Can Three Auction Houses Sell $2.6 Billion Worth of Art in One Week?

Five luxury artworks hold the key to the spring season, one of the most anticipated sales in years. Major buyers are looking ...
Observer

A New Design Initiative Aims to Save Lives Through Creativity

Daniel Arsham’s ‘Dino Chair (Raw)’ is just one of many items in Deign Industry for Peace’s upcoming auction. Courtesy Friedman Benda Along with Noah Blake and the design industry professionals behind ...
The Art Newspaper

Design auctions buck the downward trend

The auction market for design is booming, aided by new online tools and record prices for the category’s most sought-after names. Sotheby’s seemed to take a risk in May by offering, within its ...
wallpaper

Simon de Pury’s new design auction presents a variety of contemporary works while redefining the auction model

Simon de Pury’s career has been predicated by passion and innovation, and thus Create! – 21st Century Architecture and Design, an online auction by de Pury, (launching on 26 July 2023) is both an ...
Risk

Central counterparty auction design

We analyze the role of auctions in managing the default of a central counterparty's clearing member. We first consider two established sealed-bid auction formats in which clearing members ...