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Posted 06 July 2017
Phillips and Artsy Announce Summer School
NEW YORK
Phillips and Artsy are pleased to announce Summer School, a co-curated selection of 45 artworks for new and seasoned collectors alike. This online-only auction is the first ever collaborative sale between the two companies. Online bidding opens on Artsy on 7 July at 11am EDT. Additionally, from 19 – 25 July, a selection of works from the auction will be exhibited at Phillips New York at 450 Park Avenue.
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Posted 30 June 2017
Phillips 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
LONDON
Phillips 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale realizes £6,264,500.
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Posted 29 June 2017
Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century and Contemporary Art Realises £24.3 million
LONDON
Phillips' June Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art realised £24.3 million, a 105% Increase on June 2016. The sale was 94% sold by lot and 98% sold by value.
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Posted 16 June 2017
20th Century & Contemporary Art June Auctions
LONDON
Including Works by Gerhard Richter, Peter Doig, Rudolf Stingel, Mark Bradford and More.
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Posted 12 June 2017
Paul Newman's Paul Newman Daytona to be Offered During Phillips Inaugural New York Watch Auction
NEW YORK
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, the leading watch auction house dedicated to highest quality timepieces, is proud to launch its inaugural New York auction with WINNING ICONS – Legendary Watches of the 20th Century. Scheduled to take place on 26 October 2017, this landmark thematic auction will be dedicated to the most iconic collectors watches of the last century. A historic event in its own right, WINNING ICONS will offer what is without a doubt amongst the most important Rolex watches to ever be offered on the market: The singular, one and only Rolex “Paul Newman” Cosmograph Daytona owned and worn by none other than Paul Newman. With an absolutely superb provenance, it is the watch that inspired the legendary nickname for the most prestigious versions of Rolex’s Daytona.
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Posted 07 June 2017
Phillips Evening & Day Sales of Editions Achieve £2.6 Million
LONDON
Evening & Day Sales of Editions Achieve £2.6 Million, Achieving Auction Records for over 30% of Evening Sale Lots.
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Posted 06 June 2017
Phillips’ June Design Auction Achieves $3.5 Million
NEW YORK
Phillips’ New York Design auction on 6 June achieved $3,507,625, selling 71% by lot and 75% by value.
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Posted 31 May 2017
Phillips, The Worldwide Market Leader in Watch Auctions, Achieves HK$106.9 Million
HONG KONG
Phillips Achieves HK$106.9 Million During The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FOUR, The Highest Sale Total for any Watch Auction in Asia this Season.
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Posted 28 May 2017
Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Realises HK$129,761,250
HONG KONG
Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Realises HK$129,761,250. Setting New Auction Records for a Work by Christine Ay Tjoe, and a Sculpture by KAWS.
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Posted 24 May 2017
Phillips' Latin American Art Auction Realizes $4,272,375
NEW YORK
Phillips' May auction of Latin American Art realizes $4,272,375 / £3,303,828 / €3,822,067.
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Posted 22 May 2017
Phillips to Host Charity Auction in Los Angeles to Support Rhino Conservation Initiatives
NEW YORK
Phillips is pleased to announce a charity auction in Los Angeles to benefit Elephant Action League’s trailblazing efforts to save the rhinos. A selection of works by world-renowned photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen will be offered, with 100% of the proceeds to fund groundbreaking conservation initiatives. The auction will take place on Thursday, 1 June, at The Montage in Beverly Hills and will include special guest speakers Andrea Crosta (featured in the Netflix's documentary The Ivory Game), Jamie Joseph (Founder of Saving the Wild, a groundbreaking NGO working to eradicate wildlife poaching), and photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen, as well as famed Hollywood manager Joanne Horowitz, who is serving on the event’s host committee. Fifteen lots, including twelve unreleased images from Mangelsen’s Africa 2017 series with a limited edition print run of 5, will be on offer for photograph connoisseurs and wildlife supporters alike.
