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Auctions
Will Brits embrace economic recovery under the mistletoe this Christmas?
Dec 13, 2021
Some say the return of the U.K.’s only annual mistletoe auction heralds the beginning of the end of COVID-induced social distancing.
Does the sale of fine art need physical spaces?
by
Alli Fam
and Kai Ryssdal
Jan 27, 2021
Masha Golovina of Masterworks.io talks about the two-tiered economy and says that when physical art fairs are coupled with online sales, "that's the ideal mix."
Should a museum auction its art to raise funds?
by
David Brancaccio
and Daniel Shin
Oct 28, 2020
It's an existential question, says art critic Blake Gopnik. Once a work of art is in a museum, it's supposed to be more or less unsellable.
Nobel laureate Robert Wilson says auctions pervade our everyday life
by
Victoria Craig
and Alex Schroeder
Oct 13, 2020
Many products are now sold using "package auctions" for a more efficient allocation of goods.
U.S. economists win Nobel Prize for auction theory work
Oct 12, 2020
The winning economists designed auctions that allow for multiple bids over a period of time.
2 Americans win Nobel prize in economics for auction theory
Oct 12, 2020
Americans Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson won the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for “improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”
Auction industry readies for COVID-19 business closures
May 13, 2020
The last order of business for many bankrupt companies — restaurants in particular — is to put their assets under the gavel.
For public good, not for profit.
The business behind celebrity auctions
Aug 10, 2018
What started in 1970 with a massive MGM auction has turned into a multimillion-dollar global business.
Rockefeller auction at Christie's expected to bring in $500 million or more for charity
May 1, 2018
The items at the auction include everything from David Rockefeller’s gold cuff links to Picasso paintings that were once owned by writer Gertrude Stein.
That $100 million Leonardo da Vinci painting might not even be by Leonardo da Vinci
Nov 15, 2017
But art critic Blake Gopnik explains why that might not be the right question to ask.