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Coming up, what's driving a $13.2 billion comeback for the art market?
Plus, a new home for Snoopy.
That's after the break.
After a two-year slump, buyers are once again paying eye-watering prices at the world's leading auction houses.
At Sotheby's and Christie's, sales topped $13.2 billion in 2025, up from $11.7 billion the year before.
Kelly Crowe, a Wall Street Journal reporter covering the art market, joins us now with more.
Kelly, let's break down these numbers.
You note that Sotheby's sales grew 17% to $7 billion in 2025, and Christie's sales grew 6% to $6.2 billion.
What's driving the comeback?
Who are these buyers?
How old are they?
Where are they from?
Do those changing demographics among buyers mean a different approach?
Walk us through some of the record prices for novelty objects like purses and dinosaur bones this year.
Are there high sales prices in new development?
That was The Wall Street Journal's Kelly Crow.
Kelly, thank you.
Thank you.
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