May 2026

Anchored by top consignments, fresh-to-market museum-grade masterpieces and excellent provenance, Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction on May 19 closed with a $304 million result, a 98 percent sell-through rate across 45 lots and more than double the total achieved in the equivalent sale in November. The result brings the running combined total for Sotheby’s marquee sales […]

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Phillips auctioneer takes bids in a packed saleroom as Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackies appears on the screen beside its estimate.” width=”970″ height=”655″ data-caption=’Phillips Evening Sale on May 20 closes white-gloves with a $115.2 million total, 122 percent up from May 2025. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Courtesy Phillips</span>’> Phillips may not have made as much noise ahead of

Harvest is in full swing when I arrive at Mount Mary, a small, single vineyard estate in the prestigious Yarra Valley in Victoria, a historic winemaking region in southeast Australia. Third-generation winemaker Sam Middleton peels away from his crew, who are busy maneuvering vats filled with grapes toward the crusher, and ushers me over to