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2010 Art & Photography News Archive

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A great year for Canadian art: Heffel held exceptional art sales led by Lawren Harris

The firm, specialising in an underrated part of the art market, broke the $1m mark five times in 2010

Posted: 30 December 2010
Asian art Jadeite birds could soar to great heights in Beverly Hills

I M Chait's January sale will feature Ming dynasty iron figures, and an antique Steinway grand piano

Posted: 30 December 2010
Collecting tips for success - 'Here are some top collecting tips for the New Year'

2010's markets were filled with passion, pleasure and profit - and here's how you can benefit in 2011

Posted: 29 December 2010
The Story of... Syd Levethan and the 'world's finest' collection of English delft

17th-18th century English ceramics were the niche of this collector whose mantra was 'only the best'

Posted: 29 December 2010
Auction of Levethan's 'only the best' pottery collection could bring $2m

The world's finest British Pottery is going under the hammer at Christie's Americana Week 2011

Posted: 28 December 2010
Collected with a passion, Dennis Hopper's artworks sell at Christie's

Since his death in May 2010, collectors are keen to preserve cinema legend Hopper's art collection

Posted: 27 December 2010
Tiffany's ground-breaking silver and jewellery sells in New York

Christie's Americana Week 2011 in January continues with a $12m sale of rare Tiffany treasures

Posted: 26 December 2010
'Highly important and rare' African royal mask appears in $6.9m sale

This ivory mask from the Kingdom of Benin will go up for sale along with five important artefacts

Posted: 25 December 2010
Historic 17th-18th century furniture 'survivals' star in Americana Week 2011

Christie's series of large sales in New York includes an array of historic and valuable furnishings

Posted: 25 December 2010
Interview: antique tools collector David Russell reveals 'It's quite a responsibility...'

It began with a 1930s smoother, now David Russell could have the world's largest antique tools collection

Posted: 24 December 2010
Stunning Native American artworks could help bring $12m at Christie's

This rare and fascinating Deer Hide Woodlands Painted Shirt is among the highlights, next month

Posted: 24 December 2010
New Irish art sale offers a different look at Francis Bacon

This intimate portrait of the artist by his friend Louis Le Brocquy will be sold in February

Posted: 22 December 2010
Iconic Barack Obama 'Change' poster by Shepard Fairey sells at Bonhams

'I am privileged to be a part of your artwork' wrote the US President to the street artist...

Posted: 21 December 2010
'Earliest work' by top South African artist Marlene Dumas sells in London

Years before her works commanded six figures at auction, Dumas painted this for her student friend

Posted: 20 December 2010
Bonhams' art sale includes the 'master of the romantic highland landscape'

Alfred de Breanski's depictions of the Welsh countryside could sell for thousands, next month

Posted: 19 December 2010
Newly discovered collection of more than 40,000 comics sells in Dallas

The collector of this 'pedigree' trove of rarely-seen titles sourced them straight from the distributor

Posted: 19 December 2010
Barratt Collection of fine art and antiquities makes $4.9m at Christie's

The collection of art, furniture and other gems surpassed all expectations when it sold in London

Posted: 18 December 2010
Another World Record collectibles price smashed... By a $66,000 paperweight

The 'salamander' piece is scuttling to a new home following Bonhams' Fine Glass sale in London

Posted: 17 December 2010
'Good economic outlook' spells $1.9m success at US lamp and glass sale

Tiffany lamps starred among the coveted art deco rarities auctioned at James D Julia, this month

Posted: 17 December 2010
$7.66m blue and white Chinese Dragon Jar breathes life into Asian Art auction

The vase, sold at Bonhams, is the latest piece bearing the mark of Qianlong to cause excitement

Posted: 16 December 2010
Dreweatts' sale of renowned John Hobbs furniture raises £0.5m for legal fees

With a client list out of Who's Who, the famous furniture dealer's collection was an auction hit

Posted: 16 December 2010
Warhol and Basquiat star in art auction as Phillips de Pury remembers the '80s

The sale will look back on the decade that saw the birth of Apple computers, MTV and shoulder pads

Posted: 15 December 2010
Could messages in Mona Lisa's eyes hold 'the real Da Vinci Code?'

At least one expert thinks so... And this isn't the first 'hidden' art secret to emerge in recent times...

Posted: 14 December 2010
Punk rockers The Clash meet The Jungle Book at Bonhams' urban art sale

Some of the world's most famous graffiti and pop artists are going under the hammer in London

Posted: 14 December 2010
Roy Lichtenstein painting hidden for 59 years sells for $110,000

The Statesman had hung on a living room wall with its true value unknown until recently

Posted: 14 December 2010
New York photography auction featuring intimate JFK photos makes $150,000

The work by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton captured the Kennedy family's highs and lows

Posted: 13 December 2010
Phillip Keith, Bonhams senior valuer, talks Tribal Art and the collecting year ahead

Phillip Keith gives us an insight into his work at Bonhams and looks to the year ahead for collectibles

Posted: 13 December 2010
Playboy's 'Year of the Rabbit' art sale features the softer side of Salvador Dali

The artist's take on a Playboy Playmate smashed its estimate at the auction on Wednesday

Posted: 12 December 2010
Hartshorne glass collection for sale at Bonhams led by a $23,600 punch bowl

The finest collection of glass from a leading Sussex academic is to be auctioned

Posted: 11 December 2010
Alfred Sisley landscape painting achieves $1.77m ahead of Breguet's personal clock

Bords du Loing à Saint-Mammès was the overall star of Koller's winter auction season

Posted: 10 December 2010
Christie's scores World Record price at auction for a Cycladic marble figure

The sculpture dating to over three thousand years ago tripled expectations to bring $34m

Posted: 10 December 2010
Archibald Thorburn's painting, The Covey at Daybreak could sell for $236,000

A masterpiece by the Scottish artist who was vice-president of the RSPB is on offer in London

Posted: 9 December 2010
Manuscript offers collectors an insight into one of France's 'most admired artists'

The handwritten autobiography by artist Maurice Utrillo is set to sell at auction in Paris next week

Posted: 9 December 2010
Sotheby's auctions bust of 'the most beautiful youth in Rome' for $23.8m

The only known Classical depiction of Antinous, companion to Emperor Hadrian, has sold in NY

Posted: 9 December 2010
Batman returns... To the Cotswolds in $39,000 Detective Comics #27 sale

Holy alternative asset, Batman! The Caped Crusader could bring a comic seller a tidy profit, next week

Posted: 8 December 2010
Birds of America is still 'most valuable printed book ever auctioned' at $11.5m

Ornithologist John James Audubon's 19th century study flew to a World Record price at Sotheby's

Posted: 8 December 2010
The eyes of a child and a view of the Old West star at Christie's photography sale

Works by Irving Penn and Ansel Adams lead the way alongside images of famous artists

Posted: 7 December 2010
'Finest' religious stool by African Buli Master sets $7.5m World Record price

A masterpiece with remarkable provenance starred in Sotheby's auction of African & Oceanic art

Posted: 6 December 2010
China is world's 'third auction hub' after $409m Hong Kong sale

Christie's massive Chinese sale surpassed its rival Sotheby's, and has helped boost China's status

Posted: 3 December 2010
Russian Imperial family's table is Bonhams' $1.4m 'Tsar of the show'

The Imperial Winter Palace table brought four times its estimate amongst a collection of Russian art

Posted: 2 December 2010
Choose liquid assets: 'Think global with your collecting and the world is your oyster’

Quite frankly, there's never been a better time to invest in collectibles thanks to the global markets

Posted: 1 December 2010
'Lost' collectibles: our Top Five surprise collectible discoveries

From behind the sofa to buried underground, we take a look at some of the most remarkable finds

Posted: 1 December 2010
Painting 'bought for its frame' in Devon sells for $78,000 at Canadian art auction

It was bought in a Devon auction house, but ended up on the other side of the Atlantic

Posted: 1 December 2010
'Werewolf in London' topples King Kong in $1.48m movie poster sale

Collectors went ape for a rare Kong poster, but a famous wolfman growled its way to the top spot...

Posted: 1 December 2010
Alexander Yakovlev stars in Sotheby's $10.2m Russian art resurgence

Collectors hope that Sotheby's art auction, held in London signals a bright future for Russian art

Posted: 30 November 2010
All hail the Qing! $80,000 jade censer shows the Chinese art market is booming

As another Qing Dynasty item smashes its estimate, the Chinese market continues to grow

Posted: 30 November 2010
Controversy and legal action surrounds 'lost' $79m Picasso art collection

How this century's most important art discovery resulted in a police raid and ongoing dispute...

Posted: 30 November 2010
The life and death of JFK are captured in Bonhams' photography sale

Intimate photos of the President, along with his wife and even Marilyn Monroe all feature in the sale

Posted: 30 November 2010
This 'breathtaking' collection of art-deco furniture could raise $2.4m

A collection of specially-designed furniture will go under the hammer at Sotheby's, next month

Posted: 29 November 2010
Elizabethan miniature makes a big profit in Bonhams' $64,000 sale

This portrait of Queen Elizabeth I was amongst a charming collection of miniatures sold in London

Posted: 28 November 2010
Copy of 'the most valuable Superman comic of all time' appears at auction

While it can't boast the quality of the $1.5m Action Comics #1, this copy is worth tens of thousands...

Posted: 26 November 2010
Picasso's $66,000 plates could see collectors clear up in Paris

The two plates are amongst sketches and ceramics by the artists and his contemporaries

Posted: 26 November 2010
Rodchenko's Communist propaganda posters take a stand at $110,000

The 1925 posters celebrating the history of the Communist party are set to go under the hammer

Posted: 26 November 2010
'Cash from art': Bank of Ireland art sale shows investors the way forward

Here's a look at how the world's top mainstream investment firms are embracing alternative assets

Posted: 25 November 2010
Spot the masterpiece... Hirst and Gormley star in Christie's Miami Beach expo

One of Damien Hirst's iconic spot paintings is being previewed in the run-up to Christie's February sale

Posted: 25 November 2010
'World's greatest' Meissen porcelain collection brings $4.7m at Bonhams

The famous Hoffmeister Collection was sold over the course of three exciting and packed auctions

Posted: 25 November 2010
Artwork by 19th century's 'greatest maritime painter' could bring $80,000

This seascape by Alfred Thompson Bircher will star in DuMouchelles' upcoming sale on December 12

Posted: 24 November 2010
Frank Sinatra's Fabergé stamps box could fly to $67,600 in Russian Art sale

Once owned by the Come Fly With Me singer, this box combines Fabergé's love of art and stamps

Posted: 24 November 2010
Message in a bottle: World Record price confirms the strength of Chinese antiques

The Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese snuff bottles excited collectors in Hong Kong

Posted: 24 November 2010
Posters by legendary artist Toulouse-Lautrec light up New York auction

A collection of classic and important art nouveau posters is set to delight art collectors, next month

Posted: 24 November 2010
The amazing comic book collections of Jerry Robinson, creator of The Joker

Whilst superheroes and supervillains tried to eliminate each other, Robinson tried to preserve them all

Posted: 24 November 2010
Canada's most celebrated painters raise $3.1m at Joyner's fine art sale

The first of three Canadian art auctions this week brought impressive total sales in Toronto

Posted: 23 November 2010
Painting from the trip that 'made' William Turner could sell for $800,000

With nothing but borrowed money and pencils in his pocket, the young Turner journeyed to Wales...

