ARTNEWS – Last night in a jam-packed salesroom at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, a sale of 19th- and 20th-century art from the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller brought $646.1 million. Earlier this evening the second major Rockefeller auction, this one devoted to work from the Americas, brought in $106.9 million for 41 lots, roughly the same number as last night—the highest amount ever brought in for a sale of American art, according to Christie’s. – read more
