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Sotheby’s banks on its galleries

Bill Ruprecht says auction house’s plan to open another private gallery space in London this autumn will help to boost earnings significantly over time

Published online: 11 May 2013

Record set for Soutine

Chaim Soutine’s Le Petit Pâtissier sold for $18m to a Japanese buyer

Published online: 09 May 2013

Collector says Sotheby’s sold him Nazi-owned art—now it's unsellable

Uncertainty over whether the work, once owned by Goering, was looted means that auction houses don't want to put it on the block

Published online: 02 May 2013

Christie’s owner returns Chinese bronzes

François Pinault is handing back two heads, of a rat and a rabbit, that came to auction as part of the collection Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé

Published online: 26 April 2013

New York’s Folk Art Museum to turn over more than 200 works for auction

Sotheby’s is due to sell off the collection of the museum’s former chairman Ralph Esmerian to cover his debts, despite complaints from Christie’s

Published online: 25 April 2013

Leo raises $38.8m for wildlife charity

Leonardo DiCaprio’s star-studded charity auction last night at Christie’s raised $38.8m for the actor’s eco-minded foundation, setting...

LL Coolector J

The musclebound actor and rapper LL Cool J, in the headlines recently because of a duet with the country singer Brad Paisley on the...

Robert Redford calls sale of Hopi masks “sacrilege”

The actor, director and activist Robert Redford has called a forthcoming sale in Paris of Hopi artefacts “a sacrilege” in a letter...

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