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January 2021 saw a modest increase of 0.41% in the Pi-eX Auction Market Index (Pi-eX AMI) vs previous month, from US$7.291b in December 2020 to US$7.320b in January 2021.- The small growth in the Pi-e … read more

As one of the first auction series of the year, The New York January Americana Week can send an early signal of the mood of the public auction market. This year, the message was "fewer, cheaper, and r … read more

The Pi-eX Auction Market Index (Pi-eX AMI) shows that the current public auction market downturn started similarly to the 2015-2016 contraction but grew deeper in June 2020 due to the lasting challeng … read more

In 2020, combined annual revenue from public auctions at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips in China reached 1.71 billion USD, just above revenue from public auctions in the United Kingdom (1.67 billi … read more

Pi-eX's 2020 Annual Report Summary outlines and details some of the key trends of the year at public auctions:1. Combined annual revenue from public auctions fell by 30% at the top three auction house … read more