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  "path": "/news/robust-sales-sothebys-phillips-suggest-art-market-upswing-1234750597/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T19:21:13.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.artforum.com",
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  "textContent": "The May 19 evening sales at top auction houses Sotheby’s and Phillips pulled in a combined $419.1 million, seeming to signal that the hitherto softening contemporary and modern art market is beginning to firm up again. Led by the record-breaking sale of a $48.4 million Matisse, the Sotheby’s evening sale took in $303.9 million, about […]",
  "title": "Robust Sales at Sotheby’s, Phillips Suggest Art Market Upswing"
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