After lying unused for 50 years, it only took eight minutes of furious bidding by collectors for an exceptional yellow-gold Rolex Daytona “John Player” to sell for twice its estimate at Sotheby’s Geneva on Sunday.

If you followed this week’s annual Met Gala, you may have seen something interesting on display: the Bulgari Laguna Blu worn by

An excerpt from the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2023, which discusses prominent trends in the art market, including how it has fared in the face of economic uncertainty and what opportunities lie ahead for the coming year.

No matter how wealthy you are, it can still be hard to snag restaurant reservations at the hottest spots in the world – until now. 

In 2018, sales exceeding $1 million at the three auction houses yielded $7.44 billion. By 2022, they’d grown 9.5%, to $8.15 billion.