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Why White Diamonds Are Losing the Top of the Jewelry Market
Market AnalysisJuly 6, 2026
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Why White Diamonds Are Losing the Top of the Jewelry Market

The four most expensive jewels of H1 2026 in our record are a $25.6 million jadeite necklace and three colored diamonds. Beneath the trophies, white…

Why One in Five Collector-Car Dollars Now Goes to a Ferrari
Market AnalysisJuly 6, 2026
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Why One in Five Collector-Car Dollars Now Goes to a Ferrari

One marque took 21 percent of every dollar spent at collector-car auctions in H1 2026, a series high, two of every five million-dollar results, and…

How Christie's Sold €5.8M of Handbags Without a Saleroom
Market AnalysisJuly 4, 2026
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How Christie's Sold €5.8M of Handbags Without a Saleroom

Christie's June online handbag sale totaled €5,836,666, a world record for the format, with 85 percent of sold lots beating their high estimate and a…

Why the Same Week Produced Seven Art Records and a Half-Unsold Sale
Market AnalysisJuly 4, 2026
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Why the Same Week Produced Seven Art Records and a Half-Unsold Sale

In one London week, Christie's set seven world records in its Classic Week evening sales and failed to sell more than half of an online contemporary…

Why the $63.9M Modigliani Returned Less Than an Index Fund
Market AnalysisJuly 4, 2026
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Why the $63.9M Modigliani Returned Less Than an Index Fund

Bought for $12.4 million in 1995 and sold for $63.9 million in 2026, the picture compounded at 5.4 percent a year. The index did nearly twice that.…

Why Luxury Stocks Fell 25 Percent While the Saleroom Set Records
Market AnalysisJuly 4, 2026
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Why Luxury Stocks Fell 25 Percent While the Saleroom Set Records

LVMH and Hermes each lost roughly a quarter of their value in a half where the S&P 500 rose 9.6 percent. The saleroom answered with a $1.12 billion…

The Week the Retailer Told the Truth: Watches of Switzerland Rose by Admitting the Slowdown, While the Divergence Held
Closing PriceJuly 3, 2026
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The Week the Retailer Told the Truth: Watches of Switzerland Rose by Admitting the…

Your weekly read on the luxury and collectibles markets and the public companies behind them. This week the split we have tracked all quarter held…

Hassan Hajjaj Brings His Visual World to Sotheby's London, 2026
Photographs and PrintsJuly 02, 2026
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Hassan Hajjaj Brings His Visual World to Sotheby's London, 2026

The Moroccan British artist Hassan Hajjaj will bring his work to Sotheby’s in London this summer with a selling exhibition and a takeover of the…

Laocoön Bronze Leads Sotheby's £51.3M Old Master Sale in London
Fine ArtJuly 02, 2026
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Laocoön Bronze Leads Sotheby's £51.3M Old Master Sale in London

Old Master paintings and sculptures realised £51.3m / $68m at Sotheby’s in London on the evening of 1 July 2026 (est. £32.1m to 46.4m), the highest…

Phillips Presents 'St Ives: The Modern Coast', a Cornwall Modernism Exhibition
Modern British and Irish ArtJuly 02, 2026
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Phillips Presents 'St Ives: The Modern Coast', a Cornwall Modernism Exhibition

Phillips will present St Ives: The Modern Coast. The Artists Who Defined Modernism in Cornwall, a selling exhibition celebrating the legacy of the St…

Luxury Stocks Finally Rally With the Saleroom: LVMH, Hermès and Kering Jump 3%+, Chanel Buys Charvet, and a Record Tequila
Closing PriceJuly 2, 2026
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Luxury Stocks Finally Rally With the Saleroom: LVMH, Hermès and Kering Jump 3%+, Chanel…

The data read on luxury and collectibles, for systematic investors. Today's signal: agreement. For the first time in a while, both sides of the…

A Tale of Two Deals in French Luxury: Chanel Buys Charvet as Moreau Is Sold in Court, the Most Expensive Tequila Ever Sells at Auction, and Luxury Shoppers Outrun the Brands on AI
Open BidJuly 2, 2026
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A Tale of Two Deals in French Luxury: Chanel Buys Charvet as Moreau Is Sold in Court, the…

Your morning briefing on the luxury and collectibles markets. A tale of two deals frames the day: Chanel buys the 188-year-old Parisian shirtmaker…

