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Thursday, July 16, 2026 · No. 196

Mark Rothko

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1 story across Contemporary, Post-War, New York, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Latest: Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale Achieves $287.4M, Exceeding Estimate by 14%.

Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale Achieves $287.4M, Exceeding Estimate by 14%
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Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale Achieves $287.4M, Exceeding Estimate by 14%

Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale in New York achieved $287.4 million, exceeding the pre-sale estimate by 14%. The sale was led by a work from the collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which sold for $57.3 million.

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