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While March 2020 will most likely be remembered as the month when Covid-19 started to seriously impact the auction business, it should also be remembered as the first month when combined Online sales … read more

With 15 auctions cancelled or postponed at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips in March 2020, more than 2,200 lots catalogued for these sales could not be auctioned in live auctions.  What happene … read more

All Impressionist & Modern Art auctions scheduled on March 26th and 27th, 2020 in Paris were postponed both at Sotheby's and Christie's following the confinement requirements ordered by the French gov … read more

As March 2020 came to a close, the initial effect of Covid-19 could already be seen in the evolving schedules of auction houses for the month of March.  Historical analysis from Pi-eX Monthl … read more

While the timing of the sale of a valuable Private Collections is always unpredictable – as it is often driven by one of the three Ds (Death, Divorce or Debt), Private Collections themselves are extre … read more