Bonhams Presents Rare Medieval Royal Heraldic Embroideries, Est. £200,000 to 300,000
Works of ArtJuly 01, 2026
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Bonhams Presents Rare Medieval Royal Heraldic Embroideries, Est. £200,000 to 300,000

A pair of late medieval royal heraldic embroideries, likely linked to the Kingdom of Castile, is offered by Bonhams with an estimate of £200,000 to…

Same Split, New Quarter: the Luxury Equities Stay Soft, Watches of Switzerland Drops Its £3B Goal, and the Saleroom Keeps Setting Records
Closing PriceJuly 1, 2026
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Same Split, New Quarter: the Luxury Equities Stay Soft, Watches of Switzerland Drops Its…

The data read on luxury and collectibles, for systematic investors. Today's signal: continuity. The second half opened where the first closed, the…

Christie's Old Masters Set 7 World Records While a Contemporary Collection Flops Online with 55% Unsold; Lagerfeld's Sketches Come to Market at Sotheby's
Open BidJuly 1, 2026
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Christie's Old Masters Set 7 World Records While a Contemporary Collection Flops Online…

Your morning briefing on the luxury and collectibles markets. The second half of the year opens on the same split as the first: Christie's Classic…

7 World Auction Records Set During Christie’s Classic Week Evening Sales
Old MastersJune 30, 2026
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7 World Auction Records Set During Christie’s Classic Week Evening Sales

London – Marking the start of Christie’s Classic Week London summer sales, the Old Masters Evening Sale and <a href="https://www.christies.com/a

Carbon Emissions Reduced by 39% Since 2019 Baseline Year
Market NewsJune 30, 2026
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Carbon Emissions Reduced by 39% Since 2019 Baseline Year

London – In 2025, with YoY reductions across shipping, travel, IT and Publishing, Christie’s, the world’s leading art and luxury business, has…

As H1 Ends, the Two Luxury Markets Finish in Opposite Places; Kering Slides While Christie's Paris Jewels Double Their Estimate
Closing PriceJune 30, 2026
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As H1 Ends, the Two Luxury Markets Finish in Opposite Places; Kering Slides While…

The data read on luxury and collectibles, for systematic investors. Tonight, the first half of the year closes with the two markets we track in…

Saks Turns the Page on Bankruptcy as Exemplar Luxury Group; Prime Day Hits $26.4B but Inflation Tells the Real Story; the Last Affordable Ferrari
Open BidJune 30, 2026
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Saks Turns the Page on Bankruptcy as Exemplar Luxury Group; Prime Day Hits $26.4B but…

Your morning briefing on the luxury and collectibles markets. Today: Saks Global exits bankruptcy and rebrands as Exemplar Luxury Group; a record…

Auction-House Market-Share Analysis: Value vs. Volume
Market AnalysisJune 30, 2026
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Auction-House Market-Share Analysis: Value vs. Volume

Sotheby's extended its lead and Christie's slipped; Phillips owns watches; and the value and volume tables tell two different stories.

Category and Price-Band Analysis: The H1 2025 Rotation
Market AnalysisJune 30, 2026
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Category and Price-Band Analysis: The H1 2025 Rotation

The auction market traded down and broadened. Jewelry and watches held their value while fine art and handbags cooled. A read on where demand rotated.

Equity vs. Object: A Brand-Level Correlation Analysis
Market AnalysisJune 30, 2026
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Equity vs. Object: A Brand-Level Correlation Analysis

A share price values the company; an auction values the object. For Hermès they diverge; for Ferrari and Richemont they align. The gap is the signal.

Gooding Christie’s Amelia Island Auctions Sells Top Lot of Florida Car Week, the Ferrari California Spider, for $16.5+ Million; Achieves Impressive 94% Sell-Through Rate
Classic CarsJune 29, 2026
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Gooding Christie’s Amelia Island Auctions Sells Top Lot of Florida Car Week, the Ferrari…

Gooding Christie’s Amelia Island Auctions Sells Top Lot of Florida Car Week, the Ferrari California Spider, for $16.5+ Million; Achieves Impressive…

JOAILLERIE PARIS: La vente totalise 10 505 948€, double son estimation et clôture en beauté la luxury week de Paris après une vente handbags record, réalisant le montant total pour les deux ventes de 16 342 615€
Jewelry and GemsJune 29, 2026
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JOAILLERIE PARIS: La vente totalise 10 505 948€, double son estimation et clôture en…

Paris – La vente Joaillerie Paris, présentée en ligne du 16 au 26 juin, totalise 10 505 948€, Ainsi, avec 63%