Posted: 22 November 2010
Psychedelic Beatles portrait stars in record-breaking $7.5m Richard Avedon sale

Christie's sale of photographer Avedon's Paris works saw 65 of his iconic images go under the hammer

Posted: 22 November 2010
'World's largest' iron dragon defeated by Aristocrat's longbow at Japanese art sale

The triumphant £1.7m auction in London confirmed the strength of the Japanese collectibles markets

Posted: 20 November 2010
Numerous World Records broken at Christie's $23.3m Latin American art sale

Fernando Botero and Beatriz Milhazes were among the wealth of highlights at the New York event

Posted: 19 November 2010
The world of legendary photographer Richard Avedon comes to life in Paris

Works by the iconic photographer look set to bring up to $6m in Christie's unique sale on Saturday

Posted: 19 November 2010
'France's leading living artist' Pierre Soulages stars at Paris auction

Works by Soulages and Jean Dubuffet lead the way in the Artcurial modern art sale next month

Posted: 18 November 2010
Kaiser Wilhelm's painting of WW1 air ace the Red Baron flies to $9,360

Claus Bergen's depiction of Manfred von Richthofen's squadron starred at Bonhams & Butterfields

Posted: 18 November 2010
Alan Moore's 'greatest graphic novel' The Watchmen could bring $15,000

Original artwork by David Gibbons from Moore's famous saga is going under the hammer at Heritage

Posted: 17 November 2010
Chewing the scenery... Skull relics of a lost cannibal tribe could bring £10,000

Two 'Ancestor' skulls from the Indonesian Asmat tribe will go up for auction next week in Germany

Posted: 17 November 2010
MacDougall's follows its June $17m 'Russian art boom' with new sale

Eastern European art stars including Ivan Shishkin and Natalia Goncharova are auctioning, next month

Posted: 17 November 2010
Easy rider, shrewd investor... Dennis Hopper's art collection sells for $10m

The late actor's passion for emerging artists led him to build a collection of modern masterpieces

Posted: 16 November 2010
What’s the secret behind the billion dollar boom in the collectibles markets?

We look at why globalisation is the magic ingredient in a recent tide of World Record auction sales

Posted: 15 November 2010
Treasure hidden in an attic for 30 years breaks World Record in £53.1m sale

A Chinese vase found in a house clearance is now the most expensive piece of Chinese art ever sold

Posted: 12 November 2010
Mesmerising silver-gilt and enamel tankard leads Russian art and antiques sale

Paintings, fine glassware and even icons will also go under the hammer in Germany tonight

Posted: 11 November 2010
POP! Christie's sets new $42.6m world auction record for Lichtenstein

Ohhh...Alright... broke the world auction record for a Lichtenstein, in front of bidders all over the world

Posted: 11 November 2010
Superman battles the Joker for a $1m prize at ComicConnect's rare comics sale

The original art work from the Golden Age of comic books could set a World Record price

Posted: 11 November 2010
The contemporary and Egyptian art collections of Dr Mohammed Said Farsi

Through his work as townplanner for the thriving city of Jeddah, Mayor Farsi fell in love with culture

Posted: 10 November 2010
The Story of... Playboy on the auction block

Why Hugh Hefner's magazine is a top source for collectibles... (Warning, this article contains nudity)

Posted: 10 November 2010
The ultimate junk shop find? Sybil Andrews artwork could bring £15,000

The piece was originally bought at a church fete in Wellington, New Zealand... for just £20

Posted: 10 November 2010
The Year of the Rabbit: Photography and art from Playboy goes under the hammer

Christie's sale features Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot, and even a painting by Salvador Dali

Posted: 9 November 2010
Unseen for 100 years... Jawobide's Peek-a-boo could bring £200,000

A surprise painting discovered in a private Athens collection could sell for six figures in London

Posted: 9 November 2010
Johnny Van Haeften art expert: 'Old Masters' values have gone up and up'

Mr Van Haeften reveals how a passion for the Old Masters led him to swap stamp collecting for art

Posted: 8 November 2010
Bonhams to sell portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, by his valet and friend

Although this painting carries a low estimate, we look at a Napoleon piece which sold for far more...

Posted: 7 November 2010
Henri Matisse and Juan Gris World Record prices star at $2.4m Christie’s art sale

The art markets are still going strong, as Christie's New York evening art auction nets millions

Posted: 6 November 2010
Actor James Mason's collectible memories of Yorkshire auction at Bonhams

Artworks depicting the Julius Caesar star's humble origins up North are for sale in Chester, UK

Posted: 4 November 2010
'We will not hesitate' says Qatar Sheikh on possible Christie's buy

As Christie's enjoys success in the Middle East, a new deal could change the game completely...

Posted: 4 November 2010
Art which inspired Richard Attenborough anti-war film sells in London

A print by CRW Nevinson used in Attenborough's Oh What A Lovely War will auction at Bonhams

Posted: 3 November 2010
The Story of... How Christie's conquered the markets in Dubai

Here's how the global auctioneer challenged preconceptions and pioneered collecting in the UEA...

Posted: 3 November 2010
Unusual £70,000 Charlie Chaplin portrait strikes a pose at London auction

This uncharacteristic photograph of Hollywood's famous silent star is a highlight at Phillips De Pury

Posted: 3 November 2010
Video of the Week: Donald Duck battles Batman at Heritage's comics and art sale

With world-class comics from all ages and Carl Barks paintings, the auction should prove unmissable

Posted: 3 November 2010
World Record price set for Modigliani in $227m sale at Sotheby’s

One of the artist's 1917 nudes has broken the auction record for his works, set only months ago

Posted: 3 November 2010
Sotheby's estimates Titian's 'monumental' Madonna with child at $20m

Last exhibited in 1978, a work by the old master who inspired Rembrandt is to be sold in New York

Posted: 2 November 2010
Casino mogul's auction should prove that art collecting isn't a gamble

Lichtenstein and Basquiat are for sale along with other highlights from Steve Wynn's collection

Posted: 1 November 2010
Watch case 'influenced by art' appears at Antiquorum's Geneva auction

This 18th century Swiss pocket watch made for the Oriental markets is a unique highlight at the sale

Posted: 1 November 2010
'Milestone' for South African art as Irma Stern brings $3.8m Word Record price

It was also a great day for Bonhams, despite an unhappy phone call from Nelson Mandela's lawyer...

Posted: 28 October 2010
Paintings of vintage Ford cars by a Coronation artist will auction at Bonhams

Terence Cuneo's works, each dated to 1947, are going under the hammer in December

Posted: 28 October 2010
French heroine Nikopol battles Hergé's Tintin at Paris comics sale

'Museum quality' art from Enki Bilal's iconic Nikopol Trilogy is for sale alongside Hergé's boy reporter

Posted: 26 October 2010
Great War aviation paintings could ascend to big prices in San Francisco

World War One art by the likes of Claus Bergen, Kaiser Wilhelm's Marine Painter, is flying to auction

Posted: 26 October 2010
Oliver Reed stars in first-ever auction of photographer Alistair Morrison

With Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton among his fans, two Morrison works are on the market

Posted: 26 October 2010
It stands alone... A unique model shows the original design for Nelson's column

Used by the original architect to illustrate his vision, the prototype contrasts with the final result

Posted: 25 October 2010
A pop icon arrives... Warhol's 'Big Campbell's Soup Can' will sell in New York

Christie's is auctioning Andy Warhol's first painting to have been shown in an American museum...

Posted: 22 October 2010
Damien Hirst sketches auction in London, a week after his $7.4m Frieze sale

Don, a doorman, and three friends from a drunken night in Soho could benefit from Hirst's magic

Posted: 20 October 2010
How to collect art: 'Here are two ways in which you can profit by collecting art'

Whether you're a budding Saatchi or want a 'sure thing' investment, there's something out there for you

Posted: 20 October 2010
Video of the Week... The 'lost Michelangelo painting' hung on a family's wall

Could the Kober family have really been in the possession of genuine Michelango all these years...?

Posted: 20 October 2010
Centuries old 'fully-articulated' iron dragon lights up Bonhams' Japan art sale

This 18th-19th century example of jizai okimono - moving iron figures - will be a must-see in London

Posted: 19 October 2010
'Painting was gentler on her arthritis-stricken hands than needlework...'

We look at two collectible female artists who didn't pick up a paintbrush until their Autumn years...

Posted: 19 October 2010
‘$300m Michelangelo’ painting is found behind a sofa in New York

The work, which has survived the odd hit from a tennis ball, is winning over sceptics

Posted: 18 October 2010
Charlotte’s Web catches a World Record price for its classic illustrations

Garth Williams's drawings for the much-loved children's book sold for $780,245 at Heritage

Posted: 18 October 2010
Freud's naked portrait of pregnant Jerry Hall triples its auction estimate

An odd collaboration between Mick Jagger's ex and the 'greatest realist painter' has brought £600,000

Posted: 18 October 2010
Warhol's Green Car Crash scores a $71.1m World Record price at Christie's

The pop artist's dark satire of the 1960s mass media is once again all over the newspapers...

Posted: 18 October 2010
Juan Gris's 'favourite' $25m artwork should live-up to the hype in New York

One of the most significant Cubist still-lifes ever to come to auction will be sold by Christie's...

Posted: 16 October 2010
Christie's will auction the $4m 'creative genius' of Georges Seurat in New York

A rare and valuable group of Seurat's studies and drawings will sell from a private collection

Posted: 14 October 2010
Jewad Salim art sets $384,000 Iraqi World Record price in Dubai

Bonhams' auction saw total $4.4m sales in the UAE, as the country's investors continue to embrace art

Posted: 14 October 2010
Demi Moore auctions her $1m Bouguereau painting at Sotheby's

William Bouguereau's Frere et Soeur could net the Hollywood actress great returns, next month

Posted: 13 October 2010
Jeff Koons's 'most important outdoor sculpture' could bring $16m at Christie's

Formerly a Berlin landmark, this monumental Koons work will sell from the renowned Daimler collection

Posted: 12 October 2010
'Rising value' is the name of the game at Bonhams' South African art sale

'This area of the market is strong and has the most potential for growth,' says the auction house

Posted: 12 October 2010
Sotheby's estimates Francis Bacon's gift to his doctor at £6m

Figure In Movement, the late artist's homage to his beloved game of cricket, is for sale at Sotheby's

Posted: 12 October 2010
Two Tintin 'museum pieces' bring more than €300,000 in Paris auction

Bidders at Artcurial's special Hergé auction boosted the values of two historic artworks on Saturday

Posted: 12 October 2010
Why ‘Banksy Vs The Simpsons’ offers you a great future collectible investment

As the UK street artist makes his debut Simpsons cameo, we tip a future asset with great potential...

