Art & Photography
'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...
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
'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
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
Elephant sculpture sells for nearly £1m at Sotheby's sale
...and this weekend a 'parade' of elephants will be auctioned for charity in London
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
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
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
$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...
$28.6m for Matisse's Bastille Day Bouquet
The vibrant painting headed a strong Impressionist and Modern Art sale at Sotheby's
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
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