Its a more measured market right now," said Lo Iacono.

A Basquiat work failed to sell, dragging down the overall result.

There are only two debuts in this year's November auction sales.

One consignment has connections to art fraudster Inigo Philbrick.

Hornak alleges that Kahn not only cut him out of multiple deals and harmed his reputation but also manipulated his own market.

Lesser-known artists, like the young painter Daisy Parris, performed better than expected.

JP Mei & MA Moses Art Market Consultancy studied around 50,000 repeat sales of artworks at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips over the last 24 years.

Winston Art Group cataloged Schiff's holdings, a task that reportedly spanned 900 hours over eight months and uncovered over 1,000 works.

We're in the thick of a slimmed-down summer season.

Sotheby's has brought on the Hong Kong-based Christie's veteran Elaine Holt as head of Modern and Contemporary Art team in Asia