Posted: 11 October 2010
Emin, Hockney and Andy Warhol works lead contemporary art auction, next week

Hockney's composition Autumn Pool will appear alongside Warhol's version of Munch's The Scream

Posted: 8 October 2010
George Stubbs's Broad Mares and Foals could canter to £15m at Sotheby's

Dated to 1767, one of Stubb's exception equine-themed paintings is up for auction in London

Posted: 6 October 2010
Artist from the famous Eskenazi collecting family auctions in London

Collaborative art by Daniel Eskenazi and the Sackler-endorsed Kate Daudy will be sold by Bonhams

Posted: 5 October 2010
$25 million Warhol painting leads art auction, ahead of a classic Lichtenstein

The Pop Art classics Coca-Cola [4] Large Coca-Cola and Ice Cream Soda will sell at Sotheby's

Posted: 4 October 2010
An antique bible, Dr Seuss and vintage artworks lead exciting New York auction

National Book Auctions is set to provide an unmissable sale for collectors, later this month

Posted: 4 October 2010
'I had more action than Mount Vesuvius!' - The legacy of screen legend Tony Curtis

Following the Some Like It Hot! star's death last week, Curtis's legacy is set to live on in collectibles

Posted: 4 October 2010
'No crisis here' say Lehman Bros' creditors after £1.6m art and memorabilia sale

Collectibles once owned by the collapsed investment bank caused 'mass hysteria' among bidders

Posted: 30 September 2010
Collectors can buy the lifestyle of an architect at this Paris auction

The furniture, art and architectural models of Le Corbusier and other design legends is up for sale

Posted: 29 September 2010
How To... Understand antique map-printing

When the printing press was created, one of the first wishes was to be able to see the world...

Posted: 29 September 2010
Video of the Week... Gandhi launches 'the biggest fight of his life'

While rare and historic Gandhi photographs head to Bonhams, we look at the great leader's influence

Posted: 29 September 2010
Bonhams to auction £200,000 iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution

Never before seen at auction, this table from the Russian Imperial Winter Palace is up for sale

Posted: 28 September 2010
Tintin 'museum piece' could bring €30,000 in Paris Hergé auction

No fan of Belgium's beloved boy reporter will want to miss this chance to own Cigars of the Pharaoh

Posted: 28 September 2010
Collectors bid £60,000 for Philip Larkin tribute 'Toad' sculptures

After beguiling residents of the UK city of Hull for 10 weeks, these wacky sculptures leapt to auction

Posted: 27 September 2010
Julie Mehretu's $1 million 'Untitled 1' leads Lehman Bros art auction

The Ethiopian artist proved that art remains a great asset at Sotheby's $12 million New York sale

Posted: 27 September 2010
Recently discovered Hitler artworks could bring £150,000 at UK auction

Dating from his days as a struggling artist in Vienna to the 1930s, the Nazi leader's art is up for sale

Posted: 27 September 2010
Art by Picasso and close friend Cocteau brings £500,000 at Bonhams

Drawings, pastels and ceramics have been sold by the late Gucci founder Severin Wunderman

Posted: 24 September 2010
Helmut Newton's photographs could be like a rag to a bull for collectors

This series of images dated to 1961 document Spain's most famous national sport, bullfighting

Posted: 23 September 2010
Damien Hirst to feature at Christie's Contemporary Art auction for Frieze Week

Hirst's work will sell along with Gerhard Richter, Kelley Walker, Andreas Gursky & Mark Bradford

Posted: 22 September 2010
Moorcroft pottery auction makes a record £348,000

Exceptional prices are witnessed in the largest single owner pottery collection to come to auction

Posted: 22 September 2010
Bonhams to unleash Rare Ancient Egyptian Hippo on Collectors at Antiquities Sale

A collection of animals linked to the worship of Egyptian Gods is to auction in October

Posted: 21 September 2010
Chinese ceramics & art from the Arthur M Sackler collection net a total of $34.8m

The New York auction was a fitting end to Christie's Asian Art Week with 82% of all lots sold

Posted: 21 September 2010
Thomas Jefferson stands taller than the Eiffel tower at Bonhams' auction

A census signed by the third President leads the sale over some classic photographs of France

Posted: 21 September 2010
Christie's New York auction sees new house record of $3.3m for online sale of rare Chinese bronzes

The Sze Yuan Tang bronzes saw a total of $20.75m at Asian Art sale and set a new record

Posted: 20 September 2010
Copy of Photograph from John Lennon's last ever magazine photo shoot to auction

Annie Leibovitz image of the Beatles star for Rolling Stone magazine is up for sale next month

Posted: 20 September 2010
Depictions of India by a pioneering British photographer to sell

A collection of images by the much celebrated Andrew Neill are on offer at Bonhams

Posted: 18 September 2010
How do you furnish a £199m flat with collectibles?

With news that the Candy brothers have sold a £199m flat, we imagine how to furnish it

Posted: 17 September 2010
Rare Picasso works worth over £6m to be sold in October auction alongside Hirst and Warhol

Four pieces by the Cubist painter go on sale next month and could see record prices

Posted: 17 September 2010
Important collection of Chinese Archaic Bronzes to auction at Christie's

The Anthony Hardy collection of Sze Yuan Tang Bronzes is to sell in New York later today

Posted: 16 September 2010
Bonhams launches new department for contemporary and historical Irish art

After ending an alliance with another dealer, it will sell paintings and sculpture from Ireland from 2011

Posted: 15 September 2010
Chinese Emperor's Imperial Jade Dragon Seal could reach record price

A stunning piece of China's history is expected to make millions at Bonhams' November sale

Posted: 15 September 2010
Success as Freeman's Asian Arts Auction sales reach over £1.3 million

32% of the Chinese collectibles at the event sell for prices above their high estimate

Posted: 14 September 2010
Dazzling Nepalese and Tibetan figures lead Christie's into their Asian art week

Great works from Buddhist traditions highlight the Indian and Southeast Asian Art auction

Posted: 13 September 2010
James Hamilton Hay paintings lead fine art and antiques sale

Four works by the 20th century British artist go under the hammer this week

Posted: 13 September 2010
Furniture by Modernist pioneer Jacques Adnet auctions in Paris

Minimal forms, sleek lines, the simplest industrial materials... It's all for sale at Aguttes next month

Posted: 9 September 2010
'Uncared for'... Plight of the Victorian poor auctions at Bonhams

19th century artist Augustus Edwin Mulready's paintings of his era's social issues are up for sale

Posted: 9 September 2010
'Admiral Lord Nelson's most important medal - and how it can bring you wealth'

It's amazing how often 'thinking outside the box' can bring you massive rewards in all areas of life

Posted: 8 September 2010
Fine collection of Japanese status symbols comes to auction in London

The extensive selection of inro and netsuke cases is 'breathtaking in quality and quantity'

Posted: 8 September 2010
Supermodel Jerry Hall's '$2.3 million' art collection auctions at Sotheby's

Hall is 'letting go of the past' as her amazing art collection goes under the hammer, next month

Posted: 7 September 2010
Carved Buddhist sculpture leads art and antique timepieces auction

This Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva, and a 19th century French solar system timepiece, will sell on Sunday

Posted: 6 September 2010
'Most comprehensive' private Egyptian art collection auctions at Christie's

Worthy of the greatest museums, the collection of Dr Farsi is auctioning in Dubai, next month

Posted: 6 September 2010
Museum-worthy view of Jamaica could bring £80,000 at Bonhams

One of only two views of Jamaica painted by John Lynn is going under the hammer in London

Posted: 4 September 2010
Iconic photograph of Keith Richards to auction online for charity

The silkscreen-on-canvas shot of the Rolling Stones guitarist will be sold to benefit sick children

Posted: 3 September 2010
Bidders could shout 'Geronimo' when this signed Warhol goes to auction

The eminent pop artist's depiction of Geronimo, the Native American leader, is auctioning next week

Posted: 2 September 2010
Some of the earliest photographs of Fiji will auction priced at $20,000

An expedition by three British brothers into the heart of Fiji resulted in a series of historic photos

Posted: 1 September 2010
Anarchy auctions in the UK: collectible punk art hits London

Get your safety pins at the ready for Toby Mott's new exhibition of historic punk artworks

Posted: 31 August 2010
Beverly Hills auction promises rare and unique Eastern Art delights

Here's Why IM Chait's August 29 Asian and International Fine Arts Auction is not to be missed

Posted: 28 August 2010
Bonhams will auction 'the father of Modern Arab Art' in Dubai

Iraq's Jewad Selim is among the stars of Middle Eastern Art offering new opportunities to collectors

Posted: 27 August 2010
Andy Warhol, Dennis Hopper and Ahmet Ertuğ photographs to sell in London

Philips De Pury has invited you to consign images to its upcoming November auction

Posted: 26 August 2010
Art investments: Bankers & India's wealthy embrace Qi Baishi and Damien Hirst

Today's reasonably-priced art can be tomorrow's fortune - as India's millionaires are finding out

Posted: 25 August 2010
Christie's brings fine Japanese and Korean art to New York

An exceptional selection of Asian art, modern and traditional, will come to auction next month

Posted: 25 August 2010
Is there value in art collecting? Of course - just ask a corporate banker

We unveil the ongoing discreet love affair between the world's largest banks and collectible art

Posted: 23 August 2010
Near-unique chandelier by grand master leads Dorotheum art auction

The piece by Boulle is set to star ahead of Old Master and 19th century paintings in Vienna

Posted: 19 August 2010
Three star lots set to shine brightest in a galaxy of unique pieces on sale this week

At the half way point in the two day auction of collectibles, the best is yet to come...

Posted: 19 August 2010
George Leslie Hunter and Anne Redpath lead £1.25m Scottish art sale

Beautiful still life paintings were the order of the day, with many works exceeding their estimates

Posted: 18 August 2010
The Stamp and Art collections of Kerby Confer

The Pennsylvania-born DJ broke the world record for a rare stamp sale - but his first love was Donald Duck

Posted: 18 August 2010
Stranger than fiction: weird and wonderful Pulp art auctions at Heritage

With online bidding now closed, there are still plenty of must-see lots in the US auction's saleroom

Posted: 17 August 2010
Why Frank Auerbach is set to shine at Bonhams' sale of 20th Century British Art

Make a note in your diary for an extra special British art sale later this year...

Posted: 17 August 2010
Civil war letters and classic children's books to sell in New York

A discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation will auction alongside Maurice Sendak autographs

Posted: 16 August 2010
Major contemporary art sale to raise funds for gallery

An archive of acclaimed artist Edward Bawden's works is to be funded by a London auction

Posted: 16 August 2010
Rago's December auction promises an unforgettable end to 2010

Consignments are now being taken for the auction house's next art and unique collectibles sale

Posted: 14 August 2010
Art from another world - fascinating tribal carvings are to sell

The wooden sculptures created in Mali, Nepal, Congo and the Philippines come from several collections

Posted: 11 August 2010
Video of the Week... Beaumont Newhall and the History of Photography

We look at the man thought of by many as the founding father of photographic art and history

Posted: 11 August 2010
Freeman's sells estate of Andy Warhol-admired designer Joseph S Sorger

The unmissable and extensive single-owner auction is scheduled for October 5, in Philadelphia

Posted: 10 August 2010
'Northern Light' 19th century artist John Martin stars in Bonhams sale

Famed for his dramatic landscapes and apocalyptic scenes, Martin goes to auction next month

Posted: 10 August 2010
Pioneering American photographer John Karl Hillers' works head to auction

His images show an extraordinary record of a Native American world about to change forever

Posted: 10 August 2010
Batman does battle in US comics auction - but did he beat his $1.075m World Record?

