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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?

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Are fairs big enough for both galleries and auction houses?

Some galleries feel the major auction houses are encroaching on their rightful territory

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Highlights of London's upcoming Old Master auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's

Some truly stunning pieces are to appear on the block this year

Photography auction report: Americana and fashion photography in vogue

Market gains ground as annual auctions bring in new collectors

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Small dealers are squeezed by the auction house giants

Tied to increasing prominence of private sales by auction houses

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The story behind Matisse's Backs: Tate's bargain buy

The gallery paid £11,000 for the four bronze sculptures in 1957 - Christie's just sold one for $48.8m

The market bounces back from the recession as big-ticket works sell for big-bucks

But despite strong headline sales, missed estimates and cautious collectors signalled that 2010 would not be a return to the wild days

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Collectors pay top prices for the highest quality work of Islamic classics

Christie’s totals higher, but Sotheby’s had the standout individual piece

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Post-war and contemporary auction report: cautious but confident

Some good prices were made, but top quality works were relatively thin on the ground

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Key lots: Contemporary and post-war

Sarah Morris, Mark Bradford, and Andy Warhol are this season's London highlights

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Christie’s sued by private Russian art collection over “fake” painting sale

Aurora Fine Art Fund claims it has conclusive evidence that £1.69m work is not by Boris Kustodiev

Modigliani breaks auction record in France

Christie's Paris sold the work to an anonymous phone buyer

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Trends in collecting: Are domestic collectors ready to take on the world?

While the Russians are branching out, Indian collectors don't stray far from home

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Key lots: Post-war and contemporary

Yves Klein, Günther Uecker, and Peter Doig are this season's highlights

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Contemporary Art auction report: Warhol’s dollar bills attract big bucks in New York sales

The market has recalibrated, but major pieces spark highly charged bidding wars

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A surprise show of strength at Frieze week post-war and contemporary auctions

Houses keep their heads above water with wider international selection

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Top quality old masters under the hammer next month

Rembrandt, Domenichino, Raphael and Van Dyck all on offer, but how many will remain in the UK?

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Russian art at auction: Buyers wary of unpredictable prices

Mixed results as contemporary art nosedives while earlier works avoid the worst

Art theftarchive

Indonesian antiquities thefts show no sign of abating

Fakes left in place of stolen artefacts in elaborate webs of deceit

Francis Bacon, Man in Blue VI, 1954

(est £4m-£6m), the work remains unsold

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Buyer of Warhol’s Green Car Crash revealed?

The large-scale “disaster painting” is the most expensive Andy Warhol ever to sell at auction