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AUCTION PREMIERE | Robert Mnuchin: Collector at Heart Evening Auction

14 MAY | NEW YORK

AUCTION PREMIERE | Robert Mnuchin: Collector at Heart Evening Auction

Experience the full ROBERT MNUCHIN: COLLECTOR AT HEART Evening Auction from May 14th, 2026 — a landmark evening for Contemporary Art to kick off The New York Sales this season. Led by Mark Rothko’s monumental masterpiece achieving $85.8M, the second-highest price ever for the artist at auction, the sale marked a defining moment in the market, the auction is a must watch.

The evening’s Contemporary Art sales totaled $266.8M. Collectors competed for exceptional works with standout provenance from esteemed collections including Robert Mnuchin, Gunter Sachs, Jean & Terry de Gunzburg, Jennifer Gilbert, and more. New artist records were set for Kenneth Noland, Ding Shilun, Joseph Yaeger, Yu Nishimura, and Florian Krewer, alongside major new benchmarks for Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Ed Ruscha, and others.

Tune in to see all the action as it happened live! Watch the full auction unfold from opening bid to final hammer.

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