SCOTT REYBURN

The Christie’s president Jussi Pylkkänen, who held the hammer for the auction house’s biggest sales, is leaving after nearly 40 years. Much changed in that...

Sotheby’s in London began selling about 1,400 items once owned by the charismatic lead singer, who was also a discriminating collector of woodblock prints and...

The price was the highest for a public sale in Europe, beating the $104.3 million that a Giacometti sculpture brought in 2010.

Paintings from before 1850, once a bedrock of the market, now account for just a tiny percentage of auction sales. Instead, buyers want works by...

Eleven auction records for artists — six by women — were smashed on Thursday night in two sales at Sotheby’s.

There’s money to be made, though most institutions are wary of getting involved.