Picasso’s Les Femmes d’Alger is priciest work ever sold at auction, fetching almost $180m in New York <br>

The auction house took a chance sticking to a schedule that clashed with the Venice Biennale’s opening—and it paid off

Sotheby’s to auction the contents of West Horsley Place, including a study for Frederic Leighton’s Flaming June

Lempertz, Berlin, Berlin Sale, 2 May

Sotheby’s has launched its third model, back in tandem with eBay, while its numerous competitors are trying many different methods to grow internet sales

Leslie Hindman, Chicago, Property from the Collection of Carol and Richard Levin, 20 May

New law would dilute powers of the “commissaires-priseurs” system and give responsibility to non-experts

But buyers are not risking large sums, with the majority of works still priced below £10,000

The journal that Alan Turing used to jot down his thoughts on a universal language was later turned into a dream diary by one of his student

Liu Yiqian bought a Song Dynasty <i>guan</i> vase for $14.7m at Sotheby’s Hong Kong this week

Former Barnes boss Gillman signs up for Christie’s

Some think the trade was more concerned about the risk of losing sales than its reputation, observed our editor-at-large in 2015

Tough times lie ahead for galleries, but auction houses and art advisers could continue to prosper this year

But despite strong headline sales, missed estimates and cautious collectors signalled that 2010 would not be a return to the wild days