Art & Photography
Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles and Picasso star in amazing photography auction
Works by one of the most recognised and influential figures of photography are auctioning in Paris
Why investors are increasingly turning to Collectible Investments
Capgemini & Merrill Lynch report that high net worth individuals are returning to 'investments of passion'
Remarkable Elephant Parade saunters past £1.8m in London
The painted pachyderms were huge at auction, especially one painted by Jack Vettriano
'Dynamic' Orientalist art achieves World Record prices in France
Art values are multiplying for Eastern-inspired paintings by Jose Cruz Herrera and others
Old Masters rule over London's art markets, all this week
Over the next five days, Sotheby's and Christie's are holding sales for Master Paintings Week
Christie's contemporary art sales boom to 139% above 2009
Jules de Balincourt and Roy Lichtenstein led the auction house's end-of-season sale, last week
Collectors prepare to 'use the Force' at Darth Vader art sale
The Star Wars villain's head had been reimagined by some of the world's top underground artists
Anker and Grohe art sets World Record prices in Zurich
And Koller's auction also revealed that 19th century furniture could be the big new collecting niche...
Andy Warhol's Elizabeth Taylor portrait smashes estimates at £6.7m
Silver Liz appeared alongside record-breaking works by Koons and Boetti in London, this week
Frank Auerbach stars in Bonhams' £2.8m British art sale
Auerbach's painting of his lover and long-time muse, Estella, sold for £860,000, yesterday
Elephant sculpture sells for nearly £1m at Sotheby's sale
...and this weekend a 'parade' of elephants will be auctioned for charity in London
British artist's portrait of his estranged children is priced £60,000
Divorced artist Sir Herbert James Gunn was forced to paint his children during their visit to the zoo...
