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How Big is Big? Art Market Trends from ArtPrice

The Card Players by Cezanne sold privately for $250 million. The highest record at auction in 2011 was $57 million.

As you know from the previous post on the Chinese art market, the awaited report on trends in the market is out. As was pointed out recently in Forbes by Abigail Esman, these results ignore transactions in the private market, and hey, there was a pretty big one- a record-setting Cezanne that went for $250 million. Take that Zhang Daqian (and Jackson Pollock).

Here are some other insights provided by the report. Continue Reading »