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 ...

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 ...

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 car collecting market has seen a significant transformation in recent years, with auction trends playing a crucial role in shaping its landscape. From the rise of online auctions to a renewed ...

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 ...

Foreclosure auction volume in the second quarter of 2025 increased 19% from the same period last year and reached a two-year high point, according to Auction.com‘s newest Auction Market Dispatch ...

HONG KONG — A life-size Labubu figure has been sold in China for more than $170,000, a record for the highly sought-after toothy monster toy boosted by celebrities. The 4-foot-tall mint-green doll, ...

Auction sales have been declining for the third year in a row, as dealers, auctioneers and collectors ponder a deeper crisis in the art market. Auction sales for the first half of the year at ...