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ART MARKET WATCH

Nov. 12, 2009

It was just another day in the art market at the evening sale of contemporary art at Sotheby’s New York on Nov. 11, 2009 -- though admittedly it was a pretty good day. Sotheby’s sold 52 of 54 lots, or more than 96 percent, for a total of $134,438,000 with premium. The sum is well above the $74.1 million total at Christie’s New York the night before, and a bit more than the $125 million Sotheby’s did in May 2009, when we were less far along in our jobless economic recovery. The total remains down considerably from the record $362 million of only one year ago.

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Art Market Watch Archives
Nov. 12, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
$134.4 million at Sotheby’s contemporary sale.
Nov. 11, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
$74.1 million at Christie’s contemporary.
Nov. 5, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
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The recession is over -- $181.7 million at Sotheby's Impressionist and modern sale on Nov. 4, 2009.
Nov. 4, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
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$65.7 million at Christie’s Impressionist and modern sale on Nov. 3, 2009.
Nov. 4, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer

$65.7 million at Christie’s Impressionist and modern sale on Nov. 3, 2009.
July 23, 2009
Art Market Watch
Western art at Coeur d’Alene, and Old Masters in London.
July 2, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Is the contemporary art market ready to rebound?
June 30, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Lots of profit at the top: Impressionist and modern art sells in London.
June 19, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
June at the auction houses.
May 29, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Latin American sales in New York.
May 22, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
American art sales in New York, plus more on the spring contemporary art auctions.
May 14, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
$93.7 million at Christie’s contemporary sale.
May 13, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
$47 million at Sotheby’s contemporary sale.
May 7, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Christie’s Impressionist and modern sale on May 6, 2009.
May 6, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern sale on May 5, 2009.
May 6, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
by Deborah Ripley
Time of reckoning at the spring print sales.
Apr. 9, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Good prices at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
Mar. 10, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
New records at Phillips de Pury’s contemporary sale.
Mar. 4, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Grim news from Sotheby’s, optimistic news from Zwirner, bargains at Phillips, etc.
Feb. 26, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Worshiping at the Cathedral of Saint Laurent.
Feb. 13, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Auction houses post 2008 results, plus highlights of the London contemporary sales.
Feb. 9, 2009
MUSCULAR OLD MASTERS II
by Paul Jeromack
Update on ter Brugghen’s Bagpipe Player, plus sales at Christie’s.
Feb. 6, 2009
Muscular Old Masters
by Paul Jeromack
Inside Sotheby’s New York sale of Old Master paintings in January.
Feb. 2, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Who’s buying art? Old Masters in New York, contemporary in London, Yves Saint-Laurent in Paris, more.
Jan. 27, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Could Warholmania finally be over?
Dec. 22, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Can Erotica Save the Art Market?
Nov. 21, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Good Latin American results, plus prints at Phillips de Pury.
Nov. 14, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Phillips de Pury does $9.6 million in contemporary, plus day sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s.
Nov. 13, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
$113.6 million at Christie’s contemporary.
Nov. 12, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s contemporary does $125 million.
Nov. 7, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Christie’s Impressionist and modern art sale, Nov. 6, 2008.
Nov. 6, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
The Alice Lawrence and Hillman Family collections.
Nov. 4, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern sale in New York, Nov. 3, 2008
Oct. 27, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Say hello to the art-market recession.
Oct. 9, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Mixed signals about the health of the art-market.
Sept. 24, 2008
Art Market Watch
New auction records for the first half of 2008.
Sept. 22, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
September contemporary sales in New York, plus a look at the Asian contemporary market.
Sept. 16, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Damien Hirst rules the contemporary auction market.
Sept. 9, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
September art auctions bring it on.
Aug. 7, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s edges Sotheby’s in total sales for 2008 to date.
July 21, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Old Master sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in London. Plus, Christie’s sales report for the first half of 2008.
July 7, 2008
Art Market Watch
Big prices for Bacon, Koons, Freud, more at London contemporary sales.
June 27, 2008
Art Market Watch
Impressionist & modern sales in London.
May 30, 2008
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.
May 14, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s contemporary does $348 million.
May 8, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern art sale totals $235 million.
May 7, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
$277 million at Christie’s New York Impressionist and moderns.
May 6, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
A preview of the spring auctions in New York, and auction results for April 2008.
Apr. 11, 2008
Art Market Watch
April sales in London, Hong Kong and New York.
Apr. 2, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Armory Show Week auctions at Phillips, Christie’s and Sotheby’s.
Mar. 26, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Auction results from New York’s Asia Week.
Feb. 29, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Contemporary sales in London at Sotheby’s and Phillips. Plus, Sotheby’s year-end results.
Feb. 21, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
The 20th annual Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory.
Feb. 15, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s [Red] Auction cracks $40 million.
