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Girl with a Balloon (2006) had just hammered at £860,000
The curvaceous M indicates a work that is "subject to right of first refusal"
The mega-collector’s latest lawsuit, filed in New York, escalates his three-year legal feud with Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier
Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions
Move follows a record-breaking breaking year for Paris auctions in 2017
The auction of art, antiques and works of art was cancelled an hour after its supposed start time following private deal
The auction house hopes the works will surpass previous records by several million
Our pick from this week's auctions and exhibitions
In September 2008, Damien Hirst sold £111m of art as Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a financial crisis. A decade on, what has changed?
American collector's works, from Doig to decoy ducks, are to be offered across ten sales at Sotheby’s over the next eight months
Auction house is enlisting dealers and curators to promote the legacy of the polymath who is believed to have cursed his collection
Just two paintings significantly damaged the auction house's bottom line in the second quarter
No big hitters, but overall quality and new buyers from Asia and Latin America buoyed £42.6m auction, with £5.3m record for Canova set in day sale
Veteran Old Master dealer will join the auction house in New York at the end of the summer, months after selling his inventory there
Bronze and marble take centre stage during Old Masters sales week, although Dresden Mars returns home without going on the block at Sotheby's
Maurizio Seracini concurs that the painting sold by Sotheby’s in 2012 is a modern forgery
Christie’s introduces day sale format and established names give way to new talent
Artist was 80 years old when he began the painting of a former Tate cataloguer
Sotheby's sale fell below estimate while Christie’s provided some cheer, showing there is still money in Monet – but only the right one
Sotheby’s auction includes personal works by Hirst gifted to Dunphy, or sketched on the back of restaurant menus
Dmitry Rybolovlev's $450m windfall from Salvator Mundi sale undermined fraud allegation, report says, but criminal cases against Bouvier in Europe are ongoing
Five works made around $18m (with fees) at auctions at Sotheby’s New York on 19 May, and two were bought for undisclosed sums in private sales
Rapper P. Diddy identified as buyer of the Chicago-based painter's Past Times
Sex sells—but only if it is guaranteed
The painting, estimated to bring $30m, is a key lot in the auction house's upcoming evening sale in New York; plaintiff vows to appeal
Every work by the late UK artist up for auction—from stage designs to book covers—is an artist’s proof
First-quarter earnings show aggregate auction sales of $667m, affirming market's strength
The work is the largest in the artist's most sought-after series of pathbreaking Modern nudes
Announcement comes days after auction house reinstates buyer's premium in online sales