Art & Photography
$500k goddess Venus for sale
The Roman marble sculpture leads a New York auction of antiquities and ancient jewellery
$300k lamp leads Dutch Modernism sale in New York
More than 800 lots of fine 20th Century art and design will go under the hammer in December
£50k Lucien Freud and Paula Rego prints to sell in London
Works by Picasso, Matisse, Mira and Warhol will also feature
$5m Wyeth painting leads NY auction
Over $30m of sales are expected at the American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture event
Second Yves Saint Laurent sale nets £8.9m
At £109k the 'most valuable umbrella stand in the world' was an unlikely highlight at the Paris auction
£250k life-size Tarquin statue for sale
Massive Greek, Spanish and Middle Eastern sculptures will be auctioning at Bonhams
Bronze Churchill head busts estimate to sell for £12k
Bidders battle for the great man's memorabilia