Bruce Wayne would be proud, as another Detective Comics #27 achieves a staggering sum

Posted: 9 August 2010
Christie's to auction bankrupt Lehman Brothers' $3m art collection

Old Master Thomas Luny and Modern Brit artist Gary Hume will be among the sale's highlights

Posted: 9 August 2010
'Lost and forgotten' art collection worthy of Smithsonian auctions in US

The 'intensely personal' collection of a former Eastman Kodak president is for sale at John W Coker

Posted: 9 August 2010
Christie's announces that sales figures are up for the first half of the year

Worldwide sales figures from New York to Hong Kong show a 46% rise

Posted: 8 August 2010
Eye-popping classic pulp and fantasy art auctions at Heritage

With some lots estimated at $50,000, forgotten vintage sci-fi classic art is on sale this month

Posted: 8 August 2010
Art markets are going strong, as Sotheby's 2010 profits rise by $12.2m

According to the auction house, most of its extra revenue has come from successful art auctions

Posted: 7 August 2010
Bonhams auction celebrates two of Scotland's finest women artists

Anne Redpath and Dame Elizabeth Blackadder are strongly represented in the year's Scottish Sale

Posted: 4 August 2010
Your chance to buy unique contemporary artworks at Sudeley Castle

From a jar of skulls to a jug poured by an invisible hand, some extraordinary sculptures are available

Posted: 4 August 2010
Collectors can set their tables with Picasso plates at Bonhams

Over £100,000 of plates and dishes designed by the 20th century's greatest artist are for sale

Posted: 3 August 2010
Bids for Batman's first comic book appearance reach $500,000

Heritage believes the copy on offer is the second nicest ever, following its record-breaking sale

Posted: 2 August 2010
Charles Herbert Woodbury painting could sail to $35,000 in US auction

A master of compositions of the coast and sea, the US painter will star in James D Julia's sale

Posted: 2 August 2010
'Ansel Adams' negatives could be worth $200m - but are they really his?

Some sceptics claim otherwise, including members of the American photographer's family

Posted: 30 July 2010
Posters auction offers iconic images from James Bond to Halloween

Collectible film posters and lobby cards are set to impress at Heritage's memorabilia auction, on Sunday

Posted: 30 July 2010
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood is set to 'Paint It Black' at his US art exhibition

An Art Gallery in Ohio, is hosting an exhibition which could be ideal for 'a man of wealth and taste...'

Posted: 30 July 2010
India's thriving rich are set to invade the collectibles markets

The number of India's millionaires is up 51% in 12 months - and they're investing in art, stamps and even ancient swords

Posted: 29 July 2010
Raúl Martínez’s Pop Art of the Cuban Revolution finally hits New York

With Che Guevara among his subjects, Martínez was a star of Cuba's 1950s abstract art scene

Posted: 29 July 2010
Artworks by celebrated naturalist Roger Tory Peterson auction in New York

Renowned among ornithologists and bird-watchers, Peterson's paintings will be sold by Christie's

Posted: 28 July 2010
Video of the Week... Bugs Bunny's first-ever screen appearance

Today in 1940, the iconic rabbit made his first appearance - so here's a look at cartoon collectibles

Posted: 28 July 2010
Vast collection of artworks by Jean Cocteau will auction at Bonhams

Picasso and Edith Piaf are among the subjects in French filmmaker Cocteau's incredible paintings

Posted: 27 July 2010
You can own every Mouton Rothschild from 1945-2005, labelled by Picasso

All of the wine's vintages over 50 years are for sale, decorated by the 20th century's greatest artists

Posted: 27 July 2010
€120,000 Krachkovsky Iosif landscape leads Russian art sale

The painting will appear alongside one by Timofeev Vasilii in Monaco next week

Posted: 26 July 2010
Luxury collectibles markets are continuing to boom in 2010

A new RICS survey has reported a rise in prices during the second quarter of the year

Posted: 25 July 2010
Art and books from Down Under could go 'up over' their auction estimates

Sunday's auction of art and books at Leonard's in Sydney could see big prices for Australian art

Posted: 24 July 2010
Iconic Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin artworks exhibit in San Francisco

As artworks by Storm Thorgerson display in the US, here is some memorabilia for fans of '70s rock

Posted: 23 July 2010
Signed Mattisse sketch from 1903 could bring €80,000 in France

Le Repos Du Modele, autographed by Matisse himself, will star in Boisgirard et Associés' August sale

Posted: 23 July 2010
Frydlender's $40,000 Smoking Sinai stars in New York photography sale

You have until August 12 to consign photographs to Phillips de Pury's forthcoming auction

Posted: 22 July 2010
Green Lantern movie lights up Comic-Con 2010, but his comic is worth $100,000

While Hollywood dominates this year's Comic-Con, there is still plenty of value in vintage comics

Posted: 22 July 2010
Unique $19,837 Joseph Porcelli lamp doubles its estimate at auction

The sale 'marks an important turn in collectors' interests,' says US auction house James D Julia

Posted: 22 July 2010
Portrait 'linked' to Marie-Antoinette and Leo Tolstoy is priced at €80,000

This circa-1800 portrait of nobility, painted by a friend of the Queen of France, will sell in Belgium

Posted: 21 July 2010
Our expert Reyne Haines prepares her 20th Century Design auction

A November auction of art, furniture and jewellery at Michaan's is in Reyne's safe hands

Posted: 20 July 2010
Our Top Five... Photographs to appear on the 2010 markets

Here are some of the most striking images to emerge on the markets over the past six months

Posted: 20 July 2010
'Owning the $2.9m Inverted Jenny stamp is, like, 'Whoopee' - but this is... different'

Multi-million stamps are no match for owning original Disney art, says collector Kerby Confer

Posted: 20 July 2010
Unique Qianlong ram and rider stars in Christie's $3.9m design sale

From the renowned collection of Walter Lees, this 18th century model trotted to $556,686

Posted: 20 July 2010
Warhol and Basquiat to star in Christie's $10m Dennis Hopper art sale

The renowned collection of the legendary actor-artist is going under the hammer in New York

Posted: 19 July 2010
Winnie the Pooh and Adam Smith triumph at Sotheby's auction

The 'bear of very little brain' and the Scottish economist appeared alongside a deck plan for the Titanic

Posted: 18 July 2010
George Leslie Hunter's £150,000 Colourist painting comes alive at Bonhams

The artist's Still Life will star alongside other Scottish art by Samuel Peploe and Francis Cadell

Posted: 16 July 2010
'Is Russia Winning China Too?' will be the $6,000 question in New York

This iconic 1939 cover art from the Saturday Evening Post is going under the hammer, next month

Posted: 15 July 2010
Edvard Munch's Madonna brings incredible £1.3m record at Bonhams

It's now the most expensive print ever sold in the UK, and the second most expensive in the world

Posted: 14 July 2010
The Story of... President Lincoln's photographer, Alexander Gardner

The Scot who photographed Lincoln days before his death - and then photographed his assassins

Posted: 14 July 2010
Tiffany lights up 'finest and most diverse' glass and lamps sale

Sold for $109,250, this 22" drop head dragonfly table lamp starred in James D Julia's US auction

Posted: 14 July 2010
The $45,000 painting of Admiral Nelson's most glorious victory

Today, the 1798 Battle of the Nile remains one of the greatest victories in British Naval history...

Posted: 13 July 2010
Historic photography auction gives collectors plenty to smile about

The recent sale of the Eaton S Lothrop Jr Camera collection was a big success over in the US

Posted: 12 July 2010
The Force is strong at sale of $17,500 Darth Vader helmet

Unique reimaginings of the iconic Star Wars villain's head went up for auction, last weekend

Posted: 12 July 2010
McTear's art auction could 'Quench' the thirst of collectors

Next week, McTear's host a contemporary art auction - with a number of pieces from Peter Howson OBE

Posted: 11 July 2010
Treasures from Princess Diana's family estate star at Christie's

The estate raised £21.1m from art and collectibles during Sotheby's & Christie's Old Master's Week

Posted: 10 July 2010
Portrait of Charlie Chaplin's favourite Spanish star could bring £200,000

A painting of Raquel Meller, 'the 20th century's greatest Spanish actress,' will auction in London

Posted: 9 July 2010
Princess Diana's Rubens and $45m Turner lead Master Paintings Week

Sotheby's and Christie's are stoking the art markets, with a World Record price for a Turner

Posted: 8 July 2010
The Bride of Frankenstein looms large in movie posters auction

Heritage's sale offers images from classics including Dracula and The Wizard of Oz

Posted: 8 July 2010
'Three' Andy Warhols to appear in Stephen Verona's sales exhibition

Limited editions of Warhol's humorous 1977 photograph, Signing, will be for sale at this LA expo

Posted: 8 July 2010
Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles and Picasso star in amazing photography auction

Works by one of the most recognised and influential figures of photography are auctioning in Paris

Posted: 7 July 2010
Revealing the £1m transport memorabilia collections of Malcolm Guest

A young railway obsessive's collection of posters and ephemera are today surprisingly valuable

Posted: 7 July 2010
Silver wine-cooler 'as big as a bathtub' sells for £2.51m

Belonging to a man Churchill described as 'fractious and gallant,' the piece headed a £14m auction

Posted: 7 July 2010
Why investors are increasingly turning to Collectible Investments

Capgemini & Merrill Lynch report that high net worth individuals are returning to 'investments of passion'

Posted: 7 July 2010
'Dynamic' Orientalist art achieves World Record prices in France

Art values are multiplying for Eastern-inspired paintings by Jose Cruz Herrera and others

Posted: 6 July 2010
Remarkable Elephant Parade saunters past £1.8m in London

The painted pachyderms were huge at auction, especially one painted by Jack Vettriano

Posted: 6 July 2010
Christie's contemporary art sales boom to 139% above 2009

Jules de Balincourt and Roy Lichtenstein led the auction house's end-of-season sale, last week

Posted: 5 July 2010
Old Masters rule over London's art markets, all this week

Over the next five days, Sotheby's and Christie's are holding sales for Master Paintings Week

Posted: 5 July 2010
Collectors prepare to 'use the Force' at Darth Vader art sale

The Star Wars villain's head had been reimagined by some of the world's top underground artists

Posted: 3 July 2010
Anker and Grohé art sets World Record prices in Zurich

And Koller's auction also revealed that 19th century furniture could be the big new collecting niche...

Posted: 2 July 2010
Andy Warhol's Elizabeth Taylor portrait smashes estimates at £6.7m

Silver Liz appeared alongside record-breaking works by Koons and Boetti in London, this week

Posted: 1 July 2010
Elephant sculpture sells for nearly £1m at Sotheby's sale

...and this weekend a 'parade' of elephants will be auctioned for charity in London

Posted: 1 July 2010
Frank Auerbach stars in Bonhams' £2.8m British art sale

Auerbach's painting of his lover and long-time muse, Estella, sold for £860,000, yesterday

Posted: 1 July 2010
British artist's portrait of his estranged children is priced £60,000

Divorced artist Sir Herbert James Gunn was forced to paint his children during their visit to the zoo...

