Say one thing for ace auctioneer Christopher Burge -- he knows how to make an exit. Taking his final turn at the podium at Christie’s New York evening sale of post-war and contemporary art on May 8, 2012 (Burge is not retiring, though he is giving up the auctioneer’s gavel to Jussi Pylkkanen), he oversaw a sale that totaled a record-setting $388,488,000 (with premium), with 56 of 59 lots selling, or 95 percent.
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Art Market Watch ANDY WARHOL: DOCUDRAMA
Andy Warhol’s self-portrait photostat revealed! Plus, on artnet Auctions, a sale devoted to “The Art of the Photographic Document.”
Old Masters NGA SNAGS $1.5 MIL DE KEYSER by Paul Jeromack
In Christie's New York "Old Master Paintings" sale, Jan. 25, 2012, the NGA wins out over fierce competitors to acquire its first painting by Dutch master Thomas de Keyser.
Art Market Watch WARHOL'S SEASIDE CHIC
In conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach, 50 Andy Warhol works go up for sale on artnet Auctions. Plus, a screening of the artist's never-before-seen film San Diego Surf at the Standard Miami hotel.
Art Market Watch ARTIST EPHEMERA
For the most avid collector, signed artworks and other items that were an intimate part of artists' lives.
Aug. 15, 2011
Art Market Watch CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST
Artnet Auctions Middle Eastern Art sale offers provocative and inventive artworks by artists from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other countries in the region.
Aug. 11, 2011
Art Market Watch TOP TEN LOTS, JULY 2011
The art market moves to London and China for the summer, while the top ten lots total almost $150 million for July.
Art Market Watch ALLAN STONE COLLECTION
Chamberlain, de Kooning & Thiebaud from the late Manhattan art dealer sell for $54.8 million at Sotheby's New York.
Art Market Watch NAKED ON THE BLOCK
Nudes, lingerie, corsets, bondage, models, a tricycle -- a voyeur’s report on the spring photo sales in New York City.
ART MARKET WATCH Records, records, records -- Latin American at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, Chinese contemporary at Christie’s Hong Kong, American at Sotheby’s New York, more.
May 22, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Christie’s record-setting American art sale, prints at Phillips, Kahn House buy-in.
May 16, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH $1.9 million for MOCA L.A. at Phillips, plus day sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, and a note on Sotheby’s stock price.
May 15, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Sotheby’s contemporary does a record-setting $362 million.
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
Christie’s record-shattering Impressionist and modern art sale, Nov. 8, 2006.
Nov. 8, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
Sotheby’s huge Impressionist and modern sale, Nov. 7, 2006.
Nov. 3, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Geffen sells, Lauder sells, Toledo sells, Connery sells, etc. Plus, Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas.
Oct. 27, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Impressionist, modern and contemporary in New York on the horizon, plus London contemporary, October photo sales in NYC, more.
Oct. 4, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
A look at the September contemporary and Asian art sales in New York.
Aug. 11, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
One Klimt back to Austria? Plus, the Arnold Newman estate, Sotheby’s 10¢ dividend, more.
June 26, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
London scores with June sales, Cucchi at Phillips, more.
June 19, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
An incredible 1,650 artists set new auction records in May, according to the Artnet Fine Art Auction Database.
June 2, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
American paintings at Christie’s New York, new records from Hong Kong, more.
May 26, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Records fall at Latin American and American sales in New York, design at Phillips, more.
May 15, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Phillips contemporary, Sotheby’s contemporary totals, more.
May 11, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
$128.8 million at Sotheby’s contemporary. Plus, day sales at Christie’s, and Refco Collection totals.
May 10, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
A slew of Judds help Christie’s contemporary do $143 million.
May 8, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Refco photos, mystery Picasso bidder, "Kustom Kulture" in Cali, more.
May 4, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
A $95-million Picasso at Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern art auction, May 3, 2006.
May 3, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art, May 2, 2006.
May 2, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Dueling $50-million pictures, Russian art soars, photo results, more.
Apr. 5, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Judd at Christie’s, big numbers for Asian contemporary, more.
Mar. 24, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Asian art week, Christie’s "First Open," Chinati benefit, Sotheby’s stock, more.
Feb. 27, 2006
Art Market Watch
Met sells plaster casts, Sylvan Cole prints at Swann, March contemporary auctions in New York, Judd Foundation sells at Christie’s, more.
Feb. 15, 2006
Art Market Watch
Soaring prices at New York photo auctions, London sales.
Feb. 3, 2006
Art Market Watch
London auction highlights for February, photos from the Metropolitan Museum at Sotheby’s New York, more.
Jan. 27, 2006
Art Market Watch
Art market on fire for January 2006. Plus, the Revco Collection on the block, Testino at Phillips, dogs at Bonhams, more.
Jan. 6, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Americana, Old Masters, more, at January auctions in New York.
