Sotheby’s Now & Contemporary Evening Auction Opens the New York May Sales at $202 Million — Basquiat’s ‘Museum Security’ Leads a Fortnight That Will Price the Art Market’s K-Shape Thesis
Sotheby’s Now & Contemporary Evening Auction on May 14 carries $202.2 million in combined low estimates, led by Basquiat’s Museum Security at $45 million. The New York fortnight is the spring season’s definitive pricing survey for blue-chip art as a collateral asset class.
