Wednesday, 22 May 2013
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A $25,000-estimated jade boulder is expected to lead Bonhams' auction of Asian decorative arts
Posted: 21 May 2013
Following records for Latin American art in 2012, Sotheby's offers Bellermann's Venezuelan landscape
Posted: 21 May 2013
The Wedding Dance, a 16th century work by Pieter Brueghel II the Younger, will auction at Christie's
Posted: 21 May 2013
Ivan Shishkin's Twilight is considered one of the finest of his late works
Posted: 21 May 2013
A newly discovered masterwork by India's foremost abstract artist, Vasudeo S Gaitonde, is to auction
Posted: 21 May 2013
John Romita Sr's cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #85 was matched by Amazing Fantasy #15
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bonhams' Russian Sale will be led by a delicate Faberge model of a carnation
Posted: 20 May 2013
Contra Revelo, a figurative artwork by Brazilian visual artist Lygia Clark is set to lead Phillips' auction
Posted: 20 May 2013
Andy Warhol's 1962 silkscreen Four Marilyns led Phillips' auction of contemporary art on May 16
Posted: 17 May 2013
Concerns about the Chinese art market are put to rest at Bonhams London
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hawk-eyed collectors flocked to Bonhams London, where a Japanese Shinjiro sculpture impressed
Posted: 17 May 2013
14 previously unseen watercolour fruit studies by Salvador Dali draw on traditional botanical works
Posted: 16 May 2013
Christie's sets record-breaking total of $495m, with Jackson Pollock Number 19 leading the charge
Posted: 16 May 2013
Jean-Michel Basquiat's Dustheads brings $48.8m to Christie's - a new auction record for the artist
Posted: 16 May 2013
A collection of photos of Moscow taken by a Soviet chimp will sell on June 5
Posted: 16 May 2013
Christie's record smashing contemporary art auction offers encouragement for all collectors
Posted: 16 May 2013
A topless Angelina Jolie photo, in which Brad Pitt is rumoured to have expressed interest, has sold
Posted: 16 May 2013
Barnett Newman's Onement VI was consigned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gerhard Richter secured his place as the world's most valuable living artist with Domplatz, Mailand
Posted: 15 May 2013
Red Shift, a late work from Helen Frankenthaler, led Bonhams' Contemporary Art auction
Posted: 15 May 2013
Rene Lalique produced some of his most collectible art deco designs during the 1920s
Posted: 15 May 2013
A nebulous still life by Russian artist Ilya Mashkov is expected to bring $2.3m to Christie's in June
Posted: 15 May 2013
Will Spring, a previously unpublished picture by Flemish painter Peter Brueghel the Younger, bring $900,000?
Posted: 15 May 2013
The art, furnishings and sculpture collection of a leading fashion editor is to auction in London
Posted: 14 May 2013
Mark Grotjahn canvas leads Leonardo DiCaprio's charity auction, bringing $6.5m
Posted: 14 May 2013
An 18th century painting of Muslim prophet Muhammad's footprints will sell on May 21
Posted: 14 May 2013
Renowned art collectors the Qatari royals have made a high value Picasso purchase
Posted: 14 May 2013
Sculpture Eponge Bleue Sans Titre from Yves Klein originates from Sidney Janis' collection
Posted: 14 May 2013
12 original, hors-texte Picasso engravings brought $12,000 to Swann Auction Galleries on May 9
Posted: 13 May 2013
After one auction was stopped, Banksy's Slave Labour mural will sell again
Posted: 13 May 2013
A Beijing auction house has sold a rare photo of Chairman Mao taken by his wife
Posted: 13 May 2013
Aquatint expert Robert Havell Jr's Death of a Warrior led an auction dedicated to John James Audubon
Posted: 13 May 2013
Rembrandt Peale's portrait of George Washington soared past estimate by 279%
Posted: 13 May 2013
A rare photo album by Julia Margaret Cameron joins a list of items barred from leaving the country
Posted: 12 May 2013
Marc Chagall's Les Amoureux aux Fruits ou Deux Tetes leads Bonhams' Impressionist & Modern Art auction
Posted: 11 May 2013
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot's portrait of Constant Dutilleux reflects their friendship
Posted: 9 May 2013
Chaim Soutine's Le Petit Patissier was top lot in Christie's Impressionist auction
Posted: 9 May 2013
A rare Chinese vase consigned by the Copeland family of Trelissick House is to auction in July
Posted: 9 May 2013
Volatile gold prices have left many scrambling, but art isn't the only collectible worth its weight
Posted: 8 May 2013
A set of classic 007 movie posters featuring Sean Connery as James Bond are to auction
Posted: 8 May 2013
Fernand Leger's Trios Femmes a la Table Rouge, which was offered from Madonna's collection, auctions
Posted: 8 May 2013
One of Paul Cezanne's finest still lifes, Les Pommes achieved an 18.8% increase on estimate
Posted: 8 May 2013
A rare bronze cast of Auguste Rodin's The Thinker auctions for $15.3m at Sotheby's
Posted: 8 May 2013
One of Alberto Giacometti's first painted bronze figurines heads a magnificent collection
Posted: 7 May 2013
Sotheby's has been chosen to sell two Picasso works by granddaughter Madame Marina Picasso
Posted: 7 May 2013
150 original engravings from John James Audubon will see high bids on May 11
Posted: 4 May 2013
Albrecht Durer's Melencolia I has long been considered one of his master engravings
Posted: 2 May 2013
Alphonse Mucha's The Stars is an instantly recognisable example of the art nouveau style
Posted: 30 April 2013
The Met Museum and Israel Museum joined forces to buy Maimonides' Mishneh Torah manuscript
Posted: 30 April 2013
Zhang Daqian's 1955 hanging scroll Daoist Goddess Playing Panpipe to bring $2.3m to Sotheby's?
