BOSTON, MASS.- Invaluable, the worlds leading online marketplace for buying fine art, antiques and collectibles, and Phillips, a leading global platform for buying and selling 20th and 21st century art and design, today announced the launch of a new partnership to offer Phillips catalogs for online bidding on the Invaluable marketplace. Phillips will live-stream sales on Invaluable starting with Evening & Day Editions Including Works on Paper auction on April 25, 2016. With this news, Invaluables buyers from over 200 countries around the world will have access to bid in real-time in Phillips upcoming sales, both on Invaluable.com and through Invaluables mobile app.
I am very proud to welcome Phillips, one of the worlds top auction houses, to the Invaluable marketplace as we continue our mission to become the single destination marketplace for the most sought-after art and collectibles in the world, said Rob Weisberg, Invaluable CEO. We are very excited to officially launch the partnership by live-streaming Phillips Evening & Day Editions auction, which we know will be very popular with our clientele.
We are pleased to extend the reach of our auction sales globally through the Invaluable marketplace and its discerning buyers of fine art, said Megan Newcome, Director of Phillips Digital Strategy. Collectors are increasingly engaging with the art world online and this initiative is one more step in establishing Phillips as an international leader in auctions and innovation.
Phillips Evening & Day Editions Including Works on Paper auction will offer 346 lots, featuring works by icons of 20th century art, including Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Keith Haring and Roy Lichtenstein. A variety of media will be represented, from Yves Kleins Victoire de Samothrace to fluorescently inked screenprints by Keith Haring and KAWS, to both ceramics and works on paper by Pablo Picasso. The auction will also include a range of works by Cy Twombly created between 1969 and 1996, along with portfolios by Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt.
Highlights from the Evening Sale (lots 1-99), which starts at 6pm EDT on April 25, 2016, include Andy Warhols Moonwalk, 1987 (estimated at $200,000 - $300,000); Keith Harings Self-Portrait, 1989 (estimated at $120,000 - $180,000); Yves Kleins Victoire de Samothrace, 1962 (estimated at $100,000 - $150,000) and Keith Harings Retrospect, 1989 (estimated at $100,000 - $150,000).
Highlights from the Day Sale (lots 100-346), which starts at 11am EDT on April 25, 2016, include Joan Mirós LAstre du Marécage, 1967; Gerhard Richters Haggadah (P2), 2006; Takashi Murakami Snow Moon Flower, 2002 and Sol LeWitts Lines In Color on Color From Corners Sides and Centers to Specific Points on a Grid, 1978, all estimated at $10,000 - $15,000.