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The auction house is adapting to a customer base buying from home or the beach house
Selling high-value lots such as Rockefeller’s art collection is also high risk
Sale of art from late billionaire philanthropist’s estate could raise more than $500m
Sotheby’s, Christie’s execs buoyed by big ticket purchases
Twombly leads auction with $52.9m sale as four artists set new records
Brancusi bronze sells for record $57.4m as New York auction week kicks off
Earnings rise in fourth quarter spurred by ‘growing confidence’ in art market
Christie’s reveals figures for 2016; fashion gets arty; investment in Düsseldorf
Monet’s ‘Meule’ sells for a record $72.5m, while a Picasso garners no bids
Buyers still compete for masterworks despite market turbulence
Lord Hindlip remains grateful to Christie’s for giving him ‘a berth in life’
Auction house rewards are growing for scholars who reattribute overlooked artworks
Retail oversupply and a new love of vintage watches are to blame
An auction on October 5 will feature a rare Patek Philippe Reference 5013P
Auction house eyes small lots and internet to counteract decline
Outstanding scientific library goes under hammer at Christie’s
Sale of her estate is at Christie’s on June 22
From a Heuer Carrera chronograph to a gold Breguet and a ‘Magician Box’
Auction houses Phillips, Christie’s and Sotheby’s turnround spring sales
London gets snap-happy; ivory ban in France; Phillips raises buyers’ premium
The trend for ‘curated’ sales scales new heights
Effects of QE do not seem to have spread to Picassos