Posted: 30 April 2013
A figure carved by the Angolan Chokwe people highlights tribal and African arts
Posted: 29 April 2013
The fully articulated sculpture of a hawk was made by the Japanese armourer Itao Shinjiro
Posted: 29 April 2013
Sotheby's Impressionist sale features Paul Cezanne's Les Pommes, one of his greatest works
Posted: 29 April 2013
Art deco masterpieces and cutting edge advertising posters to auction in New York on May 13
Posted: 28 April 2013
A pair of Pablo Picasso Madoura jugs with a combined estimate of $30,000 are to auction
Posted: 28 April 2013
The East Hampton Elms, a painting by American impressionist Childe Hassam, auctions in the US
Posted: 26 April 2013
The Court of Pir Budaq, an illustrated Iranian manuscript circa 1455, brings $664,500 to Christie's
Posted: 26 April 2013
Heritage marks its 50th Signature Auction with the finest Frank Miller Dark Knight artworks
Posted: 25 April 2013
An important album of watercolours shows traditional Indian life in the 19th century
Posted: 25 April 2013
Ludwig Deutsch's The Offering topped The Orientalist sale with a 208% increase
Posted: 25 April 2013
Bunny Boy, an urban artwork by street art collective Faile, is to auction online at Artnet Auctions
Posted: 24 April 2013
Christie's auction to benefit Oxford University stars a 1680 Mughal painting of a peeping Krishna
Posted: 24 April 2013
A pendant from the Quimbaya people, known for their gold work, leads tribal art
Posted: 24 April 2013
Echoing Turner's 'Temeraire', Samuel Bough's painting shows HMS Dreadnought's last passage
Posted: 24 April 2013
Sotheby's auction in Doha achieved a record total for a contemporary art sale in the Middle East
Posted: 24 April 2013
Works by eminent British artists David Hockney and LS Lowry are to auction at Bonhams on May 29
Posted: 23 April 2013
A bar created by French sculptor Cesar saw outstanding results in the Hotel de Crillon auction
Posted: 23 April 2013
A copy of Rembrandt Peale's famous Washington portrait highlights American art
Posted: 23 April 2013
Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt's Leica camera, responsible for 'Kiss in Times Square', is to auction
Posted: 22 April 2013
A striking Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar sold for $34,000 at Bonhams London on April 19
Posted: 22 April 2013
St Jerome in his Study, a 1514 etching by Albrecht Durer, could bring $180,000 to Swann
Posted: 21 April 2013
Leonardo DiCaprio is teaming up with Christie's Loic Gouzer to raise money auctioning art
Posted: 19 April 2013
A painting by Charles le Brun that was discovered at the Ritz hotel has auctioned in Paris
Posted: 19 April 2013
Monkey Detonator saw a 39% increase on estimate as Banksy works dominated the auction
Posted: 18 April 2013
Five post-impressionist paintings by Scottish colourist Samuel Peploe storm to $1.5m
Posted: 18 April 2013
Pissed, an artwork by British duo Gilbert & George, has auctioned at Christie's London
Posted: 18 April 2013
New York street artist Keith Haring's 1987 sculpture Ringed Figure auctioned at Sotheby's
Posted: 18 April 2013
Christie's second online auction celebrates Andy Warhol's legacy at the legendary Studio 54
Posted: 17 April 2013
The family who sold a Chinese Kangxi pheasant bowl in May 2012 have found its partner
Posted: 17 April 2013
Cyril Edward Power's 1930 print Whence and Whither brought $149,000 to Bonhams London
Posted: 17 April 2013
How to collect limited edition prints: "second tier" art investments that could prove very rewarding
Posted: 17 April 2013
Photographs of Lily Langtry, King Edward VII's mistress, are expected to auction for $10,500
Posted: 17 April 2013
A holey Lucio Fontana canvas leads Christie's sale of the Piet and Ida Sanders collection
Posted: 16 April 2013
A lost sketch of Coleorton Hall by British artist John Constable is to auction at Bonhams on July 3
Posted: 16 April 2013
A unique oversized silver gelatine print by Peter Beard featuring an elephant is to auction
Posted: 16 April 2013
British photographer Angus McBean's photography archive contained Beatles test shots
Posted: 15 April 2013
American artist Childe Hassam's 1920 painting, The East Hampton Elms, is valued at $600,000
Posted: 15 April 2013
Diane Arbus' 1945 Self Portrait, Pregnant brings $32,000 to Christie's online only auction
Posted: 15 April 2013
Despite legal bids, 70 masks from the Native American Hopi tribe auctioned in Paris
Posted: 15 April 2013
JC Leyendecker's Honeymoon, a spectacular Saturday Evening Post cover, sold 143% above estimate
Posted: 15 April 2013
Will Reggianini's The Appreciative Audience live up to its name at Bonhams' costume paintings sale?
Posted: 15 April 2013
A rare, early bronze cast of Rodin's The Thinker is to auction at Sotheby's New York on May 7
Posted: 15 April 2013
Vilhelm Hammershoi's Ida in an Interior with Piano painting could auction for $2.3m at Sotheby's
Posted: 15 April 2013
Waddington's offers the complete Cape Dorset Graphic Collection of Inuit art
Posted: 14 April 2013
A model of the Dome of the Rock, one of the most sacred site in Islam, headlines Islamic arts
Posted: 13 April 2013
A painting from the circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck was one of two inspired by the great artist
Posted: 12 April 2013
New Zealand contemporary artist Gordon Walters' Tautahi has beaten his previous record by 4.9%
Posted: 12 April 2013
Industrial artist Jacob Kassay's 2010 untitled canvas sold for $121,250
Posted: 12 April 2013
The Eastern Plains three-bladed knife club was sold from the collection of Marvin L Lince
Posted: 11 April 2013
Jackson Pollock's Number 19, 1948, is to cross the block at Christie's New York on May 15
Posted: 11 April 2013
Could Dustheads break the auction record for Jean-Michel Basquiat for a fourth time in 12 months?
Posted: 11 April 2013
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's sale will star Gerhard Richter and Jasper Johns works
Posted: 10 April 2013
Even eBay addicts will admit nothing beats the thrill of a live auction. Here's how to bid...
