Discretionary sellers gain confidence in the market and Christie's leads its contemporary sale with Da Vinci—but recent overreaches sound a cautionary note

The successful Hail Mary pass came just before deaccessioned works, including two paintings by Norman Rockwell, were due to be auctioned at Sotheby’s on Monday

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A judge in Massachusetts has denied two motions to block next week’s auctions of deaccessioned works

Led by a major Man Ray, auctions at Christie's, Sotheby's and Leclere play to sophisticated collectors in town for the Paris Photo fair

Last sold 50 years ago, A Dawn depicts French troops marching to trenches through Flanders in 1914

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Two works by their father are among 40 that were due to be sold by the Berkshire Museum

Houses beef up digital teams by hiring from the fashion industry in a bid for new revenue streams

Once overlooked as regional artists, West Coast pioneers have emerged from the shadows since the first edition of Pacific Standard Time in 2011

In the bricks-versus-clicks shakeout, the new power players in online auctions are harvesting data from both the supply and demand sides

Long established London jewellers will hold sale at Sotheby’s following move to smaller premises, but director insists it is “business as usual”

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What will happen when the only painting in private hands by the Renaissance master heads to auction? Plus: the New Museum's big new show on gender, and our literary editor talks 18th-century princesses

The painting, presumed lost until 2005, is estimated at $100m

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

Market’s appetite shows no signs of flagging for fresh works that are correctly priced

Contemporary auction followed a lacklustre Italian sale, prompting calls for the latter to be shelved

Sotheby's auction will include work donated by leading artists

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Photographer took self-portrait a year before he died in 1989

A year after his death, MoMA turned down an offer of the artist’s work. Today, the appetite for his paintings has never been greater

Art advising and valuations firm Gurr Johns steps in, citing "huge opportunities" in London auction market's lower levels

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Christie’s moves October auction to London as rival plans first sale in the UAE

It is the only exhibition dedicated to De Stijl to be organised outside of Europe this year

More than 250 works owned by the couple will feature across ten auctions

Turkish tiles, Persian carpets and Modern British works graced the late artist’s Bloomsbury home

The man behind Feature Inc is remembered for his challenging eye—and a fraught relationship with the market

The auction house will offer works from the Massachusetts museum, including two major Rockwell paintings, starting 13 November and running through next spring