The Baer Faxt Auction Database
A new essential resource for the art market
An unmatched trove of information that will enable the art industry to transact with unprecedented efficiency by revealing, in a simple-to-use search engine, who has historically bought or sought specific high-value artworks.
"It’s not enough for you in the business to know what a work of art sold for at auction. What’s more important is who bought it—or, perhaps even more valuable if you’re the one looking to sell, the data of who tried to buy it and didn’t get it."
- Josh Baer

25 Years' Worth of Auction Data
The Baer Faxt Auction Database’s sleek, simple interface features multiple pieces of information per result: artist name; artwork title; sale date; lot number (coded with the initials of the auction house); hammer price; buyer identity; and/or underbidder identity.
Used by art world professionals, The Baer Faxt Auction Database enables those who may have a similar work they wish to buy or sell, find interested parties, gather comparable prices, and locate collectors. It is also valuable to institutional curators, exhibition organizers, and other individuals seeking to research who has a specific artwork, or the historical stakeholders in a particular artist’s market.
The Baer Faxt Auction Database leverages over two decades of Josh Baer’s trusted onsite reporting at major seasonal sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips. Through 25 years of attending auctions (with 20 evening sales per year and 10 to 15 day sales), Baer has gradually collected thousands of bits of information on who bought or underbid on specific artworks.
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