Posted: 10 April 2013
The untitled 2010 acrylic and silver canvas by industrial artist Jacob Kassay is estimated at $138,000
Posted: 10 April 2013
Christie's will hold an auction in Shanghai in 2013, the first of its kind in mainland China
Posted: 9 April 2013
Claude-Joseph Vernet’s fascinating 1756 landscape painting View of Avignon is to auction
Posted: 9 April 2013
The console set a new world record for Diego Giacometti, brother to Alberto and Bruno
Posted: 9 April 2013
Sotheby's Hong Kong saw the diminutive 'double-lotus' bowl auction beat its estimate by 5.7%
Posted: 9 April 2013
Francis Bacon's portrait of his lover was completed just months after his death
Posted: 9 April 2013
Pissed, a single canvas from British artists Gilbert & George's Fundamental Pictures series, is to auction
Posted: 8 April 2013
Sotheby's Photographs saw Robert Frank's classic New Orleans (Trolley) sell well
Posted: 8 April 2013
Yoshitomo Nara's 1997 acrylic on canvas, Sleepless Night, sells with a 96% increase on estimate
Posted: 8 April 2013
The 1983 Zao Wou-Ki painting sold for $4.8m in Hong Kong - setting a new record for the artist
Posted: 8 April 2013
British pre-Raphaelite Edward Burne-Jones' Love Among the Ruins is to auction at Christie's
Posted: 7 April 2013
Concetto Spaziale canvas expected to lead Christie's sale of the Piet and Ida Sanders collection
Posted: 7 April 2013
Bonhams rediscovers 'the lost art of carving' with a Faberge-inspired piece named The Merry Pig
Posted: 7 April 2013
41 prints of some of Diane Arbus' most iconic photographs are to auction online at Christie's
Posted: 6 April 2013
Following a world record for Diane Arbus, Alfred Stieglitz's depiction of Georgia O'Keeffe sold well
Posted: 5 April 2013
Harry Bertoia's Dandelion sculpture sells in Los Angeles with a 1.7% increase on its top estimate
Posted: 5 April 2013
Bonhams' Made in California: Contemporary Art auction realised $1.3m
Posted: 4 April 2013
A '$7m' painting by Fernand Leger will be offered from Madonna's private collection
Posted: 4 April 2013
Diane Arbus' Identical Twins Cathleen and Colleen photograph sold for $602,500 in New York
Posted: 3 April 2013
Wet Afternoon, a '13/50' print by Australian artist Ethel Spowers, is to auction at Bonhams London
Posted: 3 April 2013
Hopi cultural officials are calling for a French auction of tribal masks to be halted
Posted: 3 April 2013
Christie's will auction a portrait of King Charles I by a follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Posted: 3 April 2013
Mark Gerson's '$5,500' photograph of literary titans Auden, Eliot and Ted Hughes is to star on April 8
Posted: 3 April 2013
A rare Ado Chale bronze cocktail table has sold in Florida for $50,000
Posted: 2 April 2013
The total realisation for Asia Week New York is up 2.9% on 2012's figure
Posted: 2 April 2013
Little Nemo auction offers Gabriele Dell'otto's variant cover art for Avengers #25
Posted: 2 April 2013
A Navajo first phase chief's blanket stars in the American Indian Art Auction
Posted: 2 April 2013
The Tube Station, a print by British artist Cyril Power, will auction with a $110,000 top estimate
Posted: 1 April 2013
A large collection of Hollywood photographs taken by Irving Klaw are to auction on April 6-7
Posted: 31 March 2013
Yiannis Tsarouchis' 1976 oil on canvas Autumn, valued at $300,000, auctions on April 24
Posted: 31 March 2013
The portrait of Matisse's wife is the most important Derain work to ever appear at auction
Posted: 30 March 2013
The original Saturday Evening Post covers include Leyendecker's '$80,000' Honeymoon
Posted: 30 March 2013
Will Edward Hopper's painting Blackwell Island bring $20m to Christie's?
Posted: 27 March 2013
Guido Reni's The Assumption had been unrecognised for more than 40 years
Posted: 27 March 2013
'Old Flo' may have to go: cash strapped London borough to sell Henry Moore's sculpture?
Posted: 27 March 2013
1932's Le Reve is now the most valuable Picasso ever sold - Steven Cohen is the new owner
Posted: 27 March 2013
The Laverty Collection auction was the most successful contemporary art sale in Australia
Posted: 26 March 2013
A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover is to auction at Bonhams London on April 17
Posted: 25 March 2013
A rare and massive huanghuali pedestal table brought $9m at Asia Week's close
Posted: 25 March 2013
A photography auction has sold a Swiss Michel camera made for a pigeon
Posted: 25 March 2013
Tracey Emin's custom neon sign upped the ante to support an HIV charity
Posted: 25 March 2013
Six canvas fragments from Francis Bacon's Screaming Pope series sold in Surrey, UK
Posted: 22 March 2013
Sotheby's Mark Birley: the Private Collection auction is led by a Queen of Shamakhan sketch
Posted: 22 March 2013
51 items of pre-Columbian art in the Barbier-Mueller sale belong to Mexico, experts claim
Posted: 22 March 2013
A white jade plaque with the Qianlong emperor's mark fared well in the Lizzadro auction
Posted: 22 March 2013
Leading British artists Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley will star at the party's first arts dinner
Posted: 21 March 2013
The $3.2m sale of a rare aquatint print by Edvard Munch continues a strong run for the artist
Posted: 21 March 2013
The massive porcelain jar from Korea's Joseon dynasty has few comparisons
Posted: 21 March 2013
A rare Meissen tea service auctions at Bonhams London for $183,500
Posted: 21 March 2013
The spectacular green jade imperial seal of the Qianlong emperor was up 127% on estimate
Posted: 21 March 2013
A German auction will sell an early pigeon camera produced by Michel of Switzerland
Posted: 21 March 2013
A '$3' Chinese bowl discovered at a garage sale auctions for $2.2m at Sotheby's New York
Posted: 20 March 2013
A massive ornamental Tibetan dorge, or altar ornament, led Bonhams' sale of Asian art
Posted: 20 March 2013
Bonhams will present Monkey Detonator alongside top Banksy artworks
Posted: 20 March 2013
A rare print by the world's most valuable artist at auction, Edvard Munch, brings $1.5m to Sotheby's
Posted: 20 March 2013
Bonhams' second Asia Week auction was led by a silver dragon model from Japan's Meiji period
Posted: 20 March 2013
Pablo Picasso's Madoura pottery 'defied estimates' as 94% sold above expectations
Posted: 20 March 2013
One of the world's most reproduced works, Tretchikoff's Chinese Girl, has sold for $1.5m
Posted: 20 March 2013
Vasudeo S Gaitonde's masterpiece Untitled headlined the Amaya Collection in New York
Posted: 20 March 2013
An Ado Chale cocktail table is the predicted top lot at Palm Beach Modern's forthcoming auction
Posted: 19 March 2013
Edward Weston's Two Shells will lead Sotheby's on April 5, who face competition from Christie's
Posted: 19 March 2013
A rare print of Andy Warhol's Red Lenin will help Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky pay legal fees
Posted: 18 March 2013
The 18th century Chinese Qianlong vase smashed its estimate, selling with a 6,233% increase
Posted: 18 March 2013
A Chinese Yuan dynasty jar has sold strongly prior to Asia Week New York
Posted: 18 March 2013
A pale celadon jade vase saw $816,500 as one of five pieces from the Sabet Collection
Posted: 16 March 2013
A fantastic portrait by Diego Velazquez will star at the 2013 TEFAF Maastricht art fair
Posted: 15 March 2013
A collection of 58 tiny netsuke figurines is to auction at Bonhams London on May 16
Posted: 14 March 2013
Heritage Auction's photography sale is led by Irving Penn's Picasso portrait
Posted: 14 March 2013
The annual March in Montana auction has revealed its choice of Native American artefacts
Posted: 14 March 2013
An auction dedicated to Dali was topped by his bronze Homage to Marcel Duchamp
Posted: 13 March 2013
Those eBay offers may be tempting, but it takes time to identify fake Chinese ceramics
Posted: 13 March 2013
With Asia Week getting underway on March 15, is the market finally showing signs of maturity?
