Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Christie's auction ny

  • a blowtorch and two models has sold at a New York City auction for $36.4 million. Christies auction house said FC 1 set an auction record for the artist Tuesday night.
  • (Miami Herald)
  • An oil painting by Mark Rothko sold for $86.9 million at a Christies auction in New York on Tuesday, setting a record for the abstract expressionist painter.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • NEW YORK, May 8: A sunset-colored painting by Mark Rothko became the worlds most expensive contemporary art work on Tuesday when it fetched $86.9 million in a stunningly lucrative auction at Christies in New York.
  • (Times of India)
  • NEW YORK, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of the third annual Christies Green Auction: Bid to Save the Earth, Master Photographer Peter Lik donated his iconic image, Beyond Paradise.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • sold Tuesday for more than $3.6 million at a Christies auction in New York. The hammer price for the photograph, displayed as a transparency in a 2.3-x-4.
  • (Calgary Herald)
  • The artwork Orange, red, yellow by Mark Rothko has achieved the highest ever price for a piece of contemporary art at auction - fetching $86.9m (£53.8m). The 1961 painting was sold at Christies in New York.
  • (BBC News)
  • NEW YORK — In a surge of bidding unprecedented in art market history, Christie's Tuesday evening sale of contemporary art took in $388.5 million, the highest amount ever in that field.
  • (New York Times)

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