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Led by a record-breaking Jeff Koons sculpture and a $46 million Francis Bacon canvas, Sotheby’s roared back from a dismal Impressionist sale to score the highest total in its history at a contemporary and postwar art auction on Wednesday.Read full story

The art world continued its shopping spree Wednesday night at Sotheby’s. Read full story

Shares of Sotheby’s rose Thursday morning, after an analyst upgraded the stock following the auction house’s contemporary art auction that showed demand for art remains strong.Read full story

AuctionPublicity.com – DALLAS, TEXAS: A series of auctions that included the Western Collection of the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, conducted by Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, has realized $3,072,430, although after-auction sales are still ongoing, and a Final Session, scheduled for Monday, November 12, as well as an auction of Historical and Vintage Pop Culture Americana, … Read more

AuctionPublicity.com – Christie’s Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art totaled $325,006,000 this evening, the second highest ever for a sale in the field. Sixteen new world auction records were set including for artists such as Jeff Koons, Lucian Freud, Ed Ruscha, Richard Prince and Gerhard Richter. The sale was 94% sold by value and … Read more