Feb. 12, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s (Red) Auction, contemporary art at Christie’s London, 2007 auction results, Bonhams moves, more.
Feb. 6, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Good results at London Impressionist and modern art sales.
Jan. 31, 2008
JANUARY OLD MASTERS 2008
by Paul Jeromack
Sotheby’s New York totals $91.7 million.
Dec. 11, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
by Deborah Ripley
Victor Vasarely’s multicolored phoenix.
Nov. 16, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Contemporary auctions end with a $50-million bang at Phillips, de Pury & Co.
Nov. 15, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
$316 million at Sotheby’s contemporary sale.
Nov. 14, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Blast off at Christie’s post-war and contemporary sale.
Nov. 13, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
$52 million for the Allan Stone Collection.
Nov. 8, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Sotheby’s New York evening sale of Impressionist and modern art, Nov. 7, 2007
Nov. 7, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Christie’s "Impressionist and Modern Art" evening sale, Nov. 6, 2007.
Oct. 30, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Robust results for October sales in New York and London.
Oct. 22, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
by Paul Jeromack
Old Masters at Christie’s New York.
Oct. 19, 2007
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Analyzing the top-selling photos of the year so far (revised).
Oct. 10, 2007
ART MARKET GUIDE 2007
by Richard Polsky
A look at the art market, October 2007.
Sept. 28, 2007
Art Market Watch
Muscular prices in September. Plus, the Robert Wilson Loft Sale.
Sept. 13, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s tune-up contemporary sale.
Sept. 11, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s "First Open" tests the contemporary market boom.
Aug. 10, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s 2007 numbers, Christie’s House Sale, Western Art record for Coeur d’Alene, more.
July 13, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s numbers jump, record-setting Raphael, more.
July 13, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s numbers jump, record-setting Raphael, more.
July 11, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
by Paul Jeromack
Old Masters plus more Albright-Knox discards at Sotheby’s New York.
June 22, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Crazy money in London sales in June.
May 30, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
American art auctions in New York, more.
May 18, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Contemporary at Phillips, de Pury & Co., plus day sale results at Christie’s and Sotheby’s.
May 17, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s $384.6 million contemporary sale.
May 16, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s record-breaking $254.9 million contemporary sale.
May 10, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Christie’s sells $236 milllion of Impressionist and modern art on May 9, 2007.
May 9, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
by Stewart Waltzer
Sotheby’s $278.5 million evening sale of Impressionist and modern art, May  8, 2007.
Apr. 16, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Big ticket lots in May post-war sales, new Hong Kong record, museums like Cuveliers, more.
Apr. 6, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Plummer’s new art fund, Sender’s art profits, Armory Show sales, Russian art, Old Masters, photos in New York, more.
Mar. 26, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Big prices during Asia Week for lots from Albright-Knox, contemporary art.
Mar. 5, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Mid-season sales in New York, Berkeley sells a Russian, and Sotheby’s vs. Christie’s 2006.
Feb. 23, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s goes for gallery gold.
Feb. 9, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
A wild ride upwards at Sotheby’s and Christie’s London sales.
Jan. 30, 2007
Art Market Watch
Old Masters in New York, London February highlights, African-American art at Swann, Christie’s 2006 totals, more.
Dec. 21, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
At art auctions in October and November 2006, works by more than 2,800 artists hit new highs.
Dec. 4, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
An intense two weeks of auctions of American, Russian, Asian and Latin American art.
Nov. 17, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
$29.7 million at Phillips contemporary.
Nov. 16, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
$240 million at Christies evening contemporary art auction.
Nov. 15, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
$125 million at Sotheby’s contemporary.
Nov. 9, 2006
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.
Dec. 22, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Assorted milestones for late 2005.
Nov. 11, 2005
Art Market Watch
$22 million at Phillips’ contemporary, day sale results at Christie’s & Sotheby’s.
Nov. 10, 2005
Art Market Watch
$114 million at Sotheby’s contemporary.
Nov. 9, 2005
Art Market Watch
$157 million at Christie’s post-war and contemporary sale.
Nov. 8, 2005
Art Market Watch
$7.5 million for Princess Gloria at Phillips.
Nov. 7, 2005
Art Market Watch
Safra sale results, Forever art auction in Beijing, J.M.W. Turner in New York.
Nov. 3, 2005
Art Market Watch
by Stewart Waltzer
Sotheby’s Impressionists and modern art sale on Nov. 2, 2005.
Nov. 2, 2005
Art Market Watch
by Stewart Waltzer
Christie’s sells Impressionist and moderns worth $161 million.
Oct. 31, 2005
Art Market Watch
Good contemporary sales in London, more.
Oct. 24, 2005
FALL AUCTION PREVIEW
Impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions in New York.
Oct. 14, 2005
Art Market Watch
Staggering results in New York fall photo auctions.
Sept. 30, 2005
Art Market Watch
"First Open," plus fall photo sales in New York.
Sept. 23, 2005
Art Market Watch
Liquidations at LACMA, high results for Indian contemporary, artful Mickey Mouse on the block, Christie’s noses ahead, more.
July 8, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Old Masters in London, plus a comment for the ages.
June 3, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Heat in Hong Kong, New York Latin American sales, more.
May 23, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Results for American painting sales, Versace, contemporary day sales, more.
May 14, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
$23.7 million at Phillips contemporary, $133.7 million at Christie's contemporary, and $68 million at Sotheby's.
April 25, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Stewart Waltzer
Christie’s Impressionist and modern sale, May 4, 2005.









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