At the New York firm his father and uncle started in 1933, he was said to have personally conducted more auction sales than anyone else in the industry. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Auctions”
A Blue-Chip Art Bonanza: Macklowe Collection Goes to Sotheby’s
By Gotham Rex on September 9, 2021
The trove, which is going on sale because of a court order, includes pieces by Cy Twombly, Gerhard Richter and Andy Warhol, and is valued at more than $600 million. Source: New York Times
Four Art Gallerists Create LGDR Consortium, Upending Traditional Model
By Gotham Rex on August 31, 2021
Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, Amalia Dayan and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn will become LGDR, a one-stop shop for artists and collectors. Source: New York Times
Cow Parade Returns to N.Y.C., but Please Don’t Steal Them This Time
By Gotham Rex on August 24, 2021
A public art exhibition with 78 fiberglass cows in the boroughs may be scaled down from 21 years ago, but the herd is delighting passers-by. Source: New York Times
Jewish Burial Records Among Items Seized by U.S. Authorities
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2021
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said they plan to return 17 items — once headed for auction — to their communities. Source: New York Times
Sotheby’s and Phillips Announce Departures and Arrivals
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2021
The executive turnover in the auction world signals a market shift after the pandemic, an industry expert says. Source: New York Times
Trump Era in Atlantic City Will End With 3,000 Sticks of Dynamite
By Gotham Rex on February 17, 2021
The implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, the last vestige of the former president’s once-dominant brand in Atlantic City, N.J., took place Wednesday morning. Source: New York Times
Two Museums Tried to Sell Art. Only One Caught Grief About it.
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2020
The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum both planned on selling works last Wednesday at auction, but Baltimore paused the sale after much criticism. Source: New York Times
K.G.B. Museum Closes; Lipstick Gun and Other Spy Relics Go on Sale
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2020
A Lithuanian collector is shutting his espionage museum in Manhattan after less than two years, citing the pandemic. Source: New York Times