Dog Art: Christie’s and Sotheby’s Auction Round-Up

The bubble may have burst in the housing market but the sky’s not falling in the art world. Both Christie’s and Sotheby’s had stellar sales at their auctions this week. Artnet concludes Sotheby’s edged out Christies in sales, size, and sell through percentage. Dog art was hot at both.

George Rodrigue’s 2000 Blue Dog painting The Path of the Candles, estimated to sell for $80,000, went for $115,000 at Sotheby’s. At Christie’s, Tom Friedman’s Yarn Dog sold for less than its $180,000 estimate, but still found a buyer at an impressive $169,000. Sadly, Laughing Dog by Saul Steinberg did not find a home.