The major auction houses racked up nearly $10 billion in sales in the first half, marking one of the strongest-ever starts to the year.

Timepieces are functional as well as collectible. Those interested in selling (or buying) a potentially valuable rare or vintage watch are encouraged to approach one of the major auction houses to see ...

Estate-planning professionals may need to establish an appropriate holding and/or liquidation strategy for estates that include significant assets in art and antiquities. To accomplish this goal, they ...

When Pharrell Williams wanted to sell a collection of fashion, jewelry, and timepieces in 2022, the auction world came up short. Shopping his trove at traditional auction houses, the pop star walked ...

Every month in The Hammer, art-industry veteran Simon de Pury lifts the curtain on his life as the ultimate art-world insider, his brushes with celebrity, and his invaluable insight into the inner ...

As we head into the last week of December, we get to see how certain industries fared throughout the year. One that had a pretty spectacular 2022? Auctions. With almost $18 billion in cumulative sales ...

Over the course of a single week in November 2014, over $1 billion was spent on contemporary art at the three largest auction houses — Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips. Despite endless articles on ...