Posted: 13 March 2013
Harry Bertoia's Dandelion sculpture will star amid a plethora of fascinating and unusual lots
Posted: 12 March 2013
The exquisite beach scene by Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla carries a $3.7m top estimate
Posted: 12 March 2013
Sotheby's and the Keith Haring Foundation have joined forces to raise funds
Posted: 12 March 2013
Bonhams will auction the Phillips Collection, led by a second phase Navajo blanket
Posted: 12 March 2013
Christie's First Open sales give collectors a chance to discover emerging artists
Posted: 11 March 2013
A retired postman is to auction his art collection in order to clear his gambling debts
Posted: 11 March 2013
Paul Sawyier's impressionist landscape The Kentucky Arsenal auctions for $84,000 in the US
Posted: 11 March 2013
A mostly single owner collection of pre-WW2 Lalique glass focuses on smaller works
Posted: 10 March 2013
A gilt copper Vasudhara figure is the predicted top lot at Bonhams' Asian art sale
Posted: 10 March 2013
A Fritz Albert arts and crafts Teco vase auctions with a 272% increase on its high estimate
Posted: 7 March 2013
A pair of Iznik bottles from the Ottoman Empire highlight Bonhams in April
Posted: 7 March 2013
An auction celebrating African American culture stars rare Buffalo Soldier photographs
Posted: 6 March 2013
A rare Edvard Munch woodcut is the predicted top lot at Sotheby's March 19 prints auction
Posted: 6 March 2013
Christie's American Art was topped by a classic example of Milton Avery's work, Evening Beach
Posted: 6 March 2013
With a major sale in New York, we look at the history of the Qianlong emperor's seals
Posted: 6 March 2013
Christie's online Andy Warhol auction saw I Love Your Kiss Forever bring $90,000
Posted: 6 March 2013
Sotheby's Asia Week sale will be topped by a Chinese Qing dynasty seal
Posted: 5 March 2013
One of the oldest luxury hotels, Paris' Le Crillon will sell its furniture, antiques and wine
Posted: 4 March 2013
The star lot of an auction dedicated to Salvador Dali is a rare 1971 etching plate
Posted: 4 March 2013
An ancient Sumerian tablet written in cuneiform script was translated prior to the sale
Posted: 4 March 2013
A complete set of Andy Warhol's Endangered Species prints is incredibly rare
Posted: 4 March 2013
Bonhams' March auction of the Delphinium Collection displays a rare Meissen Augustus Rex vase
Posted: 28 February 2013
Toulouse-Lautrec's Le Jockey, one of his later works, leads legendary lithographs in San Francisco
Posted: 28 February 2013
The lead shot almost killed Tsar Nicholas II, and launched the Russian revolution
Posted: 28 February 2013
Edward Curtis' The North American Indian portfolio auctioned for $78,000 on February 26
Posted: 27 February 2013
With the Affordable Art Fair approaching, here are a few tips on how to collect art on a budget
Posted: 27 February 2013
A pair of 19th century imperial Russian porcelain vases were overlooked for years
Posted: 27 February 2013
Will a rare screen print by Andy Warhol entitled Knives bring $3m?
Posted: 26 February 2013
Time is running out to bid on Andy Warhol's iconic polo neck jumper
Posted: 26 February 2013
Sotheby's Jeddah Art Week is followed by its contemporary art sale in Doha
Posted: 26 February 2013
Christie's American Art auction features Milton Avery's classic Evening Beach
Posted: 26 February 2013
The cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #121 shows The Night Gwen Stacy Died
Posted: 25 February 2013
A US auction has withdrawn its Banksy mural, dubbed Slave Labour, under pressure
Posted: 25 February 2013
A cel showing the famous spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp sold well
Posted: 25 February 2013
A blue and white porcelain jar from the Yuan dynasty leads Chinese Ceramics in March
Posted: 24 February 2013
Canvas fragments from Francis Bacon's Screaming Pope paintings should sell well
Posted: 22 February 2013
Collectors will converge on the London Super Comic Convention from February 23
Posted: 22 February 2013
Christie's Chinese Works of Art will star a rare and impressive huanghuali table
Posted: 21 February 2013
Following the sale of The Scream, a rare Edvard Munch aquatint will be snapped up
Posted: 20 February 2013
John Fulleylove's painting shows Richard III on his way to his last battle
Posted: 19 February 2013
Christie's Decorative Arts sale will host the collection of Mr and Mrs Raymond Guest
Posted: 19 February 2013
A raft of Kentucky paintings, including Paul Sawyier's The Kentucky Arsenal, are to auction in March
Posted: 19 February 2013
A Charles Schulz signed Peanuts strip inscribed to actor Harry Morgan sold well
Posted: 18 February 2013
Sister, a sculpture by the African American artist Elizabeth Cartlett, sells for $114,000 in New York
Posted: 18 February 2013
Jack Kirby's original art for a 16 page Thor story stars the first Galactus full-page splash
Posted: 18 February 2013
A Banksy mural that went missing from a London street faces controversy
Posted: 18 February 2013
Royalty, musicians and maharajas will gather to bid on a JMW Turner watercolour
Posted: 15 February 2013
After lacklustre results at Sotheby's, Basquiat's Museum Security starred at Christie's
Posted: 14 February 2013
A pyramid painting from David Hockney's 1963 trip to Giza sold with a small increase on estimate
Posted: 14 February 2013
A stunning Italian maiolica charger plate dating to 1540 saw breathtaking bids today
Posted: 14 February 2013
Sketches drawn by a student-aged Lucian Freud auction from the collection of Maggie Hambling
Posted: 14 February 2013
Sotheby's Contemporary Art sale was topped by Francis Bacon's Three Studies for Self-Portrait
Posted: 13 February 2013
Persian rugs from Kashan headlined the sale, along with a pair of George III mahogany chests
Posted: 13 February 2013
Leading pop artist Mel Ramos' The Trickster is a steal for expectant collectors
Posted: 13 February 2013
March 15 will see the return of New York's Asia Week, with eight days of Asian art sales
Posted: 12 February 2013
The Frostig Collection charity sale, curated by Jamie Lee Curtis, offers Cy Twombly's Cakes print
Posted: 12 February 2013
Art from crooner Andy Williams' esteemed collection will auction at Christie's NY in May
Posted: 11 February 2013
A Jean-Michel Basquiat lithograph entitled Female Pelvis sold 10.7% above estimate
Posted: 11 February 2013
A finely carved ironwood club from the Marquesas Islands spearheaded tribal art
Posted: 11 February 2013
A portrait of Gabrielle de Bourbon has auctioned for $50,000 - despite its $6,000 estimate
