Can any of these players walk away with the prestigious ArtForecaster trophy this week? Ahead of us we have 35 lots in the Post-War & Contemporary auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips. Below is the […]
Author: Anders Petterson

Will Monet’s Nymphéas en fleur exceed $70m?
Claude Monet ‘s Nymphéas en fleur, painted circa 1914-1917 will be offered on the 8th May at Christie’s in New York. The painting is part of the The Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller: 19th & 20th […]

Real-Time Forecast: GUSTAV KLIMT: BAUERNGARTEN (1907)
Painted in 1907 during the golden period of Klimt’s career, Bauerngarten is a according to Sotheby’s auction catalogue a “masterpiece of Viennese fin-de-siècle art”. So what do you think this painting is worth? Pre-sale estimates are […]

Real-Time Forecast: PAUL GAUGUIN: Te Fare (La Maison)
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Te Fare (La maison). Signed and dated ‘P. Gauguin 92’ (lower right); inscribed ‘TE FARE’ (lower left). Oil on canvas. 28 5/8 x 36 1/8 in. (72.6 x 91.8 cm.). Painted in […]

LIVE Forecasts: René Magritte @ Christie’s
The hammer forecasts below are part of ArtTactic’s Grand Slam Auction Forecasting Tournament focusing on the London Impressionist & Modern and Post-War and Contemporary auctions at Phillips, Christie’s and Sotheby’s in February and March 2017. Sign […]

Saffronart auction first test of 2017
Tomorrow’s Live Auction at Saffronart in Mumbai will be the first auction test for the Modern and Contemporary South Asian art market in 2017. Have you submitted your hammer price forecasts? According to a recent […]

November New York Auctions
New York Evening auction estimates 39% lower than November 2015 Next week, the highly anticipated autumn season of Post-War & Contemporary sales will take place in New York. Although the first 6 months of the […]

Auction Analysis: South Asian Modern & Contemporary
Christie’s South Asian auction in London meets market expectations, but signals lower sales total compared to 12 months ago. Yesterday’s South Asian Modern & Contemporary Art sale at Christie’s raised £3,153,700, a total that fell […]

Further slowdown in contemporary sales expected for May auctions (NY)
by Anders Petterson (Managing Director & Founder of ArtTactic) Evening sales expected to come in around 30% lower than November 2015 With less than two weeks to the next season of Post-War & Contemporary sales […]
Alberto Burri – Where is the market heading this week?
Market Confidence MARKET TRENDS 100th Anniversary of Alberto Burri’s birth being celebrated this year: Increasing awareness and attention around the artist and his work. Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri have put together a cultural programme […]