Art & Photography
Punch bowl sells for world record $5.9m
The silver Kierstede piece, hidden in a well during the American Revolution, far exceeded expectations
£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
$93k for the goddess of fortune and luck
A 1989 sculpture by the German artist Jorg Immendorff is among 2009's final art sales
€3.3m for a 'fake' Michelangelo?
The authenticity of a carving of Jesus Christ bought by the Italian government is to be probed
$500k goddess Venus for sale
The Roman marble sculpture leads a New York auction of antiquities and ancient jewellery
$10m for Peter Doig painting in New York
World records for Basquiat and Marden works at post-war art sale
£150k Auerbach painting for sale
The renowned artist's 1976 depiction of a seated woman will go under the hammer in London
Hirst could sell for £1m 'art boom' prices
'We're now rebuilding confidence, the value of most artists have been reassessed,' says Sotheby's
Venice landscape sells for 100-times its estimate
'Grand Canal' artwork from the famous school of Canaletto brings an incredible $550k
Autographed space art for sale
Collectible eight-foot works signed by astronauts show artists' incredible renderings of space exploration
Art auctioned for South African causes
British and South African artists are offering their work up for a charity auction
There's no accounting for taste
A Minneapolis gallery has a new slogan after a young aesthete tries to eat a painting
