Collectorsarchive
Christie's sell clock collection confiscated from fanatic Francis Vitale following his sacking for embezzlement
Christie’s succeeds with the sale of goods recently in the trade and much restored
Art marketarchive
A growing and buoyant Chinese art market suggests “No one should underestimate the strength of the Chinese diaspora”
1996 saw high prices and new records with the Chinese determining the shape and make up of future sales
Auctionsarchive
Michael Caine’s Art Nouveau fetches £500,000
The film star was a serious pioneer collector
Victoria & Albert Museumarchive
Exemplary £2 million refurbishment of the silver galleries at the V&A opens this month
Please touch, learn—and enjoy
Art marketarchive
Christie’s to auction unclaimed works of art confiscated from Austrian Jews by the Nazis
8,000 works stored for over forty years in the medieval monastery at Mauerbach