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Christie's Contemporary auction report: Basquiat as a pricing phenomenon

His record price may bolster the market, but not all artists surpassed expectations

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A famous collector sells up: punitive Spanish export laws induce me to sell, says Jaime Ortiz-Patiño

Golf is the new passion of millionaire who has sold Impressionists and French decorative art to the tune of $91.48 million since 1989

The Windsor sale: Stéphane Boudin and the rise and rise of the decorator

Once upon a time, connoisseur dealers or even museum curators advised collectors what art to buy. Now the decorators hold sway, and at the Windsor sale a decorator’s pastiche pieces outsold real antiques

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Sotheby's Old Master sale of '98 one for the books, trouncing Christie's with £30.9 million in proceeds

The old favourites - Italian views and Dutch landscapes - make record-breaking totals

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State intervention on humanist manuscripts in Feltrinelli Library sale at Christie's

Top lots go to private collectors, but the Italian State and European dealers put up a fight

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The Charles E. Lees collection of 100 portrait miniatures is being sold at Bonhams

100 to be sold, including Thomas Cromwell from the studio of Hans Holbein

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Major Hong Kong collector, T.T. Tsui in arms for Iran link

The multi-millionnaire has family connections with a Chinese, State-run armaments company

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A solid return of the Old Masters market, with the Dutch living up to their full potential

But heavy disappointment for collector Basia Johnson as recently acquired works failed to sell

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Volatile market evident at Christie's Sculpture and Works of Art sales '97 with bids few and far between

Too few collectors, and too specialised, to guarantee success even for masterpieces

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Collector Saul Steinberg sells his Old Masters

Bought since the 80s, the eight Dutch and Flemish paintings include Rembrandt and Sweerts

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Michael Caine’s Art Nouveau fetches £500,000

The film star was a serious pioneer collector

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Mementoes of former glory in Ickworth sale

Sotheby’s were successful; the National Trust furious

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How dynamic Dutch art collector Joost Ritman finds guidance in Rosicrucianism

The Art Newspaper examine the art and philosophy of a man who has closed deals with Sotheby’s, Noortman and Artemis

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Is New York taking over from London for Old Master drawings?

Christie's cancel a London sale and European dealers are flocking to the US to buy and sell

Eighteen Giacometti pieces from his wife’s estate to be sold by auctioneer Jacques Tajan

Sculptural ensemble "La clairière" is a standout, expected to reach up to 6 million francs

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Dutch government chases war-booty Savery

The piece was taken during World War II

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Christie's Sackler maiolica sale off—for now

Collector’s widow overturns court decision