Guarantees and irrevocable bids continue to play a decisive role, even in this more dynamic end of the market.

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s market remains anything but quiet. This May, a rediscovered early painting by the artist will headline Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction in New York with a $10 ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat's market remains anything but quiet. This May, a rediscovered early painting by the artist ... musketeer portrait from the artist's final decade, estimated at $12 million ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat‘s market dominance seems poised to continue during the May auctions in New York, where Christie’s will sell one of his paintings with a $20 million–$30 million estimate. The ...

To top it off, the house managed to set an impressive new record with the $57.3 million sale of an untitled 1982 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, completed when the artist was only 22 years old.

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s market remains anything but quiet. This May, a rediscovered early painting by the artist will headline Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction in New York with a $10 million to ...