A summer watching AI in the art market: record money the auction houses banked without shipping one tool, and 'certainty' sold from products that don't exist.

This week: AI collection-stewardship apps led by Attesté, designer-toy authentication with no AI, instant classic-car valuations, twin Christie's H1 figures.

The art market is courting AI-IPO wealth in the language of investment — and revealing how far it has forgotten what collecting really is.