20 Nov 2008 at 7:34pm
Sapphire sets record but many lots fail: Christie's
A large Kashmir sapphire ring set a world record at auction on Thursday night, fetching nearly $3.5 million, but half of the jewels on offer failed to sell in a market shaken by the financial crisis, Christie's ...
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20 Nov 2008 at 2:38pm
Art imitates finance when it goes to market
David Silcox remembers his first sale as president of Sotheby's Canada, in 2002: after a frantic bidding war, a record-shattering $5.1 million bid from billionaire Ken Thomson for Paul Kane's 1851 work, Scene ...
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18 Nov 2008 at 12:37pm
Rufino Tamayo for sale at NYC auction
A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo - 1 of 5 exhibited in the United States still in private hands - is being offered at a Manhattan auction of Latin American art.
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