Auction week in New York continued tonight at Phillips, whose Modern and contemporary art evening sale totaled $52 million, a sharp drop from the $86.3 million that the same sale hauled in last year.
Buyers have snapped up artworks collected by David Bowie, with a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat selling for more than 7 million pounds ($8.8 million) at a London auction.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Air Power” (1984), estimated to sell for £2.5–3.5 million (~$3.3-4.7 million) (all images courtesy Sotheby’s) Ettore Sottsass, “‘Casablanca’ Sideboard” (1981), estimated to sell ...