Artnet Auctions has opened October with two online sales, and its specialists have singled out the artists and lots occupying them this month. Premier Prints and Multiples, the house's flagship print auction held just three times a year, is live for bidding from 1 to 15 October. Running alongside it, Important Photographs brings together a cross-generational selection of work by some of the medium's biggest names through 21 October. The leading lot in Premier Prints and Multiples is Raymond Pettibon's monumental hand-coloured lithograph Untitled (Hermosa Beach) from 2019, estimated at $120,000 to $180,000. It is the artist's most iconic subject among his sought-after prints, works that have consistently achieved more than $200,000 at auction. The sale also features strong work by women artists, including Elizabeth Peyton's spectacular monotype Kiss (Jackson + Ally, Bradley + Stephanie, A Star is Born) #1 from 2019, estimated at $60,000 to $80,000 — a piece the specialists cite for the experimentation and intimacy that make her portraits enduringly compelling. The October spotlight reflects how the autumn calendar once known as Print Week has gradually expanded across the month and increasingly across the whole year, even though many of the season's most important works continue to be reserved for the marquee print auctions this month. The IFPDA Print Fair itself is now held in February, leaving the October auctions as the month's focal point for collectors of prints and multiples. For Artnet Auctions, the two sales underline how the online platform has positioned October as a core season: flagship contemporary print offerings in the first half of the month, followed by a photography selection that spans generations of the medium.