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Record breaking Chinese brush washer points to demand for Song ceramics in Hong Kong
At HK$294.3m, the Ru ware piece set a record for a Chinese ceramic at Sotheby's during Hong Kong's busy autumn auction and fair series
Christie’s ends London contemporary auctions on a high note—despite Bacon flop
Market’s appetite shows no signs of flagging for fresh works that are correctly priced
Sotheby’s to hold first sale in Dubai
Christie’s moves October auction to London as rival plans first sale in the UAE
Christie’s buys digital management system
Collectrium is a digital multi-tool for art collection
Auction results: Twombly triumphs as one Warhol wobbles
While Sotheby's struggled with Little Electric Chair, Christie's had no such problems
Records tumble for post-war Italian artists
The colour white proves particularly popular as Sotheby’s expert heralds “a new dawn for Italian art”
Anger at casino Warhol sale
The works are being sold by Westdeutsche Spielbanken to raise funds for restructuring
Flipping art: filthy lucre or a sound business plan?
In 2014 we noted that market speculation can offer rich rewards, but in the long term, it may do collectors more harm than good
The message about looted art is finally getting through as Cambodia is inundated with returned loot
The restitution of Cambodian statues by major museums and auction houses is an encouraging sign
Chinese businesswoman buys a Warhol
Zhang Lan bought Little Electric Chair for $10.5m
The US announces plans to to return more Khmer Cambodian artefacts, adding momentum to Cambodia's quest for restitution
Cambodian officials believe the last two looted works out of seven are in Denver Art Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art
Light is finally being shed on the issue of restitution of looted art
The restitution of Cambodian statues by major museums and auction houses is an encouraging sign
Scholar-collector John Hardy’s historic pieces for sale at Christie’s
A selection of objects with exceptional histories
Christie’s sold fake Knoedler Rothko ‘worth’ $4m
Christie's finds itself caught up in the ongoing forgery scandal
Post-war and contemporary results
A big week for Phillips, Sotheby's, and Christie's
Restitution begins at home: an insider's analysis of the issue of restitution
The return of objects is not just an international issue—domestic claims can also offer insights.
Christie’s pulls works from Latin American auction after ‘forgery’ concerns
Ten items from one collection withdrawn from New York auctions
Collector Steven Brooks says Sotheby’s sold him Nazi art
Uncertainty over whether the work—once owned by Goering—was looted has apparently left it unsaleable
Christie’s first online-only sale of works from the Andy Warhol Foundation realised $2.3m last month
The auction attracted 263 bidders, and 1,500 bids from 36 countries
Old Masters auctions: Raphael stars in mixed London sales
Raphael’s Head of a Young Apostle was the centre of attention during London’s Old Master week last month
Growth in internet sales forces fraud issue
Identifying forgeries being sold on websites is not enough to tackle the problem
First results for Warhol Foundation sell-off
The inaugural sale made $17m last month
Tribal art attracts Modern collectors
A new breed of buyer is crossing over from modern and contemporary art and acquiring the top pieces in every field
Basquiat leaps into different league: A market analysis
Record price for early work sends late graffiti artist into “super blue-chip” territory as demand—and prices—soar
Collectors flock to Lalanne sheep, driven by recent exhibition at the Paul Kasmin Gallery
Set of sheep sell for $746,500
Sale reports: Impressionist and Modern, Surrealism, and Contemporary
Peaks for best modern and contemporary artists High prices for works by Miró, Bacon, Moore and Richter are reminiscent of the boom
Insight into China's largest auction houses: Beijing Poly and China Guardian
Do they present a potent threat to the long-standing dominance of Christie’s and Sotheby’s?
Are fairs big enough for both galleries and auction houses?
Some galleries feel the major auction houses are encroaching on their rightful territory