Art Basel Hong Kong Sales Report

Now would not seem to be the ideal time to sell Jeff Koons's Rabbit; The Art Newspaper publishes its museum attendance survey; Art Basel Hong Kong sales report.

Is This a Good Time for Jeff Koons’s Rabbit to Sell?

This morning’s news that Christie’s would sell Jeff Koons’s Rabbit (1986) from S. I. Newhouse’s estate with an estimate between $50m and $70m was met with both surprise and sanguine expectation. Many of the reports made reference to the 2013 sale of Koons’s Orange Balloon Dog which set an auction recor…