Posted: 30 June 2010
Cheeky Marilyn Monroe pop art brings $31,250 in New York

Ron English's Large Marilyn Red Peach starred at Philips de Pury's exceptional FILM auction

Posted: 30 June 2010
John Brewster Jr art brings six times its estimate in New York

Valued at just $18,000, an iconic portrait by the famous deaf American artist sold for $60,000

Posted: 29 June 2010
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s painting of ‘psychic influence’ brings $63,000

The story of the Sherlock Holmes author, ghosts of dead WWI soldiers, and an Australian painting...

Posted: 28 June 2010
Piero Manzoni's €40,000 'oil and tar' painting auctions in Berlin

One of the more unique 1950s works by the master ironist will go under the hammer, next month

Posted: 27 June 2010
Andy Warhol's £20,000 'Liz' stars with Munch and Picasso in London

The pop artist's portrait of Elizabeth Taylor is one of three famous muses for sale at Bonhams...

Posted: 26 June 2010
Christie's holds Britain's biggest art auction, led by Picasso's The Absinthe Drinker

Works by Klimt, Van Gogh and Matisse also starred in the Impressionist and Modern Art sale

Posted: 24 June 2010
First colour version of Munch's Madonna to sell priced £700,000

Featuring his femme fatale mistress, Dagny Juel, this iconic work is set to auction next month

Posted: 24 June 2010
Unseen Michael Jackson photographs to auction in Paris

Amazing images taken of the King of Pop by Arno Bani in 1999 will sell at Pierre Bergé & Associés

Posted: 24 June 2010
Manet self-portrait sells for £22m World Record price at Sotheby's

Joined by historic works by Matisse and Derain, the sale heralds an extraordinary London art season

Posted: 23 June 2010
The art collections of a 'thief' and an 'honest man': Ambroise Vollard

A gifted dealer who supported, wrote about and traded in the greatest artists of his era

Posted: 23 June 2010
Dennis Hopper and Andy Warhol star in New York FILM auction

Phillips de Pury's incredible sale will explore the links between art and cinema, this Thursday

Posted: 21 June 2010
Manet and Matisse open London's 'most thrilling art sales season - ever'

Sotheby's says the future is bright for the art markets, as it prepares tomorrow's £148m auction

Posted: 21 June 2010
Unique Afghan figurine to auction in Geneva priced $37,232

Inspired by Indian and Greco-Roman art, this Kushan Empire figurine will be sold in Switzerland

Posted: 21 June 2010
Elton John's 'Cigarette Girl' sells for £25,200 in London

A classic Art Deco statuette consigned by the singer starred in Bonhams' Design from 1860 sale

Posted: 20 June 2010
Ernest Hemingway's first-ever book sells for $21,600 at Swann

A limited First Edition of the American writer's debut auctioned alongside Andy Warhol in New York

Posted: 18 June 2010
Daniel Garber auction success shows 'resilience' of art markets

Sold for $457,000 above its $300,000 estimate, Garber's Old Farm in the Hills starred at Freeman's

Posted: 17 June 2010
Historic atlas with a 'Royal secret' auctions in New York

Swann will sell a 17th century map by Richard Blome alongside art by Jean Saudé, later today

Posted: 17 June 2010
Revealing the £500,000 ceramics collection of Marie Antoinette's sister

The most comprehensive Italian porcelain collection ever come onto the market will sell in London

Posted: 17 June 2010
Inside the Impressionist art collections of Henri Canonne

The inventor of the throat sweet is also remembered for his gathering of works by Monet, and other masters

Posted: 16 June 2010
McLaren F1 'ArtCar' designed by César to auction priced €2.5m

With a pantheon of artists including Warhol and Jeff Koons, the ArtCar phenomenon continues...

Posted: 15 June 2010
Modigliani's €43.2m Tête sets a World Record price for the artist

The sculpture, sold by Christie's in Paris, is now the most expensive artwork ever sold in France

Posted: 15 June 2010
Sketches for 'the most iconic painting in golf' auction at Bonhams

Tomorrow, collectors can bid on these 1841 artworks of the Earl of Eglinton and other luminaries

Posted: 15 June 2010
Chinese libation rhino horn charges into California auction

Valued at $50,000-70,000, this piece of Asian heritage will make a big impact at IM Chait

Posted: 14 June 2010
France's biggest-ever Asian art auction nets €13.2m

A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus starred in the country's largest multiple-collection Asian art sale

Posted: 14 June 2010
William Bouguereau stars in Christie's $11.7m art auction

The French artist achieved his 2nd-ever highest price at auction - Pietà, 1876, sold for over $2.7m

Posted: 11 June 2010
Andy Warhol's iconic Silver Liz will auction priced $1m

An artistic 'meeting' of two of the greatest '60s icons, Liz Taylor and Warhol, is for sale at Christie's

Posted: 10 June 2010
'One of the most beautiful' 1970s French watercolours brings €37,535

Artist Hugo Pratt's work depicting the most of his most-famous comic creation auctioned in Paris

Posted: 10 June 2010
Memorabilia from 'the most beautiful store in the world' sells at Bonhams

That's how the Sunday Times described fashion store Biba in 1975, now appearing at auction

Posted: 9 June 2010
Video of the Week... Collectors can get 'Lost' in the show's memorabilia

Fancy owning Sawyer's glasses or a Dharma Initiative van? Look no further than this Hawaii auction...

Posted: 9 June 2010
Archaic and rare Chinese bronzes to auction at Christie's

The Anthony Hardy Collection, including this $600,000 Shang dynasty wine vessel, is up for sale

Posted: 8 June 2010
Comics news: Hergé's Tintin framed at Paris auction for €244,000

Various highly collectible pieces have sold at an auction themed on Tintin and creator Hergé

Posted: 8 June 2010
Picasso's autographed 'Don Quixote' art is priced $6,000

If you're on the lookout for an entry-level buy, this rare print by the 20th century master is a must-see

Posted: 8 June 2010
Monet and Klimt join Picasso for 'London's most valuable art auction ever'

The Absinthe Drinker, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's collection, heads an extraordinary sale at Christie's

Posted: 5 June 2010
Christie's $294m Asian art sale scores 50 World Records

'The art market in Asia is healthier than ever,' says the auction house following massive success

Posted: 4 June 2010
Bonhams to offer Alexander McQueen's 'Queen of the night' dress

From the late British designer's 2007 collection, the amazing dress is priced £12,000-18,000

Posted: 3 June 2010
Frank Furness's $20,000 watercolours star at Freeman's Book auction

The influential work of renowned Victorian architect Frank Furness starred in this Philadelphia sale

Posted: 3 June 2010
Print of the only photo of John F Kennedy with Marilyn Monroe to sell

Showing the star in her 'Happy Birthday' dress, the image evaded the clutches of the Secret Services

Posted: 3 June 2010
'Three Little Pigs' by Mexico's greatest artist goes to market

With a high value of £21,000, farmyard animal-themed art by Francisco Toledo will sell in Mexico

Posted: 3 June 2010
Marc Newson's Event Horizon table could pull in $350,000

Furniture by the Australian artist known for his unusual concepts will auction in New York

Posted: 2 June 2010
Spectacular and rare bronzes appear at Bonhams

A unique bronze model of a barge horse by Isidore Jules Bonheur is among the sale's highlights

Posted: 2 June 2010
Video of the Week... Louise Bourgeois, the woman who inspired Modern Art

Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley and Stella Vine discuss the art and life of the radical French artist

Posted: 2 June 2010
'It's not been a bad life...' - a look at Dennis Hopper's memorabilia

Hopper wasn't just a Hollywood hell raiser, and his collectibles reveal different sides to the man

Posted: 1 June 2010
Tintin's adventures at Paris auction could bring €25,000

A first edition Tintin adventure, #1 and signed by artist Hergé himself, is for sale at Artcurial

Posted: 1 June 2010
Andy Warhol's 'Reigning Queen' sells with rare maps at Swann

The pop artist's depiction of Queen Elizabeth II will auction alongside collectible manuscripts in June

Posted: 31 May 2010
Bonhams to auction $600,000 Frank Auerbach painting

Works by Auerbach, once called the most exciting painter since Sir Francis Bacon, will sell in London

Posted: 31 May 2010
Darth Vader's $15,000 helmet strikes back in Philadelphia

Star Wars art is for sale at Freeman's, customised by some of the best-known underground artists

Posted: 31 May 2010
Unique David Bomberg painting drops a bomb at £200,000

So dedicated was the artist, that he got lost among 10,000 tons of bombs to produce this incredible work...

Posted: 30 May 2010
Exceptional £25,200 sale for Peter Lanyon painting at Bonhams

Sold for way above its pre-sale estimate of £2,000-3,000, this pen and ink work certainly made its mark

Posted: 29 May 2010
World Record prices at Bonhams' £5.8m snuff bottle sale

Made by some of China's best artists, these valuable luxury treasures auctioned in Hong Kong

Posted: 28 May 2010
Five new World Record prices in Christie's $16.8m Latin art sale

Frida Kahlo's Survivor, depicting a lonely Mexican, brought $1.2m and was the top lot in New York

Posted: 27 May 2010
Bonhams unveils the £250,000 Chinese snuff bottle

The World’s Greatest private collection of these ‘miniature masterworks’ will auction in Hong Kong

Posted: 26 May 2010
Laurencin's 'arabesque' art could sell for €200,000 in Paris

A number of important artists and a Francisco Bores collection will feature in Artcurial's June sale

Posted: 25 May 2010
Rare glass 'Botanical Upright Cube' paperweight sells for $3,250

Freeman's is the latest high profile auction house, after Bonhams, to sell collectible glass paperweights

Posted: 25 May 2010
The Asian Art collections of Arthur M Sackler

The psychiatrist whose collection and philanthropy toward medicine and art are legendary

Posted: 25 May 2010
Early Picasso could bring £1m at Bonhams

With news that another Picasso has been stolen following the Paris theft, one goes under the hammer

Posted: 24 May 2010
Picasso Popeye photograph sells for £12,600 at Bonhams

The Andre Villers classic beat David Bailey's picture of Lawrence Olivier at the London auction

Posted: 21 May 2010
What does the €100m Picasso theft mean for the art markets?

We examine the potential consequences of the €100m theft of Picasso and Matisse works in Paris...

Posted: 21 May 2010
Collectible c.1850 paperweight sells for £67,200

Bidders from the USA, Europe and Israel competed for these rare and unique glass art specimens

Posted: 20 May 2010
Sale of 'fraudster's' Rubens painting could bring $300,000

The collection of the controversial dealer Lawrence B Salander is auctioning at Christie's in June

Posted: 19 May 2010
The stamp and art collections of Joseph Hackmey

The businessman who owns a van Gogh and the most expensive newspaper in the world

Posted: 19 May 2010
€120,000 Battle of Lepanto painting auctions at Sotheby's today

Andries van Eertvelt's depiction of the Ottoman Empire's landmark victory will sell in Amsterdam

Posted: 18 May 2010
Rare General James Wolfe portrait marches to auction, priced £120,000

Bonhams is selling a remarkable painting of Wolfe's 1759 British assault on Quebec, in July

Posted: 18 May 2010
Roni Horn's Iceland photographs collection to sell at Swann

Volumes of works showing the artist's obsession with the island country will auction on Thursday

Posted: 18 May 2010
Andy Warhol self-portrait brings World Record

The haunting work from the artist's last days reached a remarkable $32.6m at Sotheby's

Posted: 17 May 2010
Picasso plate could serve up £15,000 in London

This singular piece of art history will be handed to collectors at Bonhams' first dedicated Picasso sale

Posted: 15 May 2010
Eager bidders pay £2.3m for a Chinese Jade collection

A finely carved vase trounced its estimates to bring £580,000 in a London auction

Posted: 14 May 2010
David Bailey's Laurence Olivier portrait to sell at Bonhams

'He drank two bottles of champagne, and his nurse had to help him up the stairs,' said Bailey

Posted: 13 May 2010
The Adventures of Tintin in... Paris?