Posted: 11 February 2013
Most of Lady Clementina Hawarden's photographs are housed at London's V&A
Posted: 10 February 2013
A $47,000 Porteneuve cabinet was among the stars at Bonhams' French decorative arts auction
Posted: 8 February 2013
Amedeo Modigliani's portrait of lover Jeanne Hebuterne sold 22% above estimate
Posted: 7 February 2013
Berthe Morisot's Apres le dejeuner sold for $11m to raise the world auction record for a female artist
Posted: 7 February 2013
More stunning results for Joan Miro as his Femme (Femme debout) makes $9.9m
Posted: 7 February 2013
Items from the Marjorie Merriweather estate, including a gilt sleigh, have auctioned in New York
Posted: 7 February 2013
An original comic strip from Calvin and Hobbes should perform well following 2012's record
Posted: 7 February 2013
A distinctive, very rare Toulouse-Lautrec poster came out top lot at a recent New York poster auction
Posted: 7 February 2013
Joan Miro masterpieces are proving extremely popular in the current market
Posted: 6 February 2013
Angus McBean's photos of the stars will auction alongside his autographed visitor book
Posted: 6 February 2013
Antique clocks that were discovered during a routine house clearance have auctioned for $16,500
Posted: 6 February 2013
A striking Maurice Denis canvas topped Bonhams' impressionist and modern art auction at $415,000
Posted: 6 February 2013
Le Givre a Giverny, a painterly snow scene by Claude Monet, auctions for $13.7m in London
Posted: 6 February 2013
Picasso's portrait of Marie-Therese Walter, his 'golden muse', attracted Asian buyers
Posted: 6 February 2013
Rodin's Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose is one of his finest bronze models
Posted: 6 February 2013
An exquisite tortoiseshell coffer has auctioned within estimate in Portugal
Posted: 6 February 2013
Henri Cartier-Bresson's Trafalgar Square was one of his first photojournalistic assignments
Posted: 5 February 2013
A fantastic series of Marc Chagall prints has been led by the vibrant Le Cirque Ambulant
Posted: 5 February 2013
A beautiful tortoiseshell coffer is to auction in Portugal but will it meet its $61,000 high estimate?
Posted: 5 February 2013
A remarkable collection of 18th century Meissen porcelain is to auction in London on March 20
Posted: 4 February 2013
Gabrielle de Bourbon's portrait will sell amid a plethora of art from the estate of Cesare Barbieri
Posted: 4 February 2013
A Nancy Hanks horse-drawn sulky weathervane, attributed to the J W Fiske Company, auctions
Posted: 4 February 2013
Will Victoire, a frosted glass car ornament by Rene Lalique, auction for $27,000?
Posted: 4 February 2013
A Safavid carpet has topped Sotheby's Masterworks auction in New York, bringing $1.9m
Posted: 4 February 2013
Artist Elizabeth Cartlett's green marble bust Sister sculpture is to auction in NY on February 14
Posted: 3 February 2013
This is a great chance to own the legendary Detective Comics #27, graded CGC 6.5
Posted: 2 February 2013
The silk Kashan carpet is one of two predicted top lots at Bonhams' Period Design auction
Posted: 2 February 2013
A twin-handled Chinese bronze censer has beaten its estimate at auction, bringing $15,000
Posted: 1 February 2013
Jean-Baptiste Oudry spearheaded part two of Christie's Old Master Paintings auction
Posted: 1 February 2013
A Wooded Landscape by Claude Lorrain saw fevered bidding at Christie's New York
Posted: 1 February 2013
A production cel featuring Mickey Mouse during his crowning moment in Fantasia is being offered
Posted: 1 February 2013
A week long online-only auction starring the work of pop artist Andy Warhol is to take place
Posted: 31 January 2013
Christie's Renaissance auction was topped by Bartolommeo's Madonna and Child in New York
Posted: 31 January 2013
Gambols of Ghosts, an illustration from William Blake, was rediscovered in 2001
Posted: 31 January 2013
Bonhams Fine Japanese Works of Art will be highlighted by a $45,000 Meiji incense burner
Posted: 31 January 2013
The Embroiderer was one of Chardin's most popular compositions, and remains so today
Posted: 31 January 2013
Gloucester Gill Netters, a dockside tableau by artist Frederick John Mulhaupt auctions in Maine
Posted: 31 January 2013
Sotheby's first evening sale of Indian art will feature Amrita Jhaveri's Amaya Collection
Posted: 30 January 2013
A rare portrait of British boxer George 'The Coachman' Stevenson has auctioned in London
Posted: 30 January 2013
Found in a garden close to Hadrian's Wall, the imperial Roman sarcophagus reveals a rich history
Posted: 30 January 2013
La Demoiselle d'honneur, a signed portrait by French impressionist Eva Gonzales, auctions for $2.5m
Posted: 30 January 2013
A flock of 200+ decoy ducks showcases an Elmer Crowell preening whimbrel
Posted: 30 January 2013
The Craven Heifer, a 19th century painting of Britain's fattest ever cow, auctions for $25,500
Posted: 30 January 2013
A circa 1817 watercolour, from a series painted by JMW Turner, sold for $42,000 in New York
Posted: 30 January 2013
An Ansel Adams silver print entitled The Grand Tetons and the Snake River is to auction in February
Posted: 29 January 2013
A pair of fishbowls showing traditional porcelain production led a Chinese-dominated sale
Posted: 29 January 2013
Property from eccentric entrepreneur Mark Birley's Kensington home is to auction in London
Posted: 29 January 2013
A handsome John Townsend bureau table auctions for $2.2m at Christie's, New York
Posted: 28 January 2013
The miniature painting was made for the Qianlong Emperor's treasure box
Posted: 27 January 2013
Christie's will hold the first of its 2013 photograph auctions on April 4 in New York
Posted: 26 January 2013
Leading Chinese artists will feature in a rare Inner Mongolia art auction
Posted: 25 January 2013
An original Schulz Peanuts comic strip auctioned yesterday (January 24) in New York
Posted: 25 January 2013
An extremely rare teapot bearing the mark of Paul Revere Jr led Important American Silver
Posted: 25 January 2013
A magnificent urn from the Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory performed well in New York
Posted: 25 January 2013
Damien Hirst's Away from the Flock, a lamb submerged in formaldehyde, will highlight
Posted: 24 January 2013
Camille Pissarro's Falaises aux Petites-Dalles will highlight Bonhams' Impressionist and Modern Art sale
Posted: 24 January 2013
A great chance to own the original of the world's most reproduced art print: Tretchikoff's Chinese Girl
Posted: 24 January 2013
