In 1827, French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the earliest known surviving photograph with a camera obscura, a “dark room” that anticipated the camera and required an exposure of several days.

Copart's strong market leadership and online auction platform drive its revenue growth, supported by a 37.7% market share in the online automotive auction market. US Domestic Auto Production ...

Adrien Meyer, Christie's global head of private sales, sells Magritte's "L'empire des lumieres" for $121,160,000 in November 2024. (photo courtesy Christie's) Public auction sales fell 25% in 2024 ...

The two biggest auction houses recently released their 2025 numbers, showing a 17 percent sales jump at Sotheby's and a nearly 7 percent rise at Christie's. Now, a year-end report from art market ...

This year marks the third in a row of declining auction sales, down 44 percent, or over $3 billion, from 2022—and the lowest total in at least a decade, excluding 2020, CNBC reported. Sales of postwar ...

The car collecting market has seen a significant transformation in recent years, with auction trends playing a crucial role in shaping its landscape. From the rise of online auctions to a renewed ...

The summer auction season has wrapped up, and while temperatures are rising outside, inside the salesroom things are decidedly cooler. Last summer’s sales netted $105 million, this year, that number ...

Foreclosure auction volume in the second quarter of 2025 increased 19% from the same period last year and reached a two-year high point, according to Auction.com‘s newest Auction Market Dispatch ...

After a turbulent start marked by gallery closures and market contraction, 2025 ultimately emerged as a year of resets rather than collapse. Courtesy of Art Basel After a slow start to the year, with ...

Christie’s closed their London Classic week with a combined total of £60,844,240 ($83,660,83) between the Old Masters Evening Sale and The Exceptional Sale. Guy Bell Throughout history, in times of ...