Art and luxury business Christie’s is launching a new department devoted to sneakers, streetwear and sports collectibles — such as a pair of sneakers worn by Kanye West during a performance at the Grammy Awards. The new department will hold both online auctions and private...
With the last bids due in early July for eBay Inc.’s classified advertising business, private equity companies seeking to win the auction could arrange for as much as $2.6 billion worth of debt to finance the transaction. Those who are left taking part in the...
Auction house Sotheby’s said it is set to resume Geneva’s live auctions of jewelry, which were suspended when the coronavirus pandemic hit. The first live event is set for this week. Sotheby’s held only online jewelry auctions during the lockdowns, which “set new benchmarks” for...
The art world can be a strange place. While this is a fact well-known to art collectors, even non-collectors got a taste of just how weird things can get earlier this year, when internationally renowned artist/prankster Banksy sold a painting at auction that immediately self-destructed upon its sale. The...
October 23, 2017
Auctions often have the defect of being more fun in theory than they are in practice. Everyone likes the idea of bargaining and bidding their way to a great deal on an interesting antique or rare collectible, but most of the time, the actual experience can be less exciting than rewarding. “Most auctions are boring,” Brendan […]
March 29, 2024
Bidpath has launched a payments platform designed for auction payments. The new AuctionPay platform is designed to streamline merchant services for auctioneers and organizations, catering to both online and in-person payments, the provider of global online auction software said in a Friday (March 29) press release. The platform is designed to deliver efficiency, security and a user-centric design, according […]
September 27, 2022
Art and luxury business Christie’s is launching a new department devoted to sneakers, streetwear and sports collectibles — such as a pair of sneakers worn by Kanye West during a...
June 24, 2020
With the last bids due in early July for eBay Inc.’s classified advertising business, private equity companies seeking to win the auction could arrange for as much as $2.6 billion...
June 22, 2020
Auction house Sotheby’s said it is set to resume Geneva’s live auctions of jewelry, which were suspended when the coronavirus pandemic hit. The first live event is set for this...