From €50 to six figure sums, a wealth of books and art by Hergé is on offer in France

Posted: 13 May 2010
World Records set at Christie's $292m New York Art sale

'There's no question that the market is healthy,' says Christie's, after Warhol and Lichtenstein sales

Posted: 13 May 2010
Jasper Johns' flag raises to $28.6m at Christie's

As iconic as Picasso and Warhol, Johns' famous painting sold from the collection of Michael Crichton

Posted: 12 May 2010
£150,000 Lanskoy stars alongside Bulatov in London

Bonhams' Russian art sale in June promises a number of important works by the nation's artists

Posted: 11 May 2010
Botero's Woman on a Horse sculpture may ride to $1.2m

Equine-obsessed Fernando Botero will sell alongside Frida Kahlo in a Latin American art auction

Posted: 11 May 2010
Greatest portrait medal collection in decades goes under the hammer

Michael Hall's fascinating collection was sold in London, with lots achieving five-figure sums

Posted: 11 May 2010
Elton John's £30,000 'Cigarette Girl' lights up Bonhams

A classic Art Deco statuette consigned by the singer will appear at the 'Design from 1860' auction

Posted: 10 May 2010
'$100m da Vinci' ex-owner threatens to sue Christie's

The work was sold for a fraction of that price in 1998, after a supposed misidentification

Posted: 7 May 2010
$28.6m for Matisse's Bastille Day Bouquet

The vibrant painting headed a strong Impressionist and Modern Art sale at Sotheby's

Posted: 6 May 2010
$722,500 Marc Chagall stars alongside Picasso's World Record

The Russian-born painter sold at Christie's, while Picasso once again became the world's #1 artist

Posted: 6 May 2010
$9,000 for a picturesque journey from Geneva to Milan

This popular 19th century work by Gabriel Lory (the younger) is a good buying tip for collectors...

Posted: 6 May 2010
$106.5m Brody Picasso is new #1 World Record artwork

Picasso's masterpiece overtook Giacometti's $104m L'homme qui marche I, bronze in New York

Posted: 5 May 2010
$25m Matisse leads Impressionist and Modern Art sale

Works by Picasso and Monet will also feature in the outstanding New York auction

Posted: 4 May 2010
'Decadent' 1920s German costume designs sell for $19,200

Walter Schnackenberg loved high fashion and flighty women, as shown in his auctioned portfolio

Posted: 4 May 2010
Edvard Munch's 'Sick Child' is valued at $165,840

Munch's 1896 colour lithograph is among the big names in this Swedish contemporary design auction

Posted: 1 May 2010
Thurston Hopkins and Wolfgang Suschitzky photos star at Bonhams

Fine and historic examples of photojournalism will be auctioned in London, next month

Posted: 30 April 2010
Rembrandt's Flight into Egypt sketch brings $72,000

The circa 1653 Rembrandt Van Rijn etching highlighted Swann's New York sale on Tuesday

Posted: 29 April 2010
Sampson and Horne's legacy is a £1m auction success

After 40 years of trading, legendary antique dealership Sampson and Horne sold its entire stock

Posted: 29 April 2010
Banksy pays band with £200,000 painting

A group which lost their name to his film has received a valuable 'apology' from the graffiti artist

Posted: 28 April 2010
Picasso, Warhol and Chagall set record prices at Christie's

They sold alongside Edvard Munch's Madonna, one of his most mysterious images, in New York

Posted: 28 April 2010
€10,400 Von Stuck horse sculpture to appear in Geneva

This two-of-a-kind work by the Münchner Secession founder will race out of the paddock in Switzerland

Posted: 27 April 2010
Picasso to auction in New York priced $60,000

The art market's biggest selling artist will be one to watch in Swann's New York auction, later today

Posted: 27 April 2010
Queen's portrait painted by youngest royal artist

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been painted by Rupert Alexander.

Posted: 27 April 2010
Svedomsky stars in $4.9m Christie's Russian art auction

Returning with the Captives, the artist's signed canvas, sold for well above its high estimate

Posted: 26 April 2010
The $37,000 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 'ghost' painting

The Sherlock Holmes author bought this painting while mourning the death of his son in WW1

Posted: 26 April 2010
Native American 19th century suitcase priced $60,000

This unique decorated commercial leather case will auction with sculpture and art at Skinner

Posted: 25 April 2010
Signed Paul Nash woodcut could bring £6,000

Nash's The Bay, 1923, will auction alongside wonderful children's cartoons by Ben Nicholson

Posted: 25 April 2010
Damien Hirst brings $92,000 in Christie's bid to save the Earth

The auctioneer's Green Auction raised $1.4m, attended by Salma Hayek, Ted Danson and others

Posted: 23 April 2010
Teenager's Damien Hirst doodle brings £14,640

A signature, skull, shark and butterfly scribbled on notepaper brought 10 times its estimate at auction

Posted: 23 April 2010
Terrick John Williams painting sets £144,000 World Record

Sold for more than six times the artist's previous highest value, the artwork auctioned at Bonhams

Posted: 23 April 2010
Chagall art promises a £1.8m 'Revolution' at Bonhams

A rarely-seen painting by Marc Chagall, one of the foremost artists of the 20th century, will sell in June

Posted: 22 April 2010
Damien Hirst art could sell for $90,000 in Green auction

The artist's All You Need is Jealousy butterfly work will fly into the star-studded charity event

Posted: 22 April 2010
Frans Francken sells for €7.02m World Record

The most expensive Old Master painting sold in Austria to-date went under the hammer at Dorotheum

Posted: 21 April 2010
'Hours before the auction, I got a call from Robert Crumb - who claimed his pages had been stolen!'

David Tosh, Comics Cataloguer at Heritage, tells us about the day he almost incurred the wrath of a legendary American artist...

Posted: 21 April 2010
The Collections of Michael Hall

The Californian actor, dealer and collector of medallic art

Posted: 21 April 2010
$41,125 Yavapai Apache pot leads American Indian sale

This circa 1900 Yavapai Apache olla with figural decorations was the star lot at Cowan's

Posted: 20 April 2010
£300,000 Bouzianis leads London Greek art sale

The 2010 Greek art market starts here, as Bonhams hopes to build on its successful 2009

Posted: 20 April 2010
Cadell's 'definitive' Colourist painting auctions in Edinburgh

Estimated at £60,000, Francis Cadell's iconic landscape of tiny Iona island will sell at Bonhams

Posted: 19 April 2010
Munch, Johns and Warhol's Mickey Mouse star at Christie's

Total sales at the Christie's Prints & Multiples auction, later this month, are set to reach $7m

Posted: 19 April 2010
Warhol's eerie self-portrait for $15m

One of five versions of the haunting work from one year before the artist's death will star at Sotheby's

Posted: 19 April 2010
Magician's memorabilia could spark magic at auction

Props and manuscripts owned by the late, legendary Jay Marshall will go up for sale in Chicago

Posted: 18 April 2010
£234,000 Mughal hookah brings 20-times its estimate

This gilt-decorated 18th century vase sold for well above its £8,000-12,000 value at Bonhams

Posted: 16 April 2010
Rembrandt's $50,000 'Christ' appears at Swann

The great painter's etching of Jesus will sell alongside his 15th century self-portrait, later this month

Posted: 16 April 2010
Sir Joseph Banks’ Collecting Cabinets priced A$350,000

The renowned science patron's cabinets feature in a world-class single owner collection at Bonhams

Posted: 16 April 2010
$314,500 Moroccan dancers lead Irving Penn photography sale

Penn's captivating 1972 photograph of two Guedras was the star lot at Christie's, earlier this week

Posted: 15 April 2010
£3m price expected for Qianlong's jade elephants

The miniature carved animals, which belonged to a Chinese Emperor, are set to be huge at auction

Posted: 15 April 2010
Vivienne Westwood 'Donut' photograph could sell for £15,000

The punk fashion designer and Malcolm McLaren's ex will cause a stir at Bonhams, next month

Posted: 15 April 2010
$30,000 Goodridge Roberts art leads Canadian auction

The renowned artist will feature alongside Lise Gervais and other leading lights in a Vancouver sale

Posted: 14 April 2010
The Collections of Viktor Zuckerkandl

The Viennese industrialist and art collector who made Klimt's work possible

Posted: 14 April 2010
$8,000 Steinway piano in 'studio art' auction

Paintings, prints, sculpture and other treasures will feature in Skinner's sale, starting tomorrow

Posted: 13 April 2010
Edward Hopper's 'Locomotive' could steam to $60,000

It will auction alongside Stuart Davies, Toulouse-Lautrec and other art icons at Sotheby's New York

Posted: 12 April 2010
Gertrude Stein's letters to Picasso up for sale in Oxford

The writer's correspondence and rare editions of her published works will auction at Bonhams

Posted: 12 April 2010
'Most respected' Scottish artist's work valued at £30,000

Gemmell Hutchison's Message In A Bottle 'is quite the best I've ever seen by the artist,' says expert

Posted: 12 April 2010
George Washington letter could command $35,000 in New York

And an early Abraham Lincoln autograph, from his days as a lawyer, will also be judged by bidders

Posted: 11 April 2010
$8,000 baby carrier will sell among Native American treasures

Samuel T Freeman & Company will hold its auction of early American art and design, next week

Posted: 9 April 2010
Portrait of Michael Jackson offered for $5.4m

This oil painting of the King of Pop by an Australian artist is on sale, via the web auction site eBay

Posted: 9 April 2010
$35m for an exceedingly rare 1890s Munch masterpiece

Edvard Munch's Fertility is being sold at public auction for the first time ever, at Christie's next month

Posted: 8 April 2010
'God of ceramics'' collection to auction at Bonhams

Antique teapots, plates and tankards will be among Geoffrey Godden's rarities, up for sale in June

Posted: 8 April 2010
Miniature of a 19th century Scottish hero sells for £12,000

A small portrait of Sir Pulteney Malcolm was the top lot in Bonhams' Fine Portrait Miniatures auction

Posted: 8 April 2010
Jeremiah Theus portrait sells for a record $94,400

A new high value for the US artist's work was among the record prices at Brunk Auctions

Posted: 7 April 2010
Unique Edvard Munch Madonna at Bonhams

One of the earliest known impressions of the world-famous work could fetch £700,000

Posted: 7 April 2010
Video of the Week

Reyne Haines, the internationally respected appraiser, looks at what draws people to collecting antiques

Posted: 7 April 2010
When Jeff Koons and BMW motor racing collide...