Albert Chevallier Tayler's The Council of Three brings $188,000 to Bonhams
Posted: 24 January 2013
Jean-Michel Basquiat's triptych-tribute to writer William Burroughs auctions at Sotheby's London
Posted: 23 January 2013
A Native American basket, woven by Dat-So-La-Lee, is to auction in California on February 5
Posted: 23 January 2013
In its first comic auction of 2013, Heritage will offer original cover art from Watchmen
Posted: 23 January 2013
Bonhams' Period Art & Design starred a painting after El Greco showing the robed Saint Dominic
Posted: 23 January 2013
A Le Sidaner painting found in a Pittsburgh school could soon be sold at auction
Posted: 23 January 2013
Today marks the 24th anniversary of Salvador Dali's death. Time to review his most valuable artwork
Posted: 23 January 2013
A racing car print by Cyril Edward Power is to go under the hammer at Bonhams on April 16
Posted: 22 January 2013
The plaster cast used to create Edinburgh's most famous dog will sell
Posted: 22 January 2013
A single-owner collection of Marc Chagall lithographs leads among antiques
Posted: 22 January 2013
A Plains Indian beaded shirt bears the initials of the son of the first surveyor general in Utah
Posted: 22 January 2013
A custom-made Andy Warhol dollar sign sculpture headlined Steve Rubell's Studio 54 archive
Posted: 21 January 2013
An 18th century Chinese snuff bottle brings $54,000 at an American-based Asian art auction
Posted: 21 January 2013
Secession, a Gustav Klimt poster from the Nazi-looted collection of Hans Sachs, topped the auction
Posted: 21 January 2013
The rhinoceros sculpture reveals Salvador Dali's themes of divine geometry
Posted: 20 January 2013
A magnificent snow scene by Claude Monet, Le Givre a Giverny, is to auction at Sotheby's
Posted: 19 January 2013
Christie's 2012 results reveal a swathe of new customers, as global appeal for collectibles increases
Posted: 18 January 2013
A Pre-Columbian art auction from Antiquities Saleroom showcases high-karat gold items
Posted: 17 January 2013
The looted Qianlong vase's sale price was cut after a Chinese buyer failed to pay
Posted: 17 January 2013
Gnou - a bronze wildebeest by Rembrandt Bugatti is to auction in Paris on February 7
Posted: 17 January 2013
A restored copy of Action Comics #1 - the most important comic book - excited fans
Posted: 17 January 2013
A rare club made for chiefs of a Cook Islands tribe tops the second South Seas sale
Posted: 16 January 2013
The highly-regarded Mei Moses art index displays strength in old masters
Posted: 16 January 2013
A Nancy Hanks horse drawn sulky weathervane, attributed to the J W Fiske Company, is to auction
Posted: 16 January 2013
Christie's The Art of the Surreal will offer a Joan Miro piece not seen in half a century
Posted: 15 January 2013
Two fine Chinese snuff bottles are to auction in Ohio on January 16
Posted: 15 January 2013
Picasso's 1932 portrait of his 'golden muse' Marie-Therese Walter headlines in London
Posted: 15 January 2013
The 17th century painting, in the manner of Sir Peter Lely, brought $100,000 on January 12
Posted: 14 January 2013
A 19th century painting of Britain's fattest cow, The Craven Heifer, is to cross the block on January 29
Posted: 14 January 2013
The distinctive art nouveau poster by French fatalist Toulouse-Lautrec is to sell in New York
Posted: 14 January 2013
A Turner watercolour, Heidelberg with a Rainbow, will spur old master success at Sotheby's
Posted: 12 January 2013
Giovanni Paolo Panini's View of the Campidoglio, Rome painting will auction on January 30 in NY
Posted: 11 January 2013
Amedeo Modigliani's Jeanne Hebuterne (au chapeau) last sold in 2006 for $26.5m
Posted: 11 January 2013
The preliminary maquette of Easy Landing, a sculpture by Kenneth D Snelson, sold for $52,500
Posted: 10 January 2013
A Chinese porcelain screen by Wang Bu achieved dazzling results at a UK auction
Posted: 10 January 2013
The rediscovered original of Abraham Bloemaert's Two Boys Singing tops Old Masters Part II
Posted: 9 January 2013
Francis Bacon's Three Studies for Self-Portrait will headline the first big contemporary art sale of 2013
Posted: 9 January 2013
A rare portrait of British boxer George 'The Coachman' Stevenson is to auction in London
Posted: 9 January 2013
Sotheby's will present a 'commanding' Jean-Antoine Houdon sculpture of a French general
Posted: 9 January 2013
Andy Warhol was 2012's top-selling artist, so we look at his top five most expensive artworks
Posted: 9 January 2013
'Monet and Picasso are like Microsoft or Coca Cola', states a leading art investor
Posted: 9 January 2013
The sale of Albrecht Durer works from a private collection features his masterpiece Saint Eustace
Posted: 8 January 2013
A drawing by Gaspar van Wittel is to cross the block as part of a highly anticipated old masters sale
Posted: 8 January 2013
An exceptional Immortal and Lady Chinese hanging scroll is to auction online later today
Posted: 8 January 2013
Andy Warhol's work topped sales in 2012, as post-war and contemporary art strengthens
Posted: 7 January 2013
A one off painting from David Hockney's 1963 trip to Egypt, depicting a unique pyramid scene, is to auction
Posted: 7 January 2013
An archive of memorabilia from Steve Rubell's Studio 54 will provide bidders with a night to remember
Posted: 7 January 2013
Sotheby's forthcoming Surrealist Art auction features top names, with an outstanding piece from Joan Miro
Posted: 7 January 2013
Sotheby's Masterworks presents the Morgan Aldobrandini tazza, an important silver-gilt dish
Posted: 7 January 2013
A collection of previously unpublished Beatles tour photographs are to cross the block on March 22
Posted: 7 January 2013
A collection of art from 1980's East Village, NY is led by Jean-Michel Basquiat's photo collage
Posted: 5 January 2013
Mulhaupt's '$80,000' Gloucester Gill Netters is among the Cape Ann School paintings set for auction
Posted: 3 January 2013
An original Peanuts comic by Charles Schulz is set to auction alongside works by Maurice Sendak
Posted: 3 January 2013
A '$400,000' Chippendale desk will lead the Larry McCallister Important Americana sale
Posted: 2 January 2013
A pair of Chinese fishbowls that depict the production of porcelain will sell at Christie's
Posted: 2 January 2013
Four signed Willem De Kooning lithographs are set to auction online on January 13
Posted: 2 January 2013
One of four drum-form teapots by Paul Revere will headline Christie's Important Silver auction
Posted: 1 January 2013
Will The Days of Creation, a six panel drawing by Burne-Jones, meet its $400,000 high estimate?
