Year End
What a $32 Million Dinosaur Can Tell Us About This Year’s Art Auctions
The top 10 lots pulled in an encouraging $408 million.
Brice Marden’s Complements.
Source: Christie's
During a lovely spring week in May 2019, in what now feels like the halcyon days of pre-Covid life, seven paintings and three sculptures sold for a brisk $605 million.
Flash forward to this year, when it took 12 months and a 67-million-year-old dinosaur to amass top 10 results that still only managed to total $408 million.