Sotheby’s take short-term hit as business develops and lot values rise 13 May 2013 Sotheby’s lost $22.3m from January to March 2013, more than twice the amount for the same period in 2012.
For sale: Australia’s first federal banknote 07 May 2013 It has a face value of ten shillings but a price tag of Aus$3.5m (£2.3m) at Coinworks, the specialist dealers and auctioneers of Melbourne.
New saleroom force for Melbourne as Leski merge with Mossgreen 07 May 2013 Two auction houses are joining forces in the latest shake-up to affect the Melbourne scene.
Couture cache to be sold off 07 May 2013 Paris auctioneers Gros & Delettrez have announced the sale of 350 lots of haute couture from Danielle Luquet de Saint Germain, muse to the late Yves Saint Laurent in the 1960s, and later an artistic advisor at Dior.
Mishneh Torah sold in private deal 07 May 2013 The Mishneh Torah was withdrawn from a recent Sotheby’s sale at the eleventh hour after vendors Michael and Judy Steinhard struck a private treaty sale with The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Pinault’s gift helps to end Chinese spat with Christie’s 07 May 2013 The Pinault family, owners of Christie’s and the luxury goods group PPR, are to hand back to China the two Qianlong bronzes that caused great upset when offered for sale in Paris four years ago.
Mixed results but ground-breaking sale finds a market for some Western antiques in China 03 May 2013 Twenty-something UK regional auctioneers and four container loads of Western antiques en route to south-east China. What could possibly go wrong?
Pilot sale sheds light on what Chinese buyers like among Western chattels 30 April 2013 A major new marketplace or simply a case of wishful thinking? That was the question as the Association of Accredited Auctioneers (Triple-A) and their Beijing-based partners, Huachen Auctions, held a much-heralded auction in south east China.
Bowl sets new Kangxi record at £5.8m 22 April 2013 A new auction high for Qing Kangxi porcelain was established in Sotheby’s latest spring sale series in Hong Kong.
Francis Crick letter revealing DNA sells at $5.3m 22 April 2013 A letter written by pioneering scientist Dr Francis Crick containing what is probably the first description he gave of the discovery of DNA has been sold for a world auction record.
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