Getting into auction season

If you have anything to do with art, it’s hard to miss the pressures that June brings with it for both buyers and sellers. Four auctions in the space of just one month makes the eco-system for art consumption appear quite healthy. In truth, a growing number of auctions is chasing what is still a very small base of collectors, putting stress on both — but the excitement is hard to miss too. 

Already, two auctions have concluded, Christie’s tidy 70-lots sale in London on June 12 (as well as another on antiquities and pre-modern art the same day) where the