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Posted 19 May 2017
Phillips Photographs Auction Realises £2,344,875
LONDON
Phillips Photographs Auction Realises £2,344,875 / $3,024,889 / €2,720,055, selling 87% by lot and 92% by value.
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Posted 18 May 2017
Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century and Contemporary Art Realizes $110.3 Million
NEW YORK
Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art in New York realized $110,286,000, selling 100% by lot and 100% by value and bringing the combined total for the week to $128,886,500. The sale saw activity from all corners of the globe, with bidders from 25 countries participating. Three new world auction records were set during the Evening Sale, including those for works by Peter Doig and Nicole Eisenman, as well as a sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein. Peter Doig’s Rosedale also set a new record for a work by a living British artist.
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Posted 17 May 2017
20th Century and Contemporary Art Day Sale Achieves Highest Total for A Day Sale in Company History
NEW YORK
Phillips’ 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale achieved $18.6 million, the highest total for a Day Sale in company history. The sale was 81% sold by lot and 85% sold by value.
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Posted 15 May 2017
Phillips Achieves CHF32.6 Million During The Geneva Watch Auction FIVE
GENEVA
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, the world’s leading watch auction house, is proud to announce a historical and record-breaking sale, which realised a total of CHF 32.6 million, the highest result this auction season and in the last decade. After months of anticipation, the sale’s top lot, the Rolex “Bao Dai” reference 6062, established a new world record for any Rolex ever sold at auction, achieving CHF 5,066,000. With five watches selling for above CHF 1 million, the Geneva Watch Auction: FIVE saw nearly 500 online bidders competing with over 400 bidders in the room and hundreds of phone bidders. A total of 220 watches realised CHF 32,614,375 /$32,578,499 /€29,806,277 against a pre-sale estimate of CHF 15.8 to 29.2 million, selling 94% by lot and 98% by value.
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Posted 11 May 2017
Post War, Contemporary and French Design Lead Phillips’ New York Auction on 6 June
NEW YORK
Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the upcoming auction of Design in New York, which will take place on 6 June at 1pm and include such masters as Pierre Chareau, Jean Royère, Ron Arad, Shiro Kuramata, Gio Ponti, and Piero Fornasetti. Comprised of over 160 lots, the sale is expected to realize in excess of $4 million and will be anchored by a strong selection of French Art Deco, French and Italian and Post-War, and Contemporary works.
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Posted 03 May 2017
Phillips Announces Photographs on 18 May in London
LONDON
This Spring, Phillips presents Photographs in London, showcasing many of the key moments in photography over the past century, and bringing to the fore notable contemporary artists of today.
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Posted 02 May 2017
Phillips announces highlights from the 20th Century and Contemporary Art and Design Evening Sale
HONG KONG
Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale, which is led by some of the biggest names in international modern and contemporary art, including Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Anselm Kiefer, Danh Vo and Peter Doig.
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Posted 01 May 2017
Phillips Announces Highlights from the Evening and Day Sales of 20th Century and Contemporary Art
NEW YORK
Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the Evening and Day Sales of 20th Century & Contemporary Art. The Day Sale will take place on Wednesday, 17 May, followed by the Evening Sale on Thursday, 18 May. Comprised of 40 lots, the Evening Sale is expected to realize in excess of $107 million and will offer works by Peter Doig, Gerhard Richter, Roy Lichtenstein, and Willem de Kooning. The Day Sale, offering 185 lots, is estimated to achieve over $15 million, the highest pre-sale estimate for a Phillips Day Sale to date. The sale will include important artworks by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Donald Judd, and Louise Bourgeois, among others.
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Posted 28 April 2017
Phillips Announces a Horological Exhibition to Pay Tribute to The automatic Rolex Cosmograph Daytona
NEW YORK
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is honoured to host a first-of-its-kind horological exhibition in Geneva that pays tribute to one of the most revered collectors’ watches of the late 20th and early 21st centuries: The automatic Rolex Cosmograph Daytona.