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Christies winds up belated summer auction season with £21.2m Classic Art sale led by £4m Rubens
16th century Italian marble attributed to Antonio Lombardo steals the show, but auction house's digital face is showing its age against stiff competition
AnalysisBuyer's Guide
How to buy a... René Magritte
The artist’s trademark motifs make his work easily recognisable and desirable—but there is more to this Surrealist than apples and bowler hats
NewsArt law
Number of Manhattan's park art vendors can be limited by New York City, court rules
Appeals court says that guidelines limiting number of sellers in four green spaces are constitutional
ArchiveArt market
New York family at war in legal dispute over sale of multi-million-dollar Reinhardt
Court told that abstract work said to be of “no value” was resold for up to $10m just months later at Art Basel
ArchiveArt market
Are fairs big enough for both galleries and auction houses?
Some galleries feel the major auction houses are encroaching on their rightful territory
ArchiveArt market
Forbes family hold sale of 38 Victorian pictures
Brothers raise cash with a few pictures from their extensive collection
ArchiveArt market
Economically tough times lead to backroom deals and distress selling
Now that auction houses are no longer offering guarantees, an increasing number of purchases are likely to take placeas discreet transactions brokered by art dealers
ArchiveArt market
Diamond skull will go to auction if it fails to sell, says Damien Hirst
"A number of interested individuals are looking to purchase the skull at its full price of $100m"
ArchiveGoudstikker
Successful Amsterdam sale concludes the series of Goudstikker auctions
Old masters, recovered as a result of one of the world’s largest Nazi restitution claims, net $20m
ArchiveArt market
Tax breaks fuel Korean sales
Buyers were active in recent auctions and three new art funds have been started
ArchiveArt market
Eighth year of strong Russian art sales in New York
This sales report demonstrates the intense interest in Russian late 19th-century classical paintings, early 20th-century modernist paintings, and Fabergé works
ArchiveSevso silver
Bonhams u-turns on no-sale of Sevso silver
Last month the auction house told us it would not sell the hoard, but now it says it might
ArchiveSevso silver
Bonhams to show Sevso silver in first exhibition since its discovery
Scholars, curators, dealers and collectors have been invited to the private exhibition of the treasure known for its astonishing provenance
ArchiveArt market
Removing French trade barriers still leaves London auction houses with upper hand
Five years ago, France finally allowed outsiders to hold auctions in the country by ending the 400-year-old monopoly of state-appointed auctioneers
ArchiveArt market
Fritz the Cat comic drawings hot on the art market, but highly rare
Robert Crumb, the creator, is now a cult figure in the contemporary art market
ArchivePre-Colombian
Respected Pre-Colombian art dealers indicted over fraud
The Merrin brothers are accused of defrauding clients out of millions of dollars
ArchiveArt market
Auction sales of art shrank again in 2003
Figures show between 1.2% and 17% decline in turnover
ArchiveArt market
The photography market has been going strong in the past few years, and these October sales may mark the return of steady growth in the field
Eggleston peddles to a new record
ArchiveArt market
Disappointing sales for sothebys.com
Only a quarter of the lots are selling, mostly at prices under $5000
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Chirac’s Musée de l’Homme raises prices for primitive art
Fetish figures, tribal shields and masks command attention