Art Market Monitor

Felix Salmon was kind enough to cover the Art Market Monitor in his wide-ranging financial blog Market Movers. Felix used one of our charts to make a point about the bubble-ish nature of the London market. But since his post, it occurred to me the same chart could be made clearer to differentiate the February, June and October sales. Later this month we’ll have a similar report on the Impressionist and Modern market. We also hope to have some illuminating graphs about the entire auction market, plus some interviews to get us through the August drought.

In the meantime, here’s the chart that Felix references. It’s still available in the pdf too.

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