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

Christie’s succeeds with the sale of goods recently in the trade and much restored

1996 saw high prices and new records with the Chinese determining the shape and make up of future sales

Auction was an expression of piety, not of the art market

The film star was a serious pioneer collector

With the Shanghai Museum expanding this month, a modern art museum planned for two years hence and a dozen serious commercial galleries likely in 1997

8,000 works stored for over forty years in the medieval monastery at Mauerbach

Five bidders competed for a Hirst painting

Impressionist and modern sales '96 report

Rapid advances as new companies model their catalogues and conditions of sale on Western models

900 works of art looted from Vienna’s Jewish community and stored in a monastery since 1955 to be sold on its behalf - It may be a PR nightmare for the auctioneers

Peace was celebrated in Europe fifty years ago. As The Art Newspaper reaches its fiftieth issue this month, we look at the art of a war-torn world

Picasso, Matisse, Miró and Dalí suggest that great works of art continue to command great prices in changing markets

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

Bacon, Kitaj, Warhol and Richter attract keen competition

Reasonable results, with collectors looking lively

A ten-fold increase in turnover on 1993

Autumn sale at Christie’s expected for the last manuscript by the artist in private hands — in 1980 it sold for £2 million

The judge’s ruling resolves the crux of the legal war between the foundation and the lawyer for Warhol’s estate

Christie's in the dock over whether Warhol's estate is worth $220 million or $558 million

Despite lukewarm predictions and no blockbuster items there was increased buyer confidence

Contemporary art sales '94 auction report

Collector’s widow overturns court decision

The auction houses bring out six long-held major estates to tempt collectors

Populist legislation involves no more “chandelier” bids, loans to buyers, or secret reserve

They are also improving their Surrealism holdings

Fresh information has confirmed the importance of the works which will be put on the block

The Philippines to auction the Collection to set up an agricultural reform programme