New York marquee auction week
Mid-November· Christie’s & Sotheby’s, New York
Why the circuit stops here
The art market’s earnings season. The November evening sales in New York set the public price of the world’s most expensive objects, and of the estates being quietly settled behind them.
The money signal
$1-2B+ can hammer across a single fortnight of evening sales.
Book around the stop
with GetYourGuideBetween the evening sales, the same names hang in Chelsea’s galleries, a few blocks off the High Line.
- Private Chelsea galleries tourFive galleries in two hours, just your group.Check dates
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Journal
Latest dispatches and guides from this stop.
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Read articleWho's there
Trophy-lot bidders, estate lawyers, museum patrons with paddles.
How they arrive
- Private aviation is the default: expect FBO slots and hotel helipads to be the real constraint, not tickets.
On the calendar
Also in November: Melbourne Cup · Las Vegas Grand Prix