A Provençal drawing coming up at Christie’s New York is based on a painting in Washington, DC

Yesterday's auction saw auctioneer plugging the brand while wearing one of its watches. What might we see next—Edvard Munch sponsored by Bollinger?

Plus, Gerard Byrne on his work inspired by a Swedish diorama

A portrait of a Young man holding a roundel (around 1470-80) by the Renaissance master seemingly sold to a Russian buyer

The sale's other big ticket item, Young man holding a roundel (around 1470-80) by Sandro Botticelli, estimated to sell in excess of $80m, is still included

Our pick of highlights from New York's Master Week sales

Chippendale-style furniture, elephant tureens and a broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence were in demand at the sales series last week

Star lot of upcoming New York Master Week sales is set to smash previous auction record for the Early Renaissance painter

Auction includes 40 drawings by Le Tan and over 500 eclectic lots from his Parisian apartment

Sale of controversial 1936 painting criticised by organisation behind artist Hergé’s estate

Plus, a $2.2m Batman comic and the artists inspired by political theorist Hannah Arendt

I thought I’d kicked my online art and antiques buying habit but too much lockdown screen time has been my undoing

As his new book is published, the auction house chief compares coronavirus fallout to previous economic disasters

Expecting the worst, French, German and Austrian auction houses have been surprised by how well sales have held up through the pandemic

Proceeds from the pieces sold at Sotheby’s Paris in February will go towards the artist duo's estate

Why are Asians in hot pursuit of art, and what are they buying?

Christie's end of season Old Masters evening sale in London totals £22.8m, despite last-minute withdrawal of Bernadino Luini's Nativity

The pandemic has forced a resolutely analogue trade to go digital. Despite the technical hurdles, the results have surprised even traditionalists

Almost half of the auction's total sales value was bought by Asian buyers, but 12 lots sold below their estimates

The 17th century painting of a young girl blowing on brazier by the French baroque painter sold at Lempertz in Germany today

Sales of paintings by Cézanne and Picasso worth a combined $139m are also under scrutiny by the US Virgin Island attorney general

Sheltering from a rainstorm at the mill, Vincent and his brother Theo made a teenage pact

In demand contemporary artists hit big in Asia but several Modern stalwarts failed to make a splash in multi-city hybrid auction

Online sale seeks to support a new space for art education and outreach that will open in the autumn of 2021

In an increasingly asset-driven art trade, collecting by listening to the buzz is fast becoming the norm

The portrait of David Webster will return immediately to the opera house before going to the National Portrait Gallery in 2023 for its reopening exhibition

Penitent Magdalene by Salaì, who entered Leonardo's workshop at the age of ten, was estimated at €100,000 to €150,000 and is one of only a handful of known works by the artist

Sworder's auction house is selling the work, which is one of many by the Romantic painter depicting the area around Dedham Vale where he grew up

The works are from the estate of the artist’s teenage “muse and model” Frédérique Tison, who was also his step-niece

A dwindling middle market faces a stingy Senate while rising inequality and public unrest could prompt even more private sales