Plus, a tense landscape by Max Beckmann and nudes by Philip Pearlstein

Plus, an early Western view of India and an “illuminating” Giacometti lightpost

Plus, Andy Warhol's “Big Electric Chair” and a Fernando Botero nude

Plus Dürer’s engraving of Nemesis and a painting by one of China’s greatest Modern artists

Plus, a rare trio of paintings by Surrealist Paul Delvaux, and a watercolour of an Egyptian soirée by John Frederick Lewis

Plus a dreamy Symbolist painting and a Cuban cityscape

Plus a a little-known Botticelli and a sleek, Modernist ceramic bowl

Plus, some all-American nostalgia and a classic Dorothy Bohm photograph

Plus, a colourful Magritte painting and a Simone Baltaxé tapestry

Plus, a painting by a key figure of Modern Indian art and a newly discovered work by Ben Enwonwu

Our pick of the best objects up for sale in London and New York

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

Plus, a $20m-$30m Fontana and a painting from Basquiat’s most valuable year

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

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

Plus, a small biblical scene by Rembrandt and a Hever Roman marble

Plus, an expressive Fragonard and an Ed Ruscha text work from the Emily Fisher Landau collection

Plus, a first-century Roman cameo and a gilt bronze statue from Tibet

Plus a painting by Hedda Sterne, one of the few women to make her mark in New York’s Abstract Expressionism movement

Plus one of only four paintings by the 15th century Master of the Baroncelli portraits

Plus imposing heads by Giacometti

Plus, the poems that became sculptures

Plus, dramatic scenes from the Iliad and a delicate Modigliani head

Plus, a painting by an overlooked Surrealist woman artist, and a postcard by M.F. Husain, made for a friend over tea and kebabs

Plus, a Charles II-era silver-gilt vases, an avant-garde Cuban painting and a rare Tintin comic book cover

Plus, a pair of Thornton Dial assemblages, a rare Chinese bowl and a work made out of flip-flops and suede

Plus, a collection of meteorites, a Belle Époque fob watch and a nude by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita

Plus, a “crypto-jukebox”, a striking piece of Modern British silver and a sea battle by a Dutch Old Master

Plus, a contemporary woven Japanese basket and a colourful work on paper by Kirchner

Plus, a rediscovered Titian and a reliquary sculpture from Gabon