Sotheby's

The original cover art for the first Harry Potter book has shattered records after being sold for $1.9 million. The auction was held in Sotheby’s New York on Wednesday. The cover art was designed by Thomas Taylor in 1997. At the time,…

The Sotheby’s evening sale in London fetched $105 million on Tuesday, a modest number but with graver signs. The overall sale had a sell-through rate of 90 percent. Overall, it managed to bring $105 million in revenue (including premium) –…

Reports suggest that the auction house Sotheby’s is planning to mass lay off employees from its London branch. The Art Newspaper reported that the mega auction house is set to lay off 50 employees from its London location alone. This is…

The Modern evening sale at Sotheby's managed to end on a better note, bringing $235 million in sales. The star of the show was Meules à Giverny (1893) by Claude Monet. The painting was sold for $34.8 million, including fees. Reportedly,…

Girl With Balloon, the Banksy work that made headlines after it was shredded, is back after getting renamed a second time. Girl With Balloon was a 2006 work by the mysterious street artist Banksy. In 2018, it went on sale at Sotheby’s…

Portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel by Diego Velázquez, expected to fetch above $35 million, was pulled from auction by Sotheby’s. The portrait of Queen Isabel de Borbon was part of the series Diego Velázquez created for the Spanish…

A pair of shoes in a Portland donation box was discovered to be a rare Nike Air Jordan made for filmmaker Spike Lee. The incident occurred in April at the Burnside Shelter of the Portland Rescue Mission in Portland, Oregon. According to…

The 20th-century art evening sale at Sotheby’s New York brought a revenue of $224 million, a modest but subdued total. On Monday, Sotheby’s presented a lot of 31 works for the auction block. Collectively, these products were sold for a…

The giant Basquiat self-portrait, unseen since 1999, will finally hit the auction block at Sotheby’s during the fall. The painting, titled ‘Self-Portrait as a Hell (Part Two)’ is an 8-feet-tall work created by Jean Basquiat in 1982. The…

A red sweater worn by Princess Diana in 1981 has sold for $1.14 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new record for the late princess. The sweater was designed by British designers Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne, under their newly-formed label…