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After 2 years of exceptional revenue, the 2023 series of Phillips New Now auctions in London dropped 34% in total Hammer Price (HP) obtained (£6.1m in 2023 vs £9.2m in 2022). While the result remains … read more

In August 2021, the Pi-eX AMI remained stable with a minor drop vs previous month (-0.13%), from US$9.95 billion in July 2021 to US$9.94 billion. The plateau of the Pi-eX AMI reflects the return to so … read more

July 2021 marked a return to the traditional summer break of the public auction market, after an unusually busy summer 2020 due to the pandemic.In July 2021, the Pi-eX AMI decreased 12.23% vs previous … read more

June 2021 puts an end to the Covid-19 "W-shaped" crisis at public auctions and confirms the recovery, outperforming the June 2019 levels by 2.6%. As of end of June 2021, revenue from public auctions … read more

On November, 15th 2018, Christie’s notoriously hammered Portrait with An Artist (Pool with two Figures) for $80m. At the time, the 1972 painting by British artist David Hockney broke the record of the … read more