Saffronart Leads Indian Auction Results

US$28 million in 2021 sales leaves Christie’s, Sotheby’s far behind

Jul 18, 2021

∙ Paid

By: John Elliott

The auction market for modern Indian art has been doing well during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the big international auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s are not playing a leading role.

In the past four months, prices above US$5 million have been achieved on two works, establishing world records for Indian modern art and for their arti…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Asia Sentinel to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.