Posted: 31 December 2012
Penn's Treaty, an important work by Quaker icon Edward Hicks, is to sell among Americana
Posted: 31 December 2012
Greek Vision, an acrylic on canvas by contemporary artist Kenneth Noland, carries a $70,000 estimate
Posted: 31 December 2012
The previously unknown Hans Memling panel will be offered for the first time in 150 years
Posted: 29 December 2012
Sotheby's dominated the art market in 2012, with auction results led by The Scream
Posted: 28 December 2012
Christie's will celebrate Renaissance art with an auction featuring Bronzino and Bartolommeo works
Posted: 27 December 2012
Comics have been truly accepted by the collectibles market in 2012 - we look at some of the highlights
Posted: 24 December 2012
A rare gilt bronze parrot jar starred at an Asian art sale, selling at the top end of its $200,000 estimate
Posted: 24 December 2012
One of William Blake's illustrations that was rediscovered in Glasgow will sell at Sotheby's
Posted: 22 December 2012
A robust '$900,000' John Townsend bureau table will star on January 25, amidst an array of Americana
Posted: 21 December 2012
The Entombment of Christ, an important oil on canvas by El Greco, carries a $1.5m presale high valuation
Posted: 20 December 2012
A rare wood sculpture of the bodhisattva Guanyin sold for almost $12m at Christie's
Posted: 20 December 2012
Hans Sachs' extensive collection of Nazi-looted movie posters has been valued at $5.3m
Posted: 20 December 2012
The renowned Navajo blanket collection of crooner Andy Williams is to be sold by Sotheby's
Posted: 19 December 2012
A gilt-bronze parrot jar is to auction among a number of fine Asian art lots on December 23
Posted: 19 December 2012
A Chinese official has condemned a $1.4m auction of a 'stolen' Qing Dynasty seal in France
Posted: 19 December 2012
A rare handwritten letter from Vincent van Gogh shows the ailing artist in his final months
Posted: 19 December 2012
Paul Fraser Collectibles reviews the biggest art auction sales of 2012
Posted: 18 December 2012
A 'highly important' Cambodian Lokeshvara sculpture will be sold at Christie's final auction of 2012
Posted: 18 December 2012
Original artwork by Jean Dufy, Antoine Blanchard and Avinash Chandra will auction on January 12
Posted: 18 December 2012
Sotheby's Henry Buhl photography auction totals $10.4m - a 15% increase on the $9m estimate
Posted: 17 December 2012
A black and white photo of the iceberg that sunk the Titanic starred at a December 16 Titanic auction
Posted: 17 December 2012
The second part of Milton Greene's archive of Marilyn Monroe photographs is set to sell
Posted: 14 December 2012
A pair of Sevres ice buckets that once belonged to King Louis Philippe have sold
Posted: 13 December 2012
Michael Winner's superb collection of illustrations has been highlighted by the first Winnie the Pooh drawing
Posted: 13 December 2012
A haunting Paul Strand photograph auctioned last night, bringing a 79% increase on estimate
Posted: 12 December 2012
On the anniversary of the 1980 Codex Leicester auction, we bring you the top 5 Da Vinci collectibles
Posted: 12 December 2012
A remarkable collection of photographs, including work by Paul Strand, auctions today in New York
Posted: 11 December 2012
'We are a funny bunch, after all,' says card grader and cartoonist Andy Broome, the man behind Collecting the Collector
Posted: 10 December 2012
A newly-discovered pair of '$19,000' ice buckets that once belonged to King Louis Philippe are to auction
Posted: 10 December 2012
This collection of Rolling Stones photographs ensures their legacy will not fade away
Posted: 9 December 2012
A portrait of Albert Einstein, signed by both Josef Scharl and his sitter, will be seen for the first time
Posted: 8 December 2012
The 17th century, museum quality rhino horn libation cup carries a $30,000 estimate
Posted: 8 December 2012
A Madame de Pompadour-owned desk has smashed the record for a Bernard II Van Risen Burgh piece
Posted: 7 December 2012
The first National Geographic archives auction starred Steve McCurry's legendary Afghan Girl
Posted: 7 December 2012
The Marouf Collection has sold at Bonhams, with the important 'Half-Figure Service' leading bids
Posted: 6 December 2012
A newly discovered El Greco painting, given a presale estimate of just $97,000, has sold for $1.3m
Posted: 6 December 2012
Raphael's Head of an Apostle is now the most valuable old master drawing ever sold at auction
Posted: 6 December 2012
Exceptional marble sculptures, including the dwarf Morgante riding a turtle, will feature in London
Posted: 5 December 2012
One of Auguste Rodin's casts of The Thinker has sold from the Marabou Collection
Posted: 5 December 2012
The contemporary art sector has grown from less than 4% in 2002, figures reveal
Posted: 3 December 2012
A Roland Coudon-designed King Kong poster will lead the single-owner Monsters & Maidens auction
Posted: 3 December 2012
Ivan Aivazovsky's stunning View of Venice highlighted the latest Russian art week auction
Posted: 29 November 2012
Edward Hopper's October on Cape Cod was the leading light at Christie's American Art sale
Posted: 29 November 2012
Georgia O'Keeffe's Sun Water Maine was sold from the collection of adventurer Tom Slick
Posted: 29 November 2012
An enamelled study of a cornflower and oats topped the Russian Works of Art, Faberge & Icons auction
Posted: 28 November 2012
One of the first auctions of Russian art week saw a new artist record for Boris Kustodiev's The Coachman
Posted: 27 November 2012
The record-setting Chinese Qing dynasty vase was consigned by descendants of China's last royal family
Posted: 27 November 2012
LIFE photographer David Douglas' Leica M3D camera set one of three records in Vienna
