In 1827, French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the earliest known surviving photograph with a camera obscura, a “dark room” that anticipated the camera and required an exposure of several days.

Copart's strong market leadership and online auction platform drive its revenue growth, supported by a 37.7% market share in the online automotive auction market. US Domestic Auto Production ...

Adrien Meyer, Christie's global head of private sales, sells Magritte's "L'empire des lumieres" for $121,160,000 in November 2024. (photo courtesy Christie's) Public auction sales fell 25% in 2024 ...

This year marks the third in a row of declining auction sales, down 44 percent, or over $3 billion, from 2022—and the lowest total in at least a decade, excluding 2020, CNBC reported. Sales of postwar ...

The two biggest auction houses recently released their 2025 numbers, showing a 17 percent sales jump at Sotheby's and a nearly 7 percent rise at Christie's. Now, a year-end report from art market ...

Dynamo Phyllis Kao led Sotheby’s The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction, which scored a $178.5 million result with strong participation from Asia. Julian Cassady Photography / Ali After a ...