SAT, MAY 16 · 00:54
Today's
Art Market Pulse.
“Mnuchin Rothko at $85.8M Drives Sotheby's $433M Haul, Up 133% Year-on-Year.”
Sotheby's kicked off New York's marquee May week with a $433.1 million modern and contemporary haul on Thursday — 132.7 percent above the equivalent sales last spring, despite fewer lots on offer. The Mnuchin estate's 11-lot opener brought $166.3 million within estimate; its anchor, Mark Rothko's Brown and Blacks in Reds (1957), hammered at $74 million and totaled $85.8 million with fees, the second-highest Rothko ever sold publicly at auction. The follow-on contemporary sale of $266.8 million yielded a 91 percent sell-through, led by Basquiat's Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) at $52.7 million and a series-record $24.8 million for Warhol's Brigitte Bardot. Christie's S.I. Newhouse evening sale follows Monday.
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350K+
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99.5%
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Mei Moses
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Auction Houses
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12 min
IMAGE-TO-CATALOGUE
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−80%
APPRAISAL TIME
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{
"artist": "Jean-Michel Basquiat",
"title": "Untitled, 1982",
"medium": "acrylic and oilstick",
"current_estimated_price": 3850000,
"current_estimated_price_min": 3200000,
"current_estimated_price_max": 4500000,
"price_momentum_12mo": -0.052,
"similarity_vector": "[…1024 dims]",
"confidence": "high",
"comparables_n": 42,
"artist_market_cap": 7600000000,
"artist_sharpe_7y": 1.15
}Every response includes AI intelligence — not just raw auction records. The methodology is published. The data freshness is guaranteed in the SLA. Read the methodology →
WHAT INSTITUTIONS SAY
AUCTION HOUSE
Head of Modern & Contemporary · top-5 international auction house
The specialist team is doing fewer comps and more consignments. The catalogue work that used to eat a week of pre-sale prep happens in a single sitting.
ADVISORY
Managing Partner · single-family-office advisory practice
Our average client used to call once a year for the appraisal. They now log into the dashboard 18 times a quarter. The retention conversation is over.
LENDING DESK
Head of Art-Secured Lending · boutique credit fund
We replaced a 90-day appraisal cycle with a daily mark on the API. The risk committee actually trusts the LTV now, because they can see what changed and when.
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