? We think we have an idea....

IMPRESSIONIST/MODERN AUCTIONS SALES RESULTS 5/1/96

TO MARKET, TO MARKET: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THEN SOME by Judd Tully 5/9/96
Over $200,000 for a 1922 Outerbridge photo and $772,500 for JFK's golf clubs. Get still more celestial results from our review of the spring photo auctions and the Jackie O sale.

CONTEMPORARY AUCTIONS SALES RESULTS 5/14/96

AUCTION REPORT  by Stewart Waltzer 4/29/96
The premiere issue of the new ArtNet auction report, written by New York collector Stewart Waltzer, using the extensive ArtNet auction database to examine selected lots in the major New York spring Impressionist/Modern sales at Christie's and Sotheby's.

TO MARKET, TO MARKET...  by Judd Tully 3/22/96
The first of Judd Tully's bi-weekly reports on the art market presents highlights of the February tune-up auctions of contemporary art at Christie's and Sotheby's, as well as notes on the Art Dealers Association of America's annual "Art Show" at the 67th Street Armory in New York.

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