Sotheby's Contemporary art auction Archives

Anya Hindmarch To Guest-Curate Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction During Fashion Week

I think what really drives a great art collector is passion, you’ve got to love it and the impulse has got to be authentic. I know when I see a beautiful piece or something that affects me I can’t not have it. – Anya Hindmarch This autumn, Sotheby’s is opening up its galleries to the British […]

Sotheby’s Achieves Highest Total For London Contemporary Art Auction

Sotheby’s has achieved the highest total for any auction of Contemporary Art ever held by the auction house in London. The sale which took place last night (1st July 2015) realised £130,376,500 / $204,730,218 / €183,870,150. Warhol’s One Dollar Bill (Silver Certificate) his landmark first ‘dollar’ painting, hand-painted in 1962, sold for £20.9m / $32.8m / €29.4m tonight – the highest price achieved across […]