Post-war Art

Post-war Art on the Czech Market 2014

The category of post-war modernism consolidated its position as the second most important segment on the Czech auction market last year and also an area that has enjoyed dynamic development in recent years. Of the 40 artist records last year, roug...

Buying Back

Czech Art on the International Market

<span lang="en-GB">Collectors and investors spent over CZK 100 million at global auctions of Czech artworks. </span><span lang="en-GB">One can only guess what the proportion of buyers from the Czech Republic was, but it was probably significant.</...

On the move

Czech Art Market in 2014

The year 2014 passed without any great changes or surprises on the Czech market. There was no shortage of record sales, but the total turnover was 10 per cent lower. A still life by Emil Filla was the most expensive painting of the year and Qi Bai...

ART+ Index in 2014

Index of Czech Art Auctions

<span lang="en-GB">The </span><span lang="en-GB">ART+ Index dropped 10 per cent last year and finished at 737.19 points. The index had been continually dropping since October 2013 and hit a two-year low in September 2014. At the end of the year, i...

The Best Year So Far

Czech Art Market in 2012

František Kupka’s painting Shape of Blue (Tvar modré), which sold for 57.42 million Czech crowns (close to 2.3 million euros) in April, became the most expensive work of Czech art ever sold at an auction, not only in the Czech Republic, but worldw...

Dorotheum (6th March 2010)

The auction of renaissance and baroque books collection became a sensation of Saturday auction arranged by the Dorotheum company.

Top 10 of the year 2009

The purchase of complete set of paintings rated among the top ten in 2009 would require 149 million Czech crowns.