The renowned artist is unveiled his racey new project - using a BMW M3 GT2 as his canvass

Posted: 7 April 2010
$150,000 photograph leads Christie's special Irving Penn auction

Cuzco Children from 1948 is among the star lots among three decades of Penn's seminal works

Posted: 6 April 2010
Lamp inspired by World War Two weapons designer priced at £5,000

The legacy of metalworker Edgar Brandt, known for his WW2 mortars, will grace a Birmingham sale

Posted: 6 April 2010
The extraordinary investment power of Superhero comics

With three World Record sales in 2010 already, we look at the value of collectible comic books

Posted: 6 April 2010
Phillips de Pury auctions a celebration of African art

A new sales exhibition in New York will mark African art's huge impact on the 2010 art market

Posted: 5 April 2010
Mark Hill, Cracking Antiques interview: 'Who wants to have the same home as everyone else...?'

Mark Hill, star of Cracking Antiques, the BBC's new antiques and interiors show, chats exclusively to Paul Fraser Collectibles

Posted: 3 April 2010
World's 'most important' posters to auction in New York

A once-in-a-lifetime selection of valuable historic art will be sold by Poster Auctions International

Posted: 1 April 2010
$47,800 for a poster from Fritz Lang's film masterpiece, Metropolis

This artwork from Lang's 1930s classic, consigned by Metallica's Kirk Hammett, sold at Heritage

Posted: 31 March 2010
Record breaking Ned Kelly painting sells for A$5.4m

Sidney Nolan's painting of the notorious outlaw is now Australia's most valuable auctioned artwork

Posted: 31 March 2010
Archduke of Austria portrait priced at $6,200

This is your last chance to purchase passed unique collectibles lots from Rago’s recent sale

Posted: 30 March 2010
Elvis, The Beatles and David Beckham art is egg-ceptional

Celebrities have been immortalised as eggs in time for the Easter bank holiday weekend

Posted: 30 March 2010
The $150m collection of Mrs Sidney F. Brody

Including Picasso, Matisse and Giacometti, here is one the world's greatest private collections

Posted: 30 March 2010
Video of the Week

Here is one of the most remarkable things you'll ever see: the Lord's Prayer engraved on a pinhead

Posted: 30 March 2010
Buddha statue sits on $2.3m at Christie's

Asian art continues its ascent in the collectors' markets, this time at an antique art sale in New York

Posted: 29 March 2010
Chinese treasures bring more great results for Asian art

An 18-19th century ivory and carnelian-mounted ruyi sceptre starred at Freeman's auction

Posted: 29 March 2010
Princess Diana’s Rubens for sale in $29m Spencer estate auction

From the childhood home of the People's Princess, this Peter Paul Rubens painting is up for sale

Posted: 29 March 2010
Reyne Haines, Antiques Roadshow interview: 'Buy it - or someone else will'

Reyne Haines, US Media personality and Paul Fraser Collectibles Expert, talks about her collecting passions

Posted: 29 March 2010
Some free expert advice for your Russian art

Collectors in Europe can have their Russian artworks valued many miles from Moscow, in Belgrade

Posted: 29 March 2010
African art creates a £2.6m splash at Bonhams

South African Art continues its march onto the world stage, as a collectible art form and investment

Posted: 25 March 2010
'Bored' Brad Pitt forgets to mention his love of Banksy

According to reports, Pitt has forgotten that art collecting is one of the best ways to ease boredom...

Posted: 25 March 2010
$1.2m Raza painting sale heats up Asian art market

A successful Christie's sale of unique Asian art is the latest to create a buzz among art collectors

Posted: 24 March 2010
Legendary Wild West photography for sale at Swann

Valued at $30k, Ansel Adams' beautiful and historic California landscape auctions tomorrow

Posted: 23 March 2010
Pete Doherty: blood, art and rock 'n' roll

What do Doherty, Bob Dylan and John Lennon have in common? They've each moonlighted as artists

Posted: 23 March 2010
Carla Bruni 'racey' photograph sells for £8k

Sold alongside a £361k Allen Jones lingerie advert, Bruni starred in a London art sale

Posted: 22 March 2010
Out of nowhere – the first appearance of The Flash brings $450k

Heritage has re-sold the fastest man alive's first comic appearance, from the world's finest collection

Posted: 22 March 2010
'Sumptuous' old master paintings for sale in Vienna

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri and Tina Blau are among the highlights at Dorotheum's auction

Posted: 21 March 2010
€25k sci-fi classic leads Paris comics sale

The famous star of Enki Bilal's 1980s Nikopol comic trilology did battle at Artcurial's sale, earlier this month

Posted: 19 March 2010
20th century British art makes World Records at Bonhams

A Helen Bradley painting sold for a record six-figures, alongside a £524k Sir Alfred James Munnings

Posted: 19 March 2010
Andrew Lloyd Webber to sell £40m Picasso

The 1903 work will make one of the most exciting sales in decades, according to Christie's

Posted: 18 March 2010
US Institution buys Henry Miller archive

The collection, which was to be auctioned as part of the Roger Wagner library was sold by private treaty

Posted: 18 March 2010
$73k Enwonwu leads 'first' US African art sale

The first commercial auction of African contemporary art ever held in the US took place, last week

Posted: 17 March 2010
The Story of... David Bailey, the '70s Glam rocker and $1m

As Bonhams' sale of Bailey's works continues, we look at one of his most off-the-wall photoshoots

Posted: 17 March 2010
The Top Three... Biggest selling artists at auction

We take a look at last year’s global Big Three: Picasso, Warhol and... someone called Baishi

Posted: 17 March 2010
Sex and art collide at explicit London auction

Carla Bruni and Helena Christensen will star in a sale of 'concept challenging' erotic artworks

Posted: 16 March 2010
Classic Picasso could bring $90m

Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust is headed for Christie's after decades hidden from public view

Posted: 15 March 2010
'I engrave between heart beats, when I am perfectly still'

Graham Short, who inscribed The Lord's Prayer on a pinhead, tells Paul Fraser Collectibles of his amazing craft

Posted: 15 March 2010
Today in History... The first Roman Emperor is assassinated

March 15, 44 BC: 'Beware the Ides of March' - Julius Caesar is stabbed to death in the Senate

Posted: 15 March 2010
The Story of... The Admiral who burned down the White House

The portrait of a man who lead a retaliation attack on the US's capital will auction next month

Posted: 13 March 2010
€409k sculpture leads amazing 'factory art' sale

Compiled by a factory owner to boost his workers' morale, this art collection was a hit at auction

Posted: 12 March 2010
Bizarre 'boat-car' sculpture for sale in the US

An unusual artwork will appear for sale alongside the world's earliest known flying automobile...

Posted: 12 March 2010
Editor's comment: Middle Classes on the march

Two billion extra by 2030, says Goldman Sachs

Posted: 11 March 2010
Exceptional 1980s comic art for sale in Paris

This amazing drawing by Edwin Charles Tubb, priced at €17k, is up for sale at Artcurial

Posted: 11 March 2010
Revolutionary Fidel Castro photograph sells for £4k

Castro's entry into Havana, in 1959, was captured by the leading Cuban Revolution photographer

Posted: 11 March 2010
$15k Charlie Chaplin poster lights up Heritage

Artwork for the silent screen legend's brilliant 1919 film, Sunnyside, will appear at auction

Posted: 10 March 2010
Out of Africa... and into the US art market

The first commercial auction of African contemporary art ever held in the US begins tomorrow

Posted: 9 March 2010
$24k Ocean Liner poster leads vintage travel sale

Aviation, sea and other historic memorabilia items sailed past their estimates at Swann, last week

Posted: 8 March 2010
Che Guevara fishing photo reels in £6.6k

We've all seen this iconic Guevara image. Now another has sold... with him holding a fishing rod

Posted: 8 March 2010
South Asian art auctions at Christie's

Modern and Contemporary art from the continent will vie for collectors' attentions, later this month

Posted: 8 March 2010
Snake appears in Royal portrait

A painting of Elizabeth I has revealed that a serpent was once coiled round her hands

Posted: 7 March 2010
€100k for a pair of Congolese figures

These rare and beautiful artefacts will star at Zemanek-Munster's 60th Tribal Art Auction

Posted: 6 March 2010
Hidden Constable drawing valued at £6k

This portrait, possibly censored in Victorian times for its 'sensitive' content, will sell at Bonhams

Posted: 6 March 2010
Metropolis poster estimated at over $50k

Artwork from visionary director Fritz Lang's misunderstood 1937 classic film will sell at Heritage

Posted: 6 March 2010
'Largest art collection' in the Netherlands for sale

It was compiled over half a century, and features 1,000 works by top artists from 40 countries...

Posted: 5 March 2010
'A good week for the rare comic book business!'

Heritage's David Tosh tells us about the day Detective Comics #27 became the market's 'holy grail'

Posted: 4 March 2010
'Obscene' art goes on the block for £15k

Oz, the controversial and pioneering '70s style magazine, will feature in two Bonhams sales

Posted: 4 March 2010
How to... Protect your collectible comic books

Comics are one of the greatest collectibles of 2010 - here's advice on how to look after yours

Posted: 3 March 2010
Snoopy Vs the Red Baron battles to $101.5k

This classic 1960s piece of Charles Schultz cartoon Americana has sold at Heritage

Posted: 3 March 2010
Vintage Playboy art sells for $179k

Alberto Vargas, the most renowned among Hugh Hefner's cartoonists, auctioned at Heritage

Posted: 3 March 2010
All-Asian collection for sale in Dallas

Demand for Asian art, furniture and pottery has prompted Dallas Auction Gallery's special sale

Posted: 2 March 2010
Picasso, Warhol and Baishi were the art of 2009

'Baishi who?' you might ask. China's 20th century master was the third most lucrative artist, last year

Posted: 1 March 2010
$42k vital archive leads African American sale

An academic's letters, photographs and catalogues compiled over five years starred at Swann

Posted: 28 February 2010
Human Torch sparks $227k in comic sale

Alongside Batman's World Record $1.07m adventure, Marvel Comics #1 sold for six figures

Posted: 28 February 2010
$228k for one of the greatest African-American artists

A Malvin Gray Johnson work, unbelievably the artist's first-ever auction appearance, starred at Swann

Posted: 26 February 2010
Pow! $1m Batman comic defeats Superman to set new World Record

The Caped Crusader's earliest issue beats the Man of Steel in a last minute turnaround

Posted: 26 February 2010
The Godfather of British Pop Art comes to Bristol

The work of Sir Peter Blake is featured in a new expo, down the road from Paul Fraser Collectibles

Posted: 26 February 2010
Marxist art historian's archives sell for £6k

The unique insights of German painter and academic, Francis Klingender, sold at Bonhams

Posted: 25 February 2010
Unique Rodin sculpture to auction at $18k

Last seen on the market half a century ago, this work by the French artist will sell in Co. Durham, UK

Posted: 25 February 2010
Tribal art: the new big deal for collectors

A number of African, Oceanic and pre-Columbian treasures have sold to entry-level buyers at Bonhams

Posted: 24 February 2010
Video of the Week... Banksy reveals all

...or does he? The Bristol artist's 'street art disaster movie' continues his love affair with the press

Posted: 24 February 2010
Biblical tapestry appears in Ohio, US

A remarkable depiction of David, later King of Israel, is going to auction estimated at $60k-90k

