In 1827, French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the earliest known surviving photograph with a camera obscura, a “dark room” that anticipated the camera and required an exposure of several days.

As we settle into a new year and a fresh auction season begins, the question looms: can the major houses turn the tide? Adrien Meyer selling the top lot of the evening, Rene Magritte’s L’empire des ...

The two biggest auction houses recently released their 2025 numbers, showing a 17 percent sales jump at Sotheby's and a nearly 7 percent rise at Christie's. Now, a year-end report from art market ...

Over the last several decades, whisky has emerged as an alternative investment asset class, albeit a rather controversial one. Concurrent with that development has been the growth of a secondary, $200 ...

Copart's strong market leadership and online auction platform drive its revenue growth, supported by a 37.7% market share in the online automotive auction market. US Domestic Auto Production ...

This year marks the third in a row of declining auction sales, down 44 percent, or over $3 billion, from 2022—and the lowest total in at least a decade, excluding 2020, CNBC reported. Sales of postwar ...

Foreclosure auction volume in the second quarter of 2025 increased 19% from the same period last year and reached a two-year high point, according to Auction.com‘s newest Auction Market Dispatch ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. BANGALORE, India, Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Online Salvage Auctions Market is Segmented by Type (Used Car, Salvage ...

ST. JOSEPH, MO (News-Press NOW) -- After 20 years in business, the St. Joseph Auction and Antique Mart will close its doors on Sept. 3. The 20,000-square-foot antique mall, located at 3600 S. Leonard ...