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Insights on Auction Sales: Steven Tyler Piano, Kobe Bryant Card

WorthPoint

We thought it would be a great idea for him to select some of his favorite sold items and explain why those sales stood out to him. Take a look at his thoughts on a few of our partners’ recent sales. Brockelman Auctions recently concluded a major vintage card sale featuring 572 lots and totaling $211,035.

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Anxious collectors are increasingly turning to freeport havens, experts say

The Art Newspaper

A lot of them are choosing to store items they have bought in Europe, until the tariff situation is resolved—they’ve bought a piece from a Paris dealer or auction house, for instance, they ask them to store it until the tariffs have lifted, they hope,” Petit says. They’re trying to hedge the situation by buying time.

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Comment | Artnet sale underscores its impact on the industry—and its limitations in today's landscape

The Art Newspaper

Auction houses and dealers lost a chunk of the asymmetry of information that had served them well, hence their initial objections (and threatened lawsuits). Privatisation and personalities Artnet’s capture of just 50% of the market (as it accounts for only auction sales) was never the whole story—rather, it was a good enough indicator.

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‘Momentous’: Italy to slash art VAT to 5%, the lowest rate in the EU

The Art Newspaper

Mollicone cited a recent study by Nomnisma and the Intesa Sanpaolo bank, which estimated that a 5% VAT rate would boost the annual turnover of Italian galleries, antique dealers and auction houses to €1.5bn within three years, which would then generate an extra €4.2bn for Italy.

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Sotheby’s offers peek at Breuer building’s makeover

The Art Newspaper

Isamu Noguchi: © 2025 Estate of Isamu Noguchi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York In June 2023 Sotheby’s announced it would purchase Marcel Breuer’s former Whitney Museum of American Art building, a feat of Brutalist architecture, for $100m. Frank Stella: © Frank Stella / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner.

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Christie’s celebrates the late Syrian artist Marwan with non-selling London show

The Art Newspaper

In May, Christie’s for the first time delivered a white-glove sale for its online Modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art auction in Dubai. The sale included a section dedicated to Saudi artists, with almost all the works selling over their high estimates. Marwan’s last solo show in London was at the Mosaic Rooms in 2015.

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Innovative London drawing fair with no stands stages its second edition

The Art Newspaper

It is organised by Trois Crayons , the London-based online platform co-founded in 2023 by the investor Sebastien Paraskevas and the drawings specialists Alesa Boyle (of Stephen Ongpin Fine Art ) and Tom Nevile (of Day & Faber ). Since the works are not consigned to the organisation, dealers retain 100% of the sales proceeds.

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