Art & Photography
Scottish attic painting achieves $23,500 in Perth sale
A painting found in a Scottish attic achieved a significantly higher sum than expected
Amrit Sher-Gil self-portrait achieves 61% increase on estimate
Amrit Sher-Gil's self-portrait led a sale of South Asian art at Sotheby's
Banksy's Mobile Lovers achieves $669,000 in private sale
Banksy's Mobile Lovers achieves a major sum for an ailing youth group
Piet Mondrian's 'Composition' achieves $25.9m at Sotheby's
Sotheby's modern sale saw Mondrian's Composition make the second highest price for his work
Zao Wou-Ki's 15.11.88 achieves $1.2m at Sotheby's day sale
Zao Wou-Ki's 15.11.88 headlined the contemporary art auction in London
Irma Stern's Composition achieves $980,500 in Cape Town
Irma Stern's Composition headlined an auction of South African art, furniture and jewellery
Indian watercolour album achieves 41% increase at Sotheby's
An important album of watercolours shows traditional Indian life in the 19th century
Diego Giacometti console achieves record $1.7m at Doyle New York
The console set a new world record for Diego Giacometti, brother to Alberto and Bruno
Gil Elvgren pin-up achieves 259.9% on estimate
A classic pin-up girl from Gil Elvgren tempted bidders at Heritage
$22.5m painting achieves World Record price for 'the wildest of wild beasts'
Maurice de Vlaminck's work Paysage de Banlieue doubled the previous auction record for the artist
Segantini alpine landscape achieves $1.59m at Zurich auction
Le Due Madri, a landscape by Giovanni Segantini, was among the leading lots at Christie's art auction
'Dynamic' Orientalist art achieves World Record prices in France
Art values are multiplying for Eastern-inspired paintings by Jose Cruz Herrera and others