The Rise of Victorian Paintings Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com

The Rise of Victorian Paintings Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com

Chinese Artefacts Attract Massive Prices – artmarketblog.com

The last few weeks have produced many examples of the unjustifiably massive amounts of money that are being paid for objects of Chinese decorative art by wealthy Chinese collectors

Kees Van Dongen Revived and Revalued – artmarketblog.com

The first major retrospective held in North America of work by Dutch born French artist Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968) was held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Dissecting Christie’s Feb 09 Art Auction Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com

Dissecting Christie’s Feb 09 Art Auction Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com A few weeks ago I posted the first half of the results from the Christie’s February 2009 Impressionist and Modern Art auction along with information relating to whether each lot had been sold at auction previously and if it had, when it was sold and [...]

Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com

Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com 2. Percentage of lots sold by value In part 2 of this series of posts on the real value of the statistics that are used to determine the success of a sale, I conducted an in depth analysis of the percentage of lots sold by number statistic. [...]

The YSL Art Collection Sale – artmarketblog.com

The YSL Art Collection Sale – artmarketblog.com For at least six months, the sale of the Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent collection has been the focus of much media attention, described as the “sale of the century”. At a time when The Art Market Confidence Index (AMCI) is firmly in the red, the means [...]

Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com

Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com In Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 1 (see here) I began to take an in depth look at how people interpret auction results and exactly what it is that determines whether an art auction has been a success or not. Continuing on from that post I want [...]

Dissecting Christie’s Feb 09 Art Auction Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com

Dissecting Christie’s Feb 09 Art Auction Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com I am going to make a slight diversion from my previous post on evaluating art auction results (which will be continued very soon) because I want to take a bit more of an in depth look into the actual works that were included in the [...]

Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com

Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com In my last post I wrote about how the figures released by the auction houses after an auction can be rather deceiving. Almost every article I have read on the recent February Impressionist and Modern Art auctions says that these auctions were a major success. One journalist [...]

The Reality of Feb 09 Art Auctions – artmarketblog.com

The Reality of Feb 09 Art Auctions – artmarketblog.com The first round of major art auctions for 09 have proven that there is still a considerable amount of money available to be spent on top quality and rare works of art provided the price is right. Fresh works from private collections appeared to be particularly [...]