Typically, I get the news I need on the weather report, but a recent string of high ticket art sales has been difficult to ignore. I’m not sure if this is indicative of a waning recession or emblematic of the liquidity of some collectors. Maybe both, as Bloomberg notes that recent sales “reflected confidence in [...]

The handwritten lyrics to the Beatles ‘A Day In The Life,’ penned by John Lennon in 1967, are to be auctioned June 18 at Sotheby’s. The single sheet of paper, with drafts of the song on both sides, is estimated at upwards of $700,000.00. More here.

Over 1,200 works from the Polaroid Collection of Photography are headed to auction at Sotheby’s on June 21/22, 2010. The works are being liquidated by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota. Proceeds from the auction, estimated at upwards of $11.5 million, will be paid to the creditors of the defunct [...]