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With nearly $18-billion haul, this was best year for auction houses

This record year might say more about the nature of the auction house business than the art market itself

Updated On: 22 Dec 2022 | 1:17 AM IST

Gender gap narrows on canvas, but India still to catch up on trend

As volume of work as well as prices fetched by women artists in global auctions improve

Updated On: 04 Jul 2022 | 6:07 AM IST

French telecom billionaire Patrick Drahi weighs taking Sotheby's public

Drahi has held preliminary discussions with potential advisers about a US listing of Sotheby's

Updated On: 16 Dec 2021 | 12:22 AM IST

Cash is still king, for now: Diamond sale dims cryptocurrency hopes

A 101.38-carat diamond was sold by Sotheby's for HK$95.1 million ($12.3 million) to an unknown buyer using traditional currency, disappointing cryptocurrency fans

Updated On: 09 Jul 2021 | 11:51 PM IST

Home is where the art is, whether it's a masterpiece or a lesser creation

The first rule is to pick up something you can live with for a lifetime. If you're into collecting as an investment, what matters as much as the artwork is its creator and previous owners

Updated On: 28 Mar 2021 | 10:17 PM IST

Banksy artwork 'Show Me the Monet' sells for almost $10 million at auction

In the 2005 work, Banksy added abandoned shopping carts and an orange traffic cone to Claude Monet's image of water lilies in his garden at Giverny

Updated On: 22 Oct 2020 | 4:15 PM IST

Last Porsche 911 of a generation to be sold for coronavirus relief

The automaker will sell its final seventh-generation 911, a Speedster, in an online auction with RM Sotheby's on April 15.

Updated On: 11 Apr 2020 | 9:38 PM IST

After Gaitonde and Raza, who are the new Old Masters of Indian art world?

Subodh Gupta is set to enter the big league but there are others too

Updated On: 11 Jan 2020 | 8:51 AM IST

Slowing economy, overpriced art dampen Sotheby's second India auction

The auction, held in Mumbai on Friday, even failed to sell the highlight of the evening -- a $3 million (Rs 21.4 crore) Gaitonde painting

Updated On: 16 Nov 2019 | 11:06 PM IST

Type 64: The $20 million Nazi Porsche that may not be a Porsche at all

Along with its tiny, two-seat interior, split-window windshield, and wide, black steering wheel, the car originally consisted of VW parts and special components made by Porsche himself

Updated On: 03 Aug 2019 | 8:42 PM IST

Sotheby's sold for $3.7 billion to telecom billionaire Patrick Drahi

Sotheby's is returning to private ownership after 31 years as a public company.

Updated On: 17 Jun 2019 | 11:38 PM IST

Sotheby's India debut gets lukewarm response, misses sales estimate

The auction was watched closely by sector experts as it comes at a time when other major names such as Christie's have pulled out of the country

Updated On: 01 Dec 2018 | 1:46 AM IST

Sotheby's first India auction to be Tyeb Mehta's 'Durga' in December

It is one of most provocative portrayals of goddess Durga defeating the mythical buffalo demon, Mahisasura

Updated On: 10 Apr 2018 | 4:48 PM IST