Auction record for any football programme 20 May 2013 Almost exactly a year after Graham Budd set a record for any football programme at auction he has done it again. Auction Reports
Boulled over at £88,000 20 May 2013 Possibly dating from the reign of Louis XIV, this fine boulle casket and stand was among an assortment of jewellery, silver, furniture and pictures at Thomas R. Callan’s sale in Ayr, south west Scotland. Auction Reports
Christie’s toast ‘highest total in auction history’ 16 May 2013 Christie’s evening sale of Contemporary art in New York last night posted a hammer total of $435.5m (£294.2m). NewsArt Market
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. NewsInternational
Benson light show at Lyon & Turnbull 13 May 2013 The highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s sale of Decorative Arts was this copper and brass electrolier made in the workshops of the designer and architect William Arthur Smith Benson c.1900. Auction Reports
Soutine’s pastry chefs leads Christie’s sale 09 May 2013 A painting by Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) entitled ‘Le petit pâtissier’ was the top lot of Christie’s latest evening sale of Impressionist & Modern art in New York. Art Market
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? Auction ReportsInternational
Orientalist sale in London packs a big punch 01 May 2013 Featuring only 22 lots, Sotheby’s latest sale of Orientalist art was a small affair but one that definitely packed a big punch. Art Market
Further evidence of growing interest in banknotes 29 April 2013 Recent years have seen a massive increase in the offerings and prices realised by banknotes. Auction Reports
Joseph Wright of Derby sells at £125,000 in West Sussex 29 April 2013 This previously unrecorded late work by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97), ‘Landscape with Rainbow’, sold for £125,000 at Bellmans in Wisborough Green, West Sussex. Art Market
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