Two Legendary Collections Are Set to Dominate New York’s May Marquee Auctions

The London marquee sales—which closed at more than £364.4 million across the three major houses—were not even over yet when both Christie’s and Sotheby’s announced the top consignments expected to generate momentum in New York this May. As Katya Kazakina first reported in Artnet News, Christie’s secured a prized new trove of works from media mogul S. I. Newhouse for this spring. Among the multi-million-dollar trophy lots from the collection that will be auctioned in the first sale are masterworks...