Posted: 23 February 2010
New York lifts Lehman Brothers' $600k sale

The city they named twice starred in the debt-ridden financier's third sale of coveted artworks

Posted: 23 February 2010
'Comics are pop art every bit as much as Andy Warhol ever was'

David Tosh, Comics Cataloguer at Heritage, chats to us exclusively about 2010's hottest collectible

Posted: 22 February 2010
Not without my blanket... Schulz autographs hit the market

Sketches of the famous Peanuts characters Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Linus are for sale

Posted: 22 February 2010
Today in History... Andy Warhol dies

February 22, 1987: the pioneering pop artist leaves a legacy which endures to this day

Posted: 22 February 2010
Visionary African American art for sale

A Sargent Claude Johnson sculpture valued at $50k will star at Swann Auction Galleries

Posted: 22 February 2010
James Mason's Giacometti lights up London

The Hollywood star's art collection will sell alongside Banksy, Hockney and Quinn at Bonhams

Posted: 20 February 2010
Dali, Picasso and Chagall sell online tomorrow

The greatest artists of the 20th century will feature in a live auction held by Baterbys, this weekend

Posted: 19 February 2010
An artist's race to the starting line for £700k

Equine knowledge and painting genius combine in this Sir Alfred Munnings work selling at Bonhams

Posted: 18 February 2010
Unique Item of the Week... the £625k Qianlong vase

This Chinese ornament became the 'most expensive umbrella stand in the world', earlier this month

Posted: 18 February 2010
Skaters on a frozen river could glide to €12k

A classic Hendrick Avercamp landscape is among a sale of Old Masters auctioning in Paris

Posted: 17 February 2010
Freud's 'black eye' hits £2.8m

One of the most remarkable self-portraits ever to auction has sold for seven figures at Sotheby's

Posted: 16 February 2010
Video of the Week

After a $160k plate becomes an Antiques Roadshow record-breaker, here's the highest valuation in the programme's 30-year history...

Posted: 16 February 2010
Art star prize entrants auction in London

Nominees for the John Moores Prize, previously judged by Tracy Emin, will sell at Bonhams

Posted: 15 February 2010
Aviation and ocean liner posters travel to New York

Historic artworks from AM Cassandre and other memorabilia items are going under the hammer

Posted: 15 February 2010
Gardens of glass auction at Bonhams

A glass and paperweights collection spanning three generations of a Swiss family will sell in London

Posted: 15 February 2010
Sotheby's to sell the Polaroid collection

Images by some of the leading photographers of the second half of the 20th century are to auction

Posted: 15 February 2010
Paint on the tracks... Bob Dylan's art displays in London

The renowned folk singer's paintings, inspired by Matisse and train tracks, are on show until April

Posted: 14 February 2010
Dame Laura Knight painting estimated at $40k

Knight's paintings have proved valuable in the past, and now her Cornwall landscape is for sale

Posted: 13 February 2010
Pioneering architect's vision to sell in Paris

Models and blueprints for Le Corbusier's radical redesign of Punjab's capital will auction in Paris

Posted: 12 February 2010
Saucy Playboy art goes to auction

Erotic imagery and social commentary by Hugh Hefner's cartoon geniuses will sell at Heritage

Posted: 11 February 2010
Unique Item of the Week... the $30k doggy statue

Although this carving is actually an exceptionally rare circa-1900 artwork, featured in museums

Posted: 11 February 2010
Necklace of Picasso's muse heads to auction

The piece has been exhibited in great museums and is expected to bring $15k

Posted: 10 February 2010
The Top Five... most valuable artworks ever auctioned

After last week's record $104.3m Giacommetti sale, we take a look at the art market's Top Five

Posted: 10 February 2010
Tiffany window teaches a 'lesson' at $36k

An early 20th century stained glass window by the renowned New York designer house has sold

Posted: 10 February 2010
Lehman Brothers gears up for next art sale

After its $1.6m auction of artworks last year, the bankrupt financier has dusted-down its collection

Posted: 9 February 2010
McTear's celebrates Scotland's artists

Peter Howson OBE and the leading lights of contemporary Scottish art are auctioning tomorrow

Posted: 9 February 2010
Signed Picasso to sell in New York

A photograph of the most influential 20th century artist holding a stone bird is auctioning at Swann

Posted: 8 February 2010
Thorgal leads Asterix and Tintin at French auction

The sale of comic book art in Paris is headed by the Belgian Barbarian

Posted: 6 February 2010
Kirche in Cassone sells for a World Record £27m

Gustav Klimt's famous painting is now the most expensive landscape by the artist ever sold

Posted: 5 February 2010
Unique Item of the week... the $50k 'cabbage' vase

New York deco house Tiffany & Co has had many big hits at auction, but none as strange as this...

Posted: 5 February 2010
Giacometti sculpture sells for a World Record £65m

The Walking Man strolled far past its estimate, becoming the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction

Posted: 4 February 2010
Picasso's 'Jacqueline' sells for £8.1m

From his troubled later years, Picasso's portrait of his second wife brought six figures at Christie's

Posted: 3 February 2010
The Story of... Pablo Picasso

Upon the sale of his portrait Tete de Femme (Jacqueline) for £8.1m, here's a look at Picasso's life

Posted: 3 February 2010
Van Dyck's 'Bearded Man' brings $7.25m

The artist's innovative and experimental work surpassed expectations at Sotheby's, last month

Posted: 2 February 2010
Van Gogh letters and art display in London

The artist's writings and art have come together at the first major Van Gogh exhibition for 40 years

Posted: 1 February 2010
$4m Gandolfi is a World Record at Christie's

The Italian painter's depiction of a vengeful goddess was the second highest lot in the $39.5m sale

Posted: 31 January 2010
£40k for Marxist art historian's archives

The manuscripts of 'a significant figure in art history' are going under the hammer at Bonhams

Posted: 30 January 2010
Picasso and Dali to auction in Florida

The likes of Marc Chagall and Joan Miro will also feature in Baterby's live art sale, next month

Posted: 30 January 2010
Da Vinci flying machines tour the US

An inspiration to great collectors like Bill Gates, Da Vinci's ideas feature in a new exhibition

Posted: 29 January 2010
Unique stained glass window to be valued

The Bath Abbey discovery which has experts excited is finally to be assessed this weekend

Posted: 29 January 2010
$242.5k fine porcelain candelabra sells at Christie's

The Benjamin F Edwards collection has brought an impressive $7.2m in New York

Posted: 28 January 2010
Christie's Old Masters sale nets over $39.5m

Louis Léopold Boilly was a World Record star lot, won by a renowned Los Angeles museum

Posted: 28 January 2010
Today in history... Thomas Edison patents his incandescent lamp

January 27, 1880: here are some unique collectibles inspired by Edison's light bulb...

Posted: 27 January 2010
$100m Picasso damaged by clumsy student

An early work by the 20th century's greatest painter has been ripped in a freak accident

Posted: 26 January 2010
The Collections of Steve Wynn

The billionaire Casino King and art collector

Posted: 26 January 2010
The Story of... Lucian Freud

We look at Freud's life and paintings before his work, Self-Portrait With a Black Eye, auctions next month

Posted: 26 January 2010
Video of the Week

Here's a look at why Action Comics #1, Superman's first adventure, is a better investment than stocks

Posted: 26 January 2010
Punch bowl sells for world record $5.9m

The silver Kierstede piece, hidden in a well during the American Revolution, far exceeded expectations

Posted: 25 January 2010
The £4m punch from a taxi driver

A self-portrait by Lucian Freud, heralded as his most important, will auction at Sotheby's

Posted: 25 January 2010
Frampton art work achieves world record

The portrait of the great palaeontologist Clive Forster-Cooper brought over 10 times its estimate

Posted: 22 January 2010
Picasso's 'escape from celebrity' could realise £5.5m

A portrait from the artist's period of retreat from his booming celebrity status will star at Christie's

Posted: 21 January 2010
$1m stolen Monet returned after a decade

A thief had taken the 19th century painting Beach in Pourville for a long holiday...

Posted: 20 January 2010
Caped crusader swoops into Heritage's auction

Detective Comics #27, the first-ever Batman, might break the previous record for a comic book

Posted: 20 January 2010
Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) original signed print (PF44)

A superb signed print from 'the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century', Marc Chagall

Posted: 20 January 2010
Musée du Louvre drew 8.5m visitors in 2009

Paris's museum matched its record-breaking 2008, with a further 5m visitors at its travelling expos

Posted: 19 January 2010
Today in History... Paul Cézanne is born

January 19 1839: Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne starts his life in Cesana, France

Posted: 19 January 2010
Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) signed copy of Karsh a Fifty-Year Retrospective (PF61)

A signed copy of one of the greatest photographic books

Posted: 19 January 2010
Andy Warhol (Marilyn Monroe)

When two icons combine it makes for a superb piece...

Posted: 18 January 2010
Klimt's Kirche in Cassone could sell for £18m

Gustav Klimt's famous early-20th century work will lead a Sotheby's art sale in London

Posted: 18 January 2010
Raphael and Rembrandt sales 'galvanised the art market'

So says Christie's on last year's record-breaking art prices, and its next auction could make $48m

Posted: 17 January 2010
Sampson and Horne's entire stock could sell for £1m

The renowned high-end pottery and country furniture dealer auctioning all of its items in April

Posted: 16 January 2010
Figures carve out place of honour at California auction

Rock crystal and jadeite Guan Yin figures are expected to bring $8k apiece at a sale of Asian Art

Posted: 15 January 2010
£35k for 'most impressive' yacht race painting

America's Cup is the most famous yacht race ever, and paintings of it will auction in March

Posted: 14 January 2010
Frankenthaler's 'Pedestal' raises her above the rest at Christie's

Helen Frankenthaler's 1972 sculpture sparked furious bidding, eventually selling for $74.5k

Posted: 14 January 2010
£15m Cézanne still life hits auction block

The French Impressionist's 1893-94 work will go under the hammer at Sotheby's

Posted: 13 January 2010
£35k 'Adonis in Y Fronts' leads '60s Pop Art sale

Bonhams are tuning in and dropping out with a selection of works including D'Arcangelo and Kidner

Posted: 13 January 2010
Mick Jagger 'drug arrest art' could sell for £15k

Paintings by Richard Hamilton from the forefront of '60s Pop Art will auction at Bonhams

Posted: 12 January 2010
The Collections of Paul Allen

The philanthropist, Microsoft co-founder and collector

Posted: 12 January 2010
Full length St Dorothy worth $4m

Francisco de Zurbaran's full length work goes to Sotheby's

Posted: 9 January 2010
Today in history... The Mona Lisa is exhibited in America

January 7 1963: Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work visits the United States

Posted: 7 January 2010
$12m Hendrik Goltzius painting to sell

The large work in oils is expected to be top lot at a New York auction

Posted: 5 January 2010
€450k Chagall work snapped up for €30k

A small London museum shows how to sneak a bargain at auction

Posted: 5 January 2010
$7m Van Dyck to sell at Sotheby's

Two paintings by Charles I's favourite artist will turn heads at auction

Posted: 4 January 2010
$5m George Washington portrait leads Americana Week 2009

Christie's are hosting a week dedicated to America's history, art, furniture - and its first Presidency

Posted: 3 January 2010

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