Jacob Kassay untitled canvas expected to lead Phillips auction

Jacob Kassay untitled canvas expected to lead Phillips auction

The untitled 2010 acrylic and silver canvas by industrial artist Jacob Kassay is estimated at $138,000
Christie's Shanghai auction is first in mainland China

Christie's Shanghai auction is first in mainland China

Christie's will hold an auction in Shanghai in 2013, the first of its kind in mainland China
Portrait of Bacon's lover could see $40m in New York

Portrait of Bacon's lover could see $40m in New York

Francis Bacon's portrait of his lover was completed just months after his death
'Double-lotus' bowl auctions for $9.5m Kangxi world record

'Double-lotus' bowl auctions for $9.5m Kangxi world record

Sotheby's Hong Kong saw the diminutive 'double-lotus' bowl auction beat its estimate by 5.7%
Claude-Joseph Vernet 'Avignon' to auction for $7.7m at Sotheby's?

Claude-Joseph Vernet 'Avignon' to auction for $7.7m at Sotheby's?

Claude-Joseph Vernet's fascinating 1756 landscape painting View of Avignon is to auction
Diego Giacometti console achieves record $1.7m at Doyle New York

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
Robert Frank's New Orleans tops estimate by 17.2% at Sotheby's

Robert Frank's New Orleans tops estimate by 17.2% at Sotheby's

Sotheby's Photographs saw Robert Frank's classic New Orleans (Trolley) sell well
Zao Wou-Ki painting leads Sotheby's 20th Century Chinese Art auction

Zao Wou-Ki painting leads Sotheby's 20th Century Chinese Art auction

The 1983 Zao Wou-Ki painting sold for $4.8m in Hong Kong - setting a new record for the artist
Yoshitomo Nara's Sleepless Night sells for $1.2m

Yoshitomo Nara's Sleepless Night sells for $1.2m

Yoshitomo Nara's 1997 acrylic on canvas, Sleepless Night, sells with a 96% increase on estimate
Gilbert & George's Pissed to auction for $228,000?

Gilbert & George's Pissed to auction for $228,000?

Pissed, a single canvas from British artists Gilbert & George's Fundamental Pictures series, is to auction
The Merry Pig may see $80,000 in Bonhams' lapidary sale

The Merry Pig may see $80,000 in Bonhams' lapidary sale

Bonhams rediscovers 'the lost art of carving' with a Faberge-inspired piece named The Merry Pig
Piet and Ida Sanders collection set to sell for $3.9m

Piet and Ida Sanders collection set to sell for $3.9m

Concetto Spaziale canvas expected to lead Christie's sale of the Piet and Ida Sanders collection