Posted: 27 November 2012
Serov's Portrait of Praskovia Mamontova was the surprise top lot at Sotheby's Russian Art auction
Posted: 27 November 2012
Zhang Daqian's Tibetan Women with Dogs sold for $6.2m at a Chinese auction house's first HK sale
Posted: 27 November 2012
A painting of a J-class yacht by Jamie Medlin has beaten the British artist's previous record by 158%
Posted: 25 November 2012
A black and white photograph, thought to show the iceberg that sunk the Titanic, will sell next month
Posted: 23 November 2012
A 19th century portrait miniature of Jane Digby, a thrice divorced 'femme fatale', tops Bonhams sale
Posted: 23 November 2012
The first modelling photographs ever taken of supermodel Kate Moss have sold in London
Posted: 23 November 2012
Lawren Harris' Hurdy Gurdy was the the top seller at the $11.5m Canadian art auction
Posted: 23 November 2012
A rare Die Brucke exhibition catalogue has sold for $34,694 at an auction in Germany
Posted: 22 November 2012
Diego Rivera's Portrait of Linda Christian has made $578,500 at Christie's Latin American auction
Posted: 22 November 2012
The John Constable landscape study, rediscovered after 62 years, will auction on December 5
Posted: 20 November 2012
The $203,000 work is the first original Calvin and Hobbes comic strip to auction this century
Posted: 20 November 2012
A Tiffany 'Cassini' sculpture, made by silversmith Ubaldo Vitali, has sold for $22,500
Posted: 20 November 2012
Chinese bidders propelled the antique gilt bronze Buddhistic figure to a $177,500 result
Posted: 17 November 2012
An untitled 1981 piece by Jean-Michel Basquiat has sold at Christie's Contemporary Art auction
Posted: 15 November 2012
A Chiparus sculpture of iconic 1920s dancers the Dolly Sisters sold for $439,500
Posted: 15 November 2012
Bonhams' auction was topped by Lawrence Holofcener's The Allies, a major London landmark
Posted: 15 November 2012
An untitled artwork from the undervalued Franz Kline brought $40.4m at Christie's
Posted: 15 November 2012
Andy Warhol's 3-D Statue of Liberty top performed at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art sale
Posted: 15 November 2012
Sotheby’s record breaking Contemporary auction is a reminder of the art world’s potential
Posted: 14 November 2012
Sir Peter Blake's collage for the Beatles' Sgt Pepper album insert has auctioned in London
Posted: 14 November 2012
A remarkable auction at Sotheby's saw one of Francis Bacon's Screaming Pope paintings excel
Posted: 14 November 2012
Following last week's Ask Paul, a reader asks how they can spot a forged piece of art
Posted: 14 November 2012
Mark Rothko's No.1 (Royal Red and Blue) has beaten its estimate by 50.2% in New York
Posted: 14 November 2012
John Everett Millais' Portrait of Kate Perugini, Charles Dickens' daughter, brought $383,000
Posted: 14 November 2012
Two Georgia O'Keeffe works, including The Black Place III, are to highlight an American Art sale
Posted: 13 November 2012
A mosaic from St Peter's Basilica in Rome is coming to auction later in the month
Posted: 13 November 2012
Warhol's San Francisco Silverspot will aid the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Posted: 13 November 2012
A virtually unknown masterpiece from Diego Rivera, Portrait of Linda Christian, will star at Christie's
Posted: 12 November 2012
The first modelling photographs ever taken of Kate Moss are to auction on November 23
Posted: 12 November 2012
A Navajo chief's blanket looks to expand on the success of Native American textiles in 2012
Posted: 12 November 2012
The Fine Chinese Art auction saw a jade carving of a luohan sell well despite controversy
Posted: 10 November 2012
Andy Warhol's Cartier Tank Solo wristwatch has sold for $10,625 in Chicago
Posted: 10 November 2012
Bouguereau's La branche de cerisier was the star of Sotheby's 19th Century European Art auction
Posted: 9 November 2012
Picasso's Nature morte aux tulipes led Sotheby's Impressionist auction last night
Posted: 9 November 2012
Contemporary artist Beth Cavener Stichter's ceramic work Olympia has sold for $93,000 in Ohio
Posted: 8 November 2012
November 17 will see the first piece of Calvin and Hobbes original artwork sold this century
Posted: 8 November 2012
Nympheas, a water lily piece from Claude Monet, is now his second most valuable work
Posted: 8 November 2012
Wassily Kandinsky's Studie fur Improvisation 8 has sold for $23m in New York
Posted: 8 November 2012
Sotheby's Impressionist Art sale saw further success for Picasso at auction
Posted: 8 November 2012
A rare Jacobite Amen glass used in secret societies led a superb collection
Posted: 8 November 2012
Where should you look for the next boom sector in the art world? Turn to China, says Paul
Posted: 7 November 2012
Rembrandt's Self Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill highlighted a stunning collection of his prints
Posted: 7 November 2012
The Japanese Art sale featured a kabuki theatre-inspired piece from the mysterious Toshusai Sharaku
Posted: 7 November 2012
Bonhams has issued an apology over two Chinese antiques that were looted from Beijing
Posted: 6 November 2012
Picasso's neoclassical style study Trois nus feminins topped the impressionist art sale
Posted: 6 November 2012
A 1,600 BC Shang dynasty wine vessel could make $5,000 at the November 11 sale
Posted: 5 November 2012
Sotheby's Old Masters will see two Renaissance manuscripts star alongside Raphael
Posted: 5 November 2012
A sculpture of the Dolly Sisters by Demetre Chiparus reveals their glamorous past
Posted: 1 November 2012
Hurricane Sandy has forced Sotheby's to move its Impressionist and Modern auction from November 5
Posted: 1 November 2012
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