The luxury-goods mogul had owned a 49.9% stake in the auction house

Dolphins, horses, dogs and elephants are redefining the notion of “art brut”

Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro and Degas are yesterday’s stars

Percentage rates are down in many areas for the first half of the season

The 'futures' department aims at spotting the antiques of tomorrow

100 to be sold, including Thomas Cromwell from the studio of Hans Holbein

Top dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi blames the auction houses

Tribal art expected to do well at upcoming sales