THE LATEST ARTICLES
Art auction
Julie Brener Davich July 13, 2025
The art scene of the American West, epitomized in the upcoming Coeur d’Alene auction in Reno, is a thriving world apart from the otherwise dominant coastal art scene. And that’s fine with them.
Cassandra Hatton with Ceratosaurus nasicornis sotheby's
Julie Brener Davich July 6, 2025
Demand for rare dinosaur fossils has been heating up, even as the major auction houses struggle to tame the “Wild West” quality of an immature market without many comparisons.
The Old Masters Evening Sale at Christie’s at King Street, London.
Julie Brener Davich July 3, 2025
As the London sales proved yet again, there’s a value gap between the best and the rest. Desire is the differentiator, with deeply covetable, exceptional works setting record prices, while much of everything else struggles to meet the reserve.
Lisa Yuskavage
Julie Brener Davich July 1, 2025
Lisa Yuskavage’s work has been criticized as too overtly sexual, and the artist herself as a “bad feminist.” But she sees the critical reception as a nuisance on her journey from working-class Philly to a Morgan Library & Museum show, which puts her works on paper alongside Thoreau’s journals and Bach’s sheet music.


Christie's London Sales
Julie Brener Davich June 29, 2025
London is gearing up for a week of spectacular Old Masters and unusual antique sales, as the market digests a new anti-trafficking rule—provenance matters now more than ever—and strives for new heights.
Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment in-situ
Julie Brener Davich June 22, 2025
They’re actually worth many millions, and the market is heating up as the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday. On Thursday, Sotheby’s is selling rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution—both of them signed by Abraham Lincoln, himself.
Daguerreotypist with Camera, c. 1850.
Julie Brener Davich June 15, 2025
Christie’s sale of a vast collection of rare daguerreotypes, including a portrait thought to be of John Wilkes Booth, evokes the artistry and mystery that’s been lost in the digital age.
Julie Brener Davich June 13, 2025
This week’s sales showed the watch market returning to pre-Covid normalcy, while the design market featured a jaw-dropping Lalanne sale, big numbers for Giacometti, and a Kaipiainen boomlet.


Giancarlo Valle
Julie Brener Davich June 8, 2025
This week’s design auctions in New York are a mix of masterpieces by Lalanne, Giacometti, and Tiffany, and interesting works by up-and-coming designers, reflecting a desire for the unique among today’s discerning collectors.
Diane Arbus
Julie Brener Davich June 6, 2025
A huge new exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory, plus a gallery show in L.A., highlights the value of true photographic artistry in an era where everyone is wielding a camera, all the time.
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