Christie’s sells $1.1 billion in art in one night – with a little help from Nicole Kidman

year, after a series of rocky sales and global economic uncertainty cast doubt on demand for blockbuster works. Both auction houses have courted powerhouse single-owner collections, including those of Allen, Leonard A. Lauder and Pauline Karpidas, to inject the market with rare paintings from 20th-century artists that are getting harder to come by.continue reading …