Strong sell-through rate and multiple artist records offset soft demand for top lots

Defying market dogma, marquee sales results show “reallocation” to youth

Prehistoric pottery, a ceremonial dance mask and a blue-chip rocking chair are among this year’s gems

Fluttering butterflies enliven the greenery, but also remind us of the transience of life

The price paid by a buyer from Hong Kong was at the lower end of the estimate range, but still an auction record for Austria

The four works, spanning nearly 40 years of the Abstract Expressionist’s career, will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s in May

The artist’s dazzling, Boschian composition “Les Distractions de Dagobert” is expected to fetch as much as $18m at Sotheby’s in New York next month

The vases, which were estimated to sell for as much as $71,000, were pulled from a sale in New York this week

Punctured work is being offered at Sotheby’s New York after 20 years—and could fetch a record for the Italian post-war artist

The monumental canvas is expected to reset the record price at auction for any work from the series

Plus, a mid-career painting by African American artist Hughie Lee-Smith

A highlight of Sotheby's May evening sales, Bacon's first full-scale painting of George Dyer was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2022

Sleeper hunter dealers must recognise they have an asymmetrical relationship to vulnerable people pressured by circumstance to sell off their treasured heirlooms

Overall auction results are strong—largely thanks to rise of second hand car purchases—but sales of fine art and antiques have fallen significantly from last year

The 20th/21st century and Art of the Surreal auctions were up 18.5% by value on their March 2023 versions

The auction house made £82m before fees and set records for Etel Adnan and Takako Yamaguchi

Expectations are measured as sector adapts to new economic landscape

Plus, a painting to celebrate Francis Newton Souza’s centenary

The hip hop legend worked with the record executive Jimmy Iovine and Sotheby’s to put on the event, which also featured performances by the producer Timbaland and the singer Andra Day

Christie’s was due to support the sale of Wolfgang Flatz's tattooed tissue

A resurgence in top-end spending would only reprise the recent status quo

The auction next month will include 100 pieces acquired by Josef Müller and his family

Pop artist’s paintings have seven-figure prices, but his prints are available for just a few hundred dollars at New York sale

Scattered seven-figure highlights failed to make up for dozens of passed lots and multiple key withdrawals

The auction house Im Kinsky estimates the price of the 1917 painting at between €30m and €50m

Portrait of Isabel de Borbón was due to go on sale on 1 February

Auction mastermind Loïc Gouzer reveals why a cab driver's name was a very good omen

A 'nagging sense of lawlessness' persists despite the industry's periodic rebuttals

A painting depicting Pope Sylvester I made €3m, while a portrayal of Saint Helena more than doubled its high estimate, selling for €1.6m

Evening sales at Sotheby's and Christie's drew in £19.4m and £21.3m, respectively