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 […]
Category: contemporary
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 […]
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 […]
Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sales (NY) Review
– by Anders Petterson No one was expecting this week’s sales to come close to the results 12 months ago, as outlined in my previous post. The Post-War and Contemporary Evening sales total came in […]
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 […]
A review of the Frieze-week Sales
The headline for last week’s sales (and corresponding ArtTactic report) is an increased market share for Phillips and a 24% jump in combined Evening sales totals from last year. Kicking off ArtForecaster sales on the 14th, […]
Photography Evening Sale @ Christie’s
POST-SALE UPDATE: Results are in and it seems the negative sentiment towards most lots, evident in the pre-sale forecasts, was more than justified! With 18 out of 42 lots failing to sell entirely and only one […]
