Picasso’s gift to his greatest muse could fetch £500,000
A unique ring given by Pablo Picasso to his lover Dora Maar will be offered at Sotheby’s this month, as part of an auction featuring small-yet-remarkable artworks. The ring, which […]
2017-06-12
The Lost $10 Million Jackson Pollock Painting Found In An Arizona Attic
A lost Jackson Pollock painting could sell for more than $10 million, after being discovered during a house clearance in Arizona. The work is untitled, unsigned and undated – yet […]
2017-06-08
$110 million Basquiat masterpiece is the most expensive US artwork
A masterpiece by Jean-Michel Basquiat has sold at Sotheby’s for $110 million, making it the most expensive artwork by any American artist. The untitled work is only the eighth painting […]
2017-05-22
Lord of the Rings cover artwork leads Heritage Illustration auction
The original cover artwork from The Lord of the Rings books will lead a sale of illustration art at Heritage Auctions. The artwork by Barbara Remington featured on the paperback […]
2017-04-20
Here’s What Really Happened When The Beatles Met Muhammad Ali
An iconic photograph of The Beatles and Muhammad Ali is up for sale at Swann Auction Galleries this week. The image is part of a portfolio by British photographer Harry […]
2017-04-19
Sotheby’s to sell one of J.M.W Turner’s greatest masterpieces
One of the finest paintings by J.M.W Turner still remaining in private hands will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s later this year. Turner’s 1835 masterpiece ‘Ehrenbreitstein’, depicting a ruined […]
2017-04-04
Unique portrait of the Queen leads Sotheby’s Made in Britain sale
A unique portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will lead a sale of British art and photography at Sotheby’s next month. The photograph was originally taken in 2004 by […]
2017-03-27
Swann Auction Galleries to sell unpublished Picasso photobook
Swann Auction Galleriews are set to offer a unique, unpublished photography book about Pablo Picasso in New York next week. ‘Picasso en Provence’ is a maquette featuring 150 images by […]
2017-02-07
Incredible album of Old West outlaws to sell at Cowan’s Auctions
A remarkable photographic album featuring some of the Old West’s most notorious outlaws is heading for auction in Cincinnati this month. The book, which dates from the late 19th century, […]
2017-02-06
Last Known Photograph of Edgar Allan Poe Could Fetch $10,000
The final photograph ever taken of the Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, could sell for more than $10,000 at auction next month. The image was captured just three […]
2017-01-25
Christie’s London sale to offer masterpieces by Rothko and Rauschenberg
Masterpieces by Mark Rothko and Robert Rauschenberg will lead Christie’s forthcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction in London. The sale will present Rothko’s historic ‘No.1’, executed in 1949 as […]
2017-01-18
Art Nouveau pioneer Alphonse Mucha stars at Swann Auction Galleries
Swann Galleries is set to sell a major private collection of works by Alphonse Mucha, one of pioneering artists of the Art Nouveau movement. In the largest public sale of […]
2017-01-06
Native American war shirt fringed with human hair tops Heritage sale
A Native American war shirt decorated with human hair fetched more than $30,000 when it came up for sale in Dallas this week. The shirt was the star lot of […]
2016-12-16
$16 million Treasure Discovered Amongst French Doctor’s Collection
When a retired French doctor walked into a Parisian auction house with a bundle of drawing under his arm earlier this year, nobody knew he was carrying a treasure worth […]
2016-12-15
Lawren Harris’ Mountain Forms breaks Canadian art auction record
Lawren Harris’ Mountain Forms has broken the record for a Canadian artwork at auction. The Group of Seven artist’s 1926 work sold for $11.2 million at Heffel Fine Art Auction […]
