North America

A relatively early work by the Indian post-war painter Krishen Khanna (b.1925) hammered for $116,000 (£90,500) against an estimate of $4000-8000 at Taurus Auctions (18% buyer’s premium).

The only known example of a vintage Perone quart proved again how rare beer cans have become valuable collectors’ items

Norfolk dealer Voewood Rare Books will offer two prototype BAFTA awards at a US book fair where the UK is well represented this year.

Second edition of Vesalius landmark anatomical work sets a new high as part of science and medicine library

Two portraits of Regency beauties by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) come for sale at Cottone Auctions in Geneso, New York, on March 20. Both come by descent from by the Buffalo industrialist Colonel Charles Clifton (1853-1928) who paid huge sums for them in the early 1920s.

Introduced in 1960, the Bulova Accutron 214 was one of the electronic trailblazers.

Rare prints from a remarkable collection deaccessioned from a library in Massachusetts came for sale at Tremont Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) on February 25.

One of the stand-out results at a three-day auction of a huge American book collection came for a very British lot.

Chicago sale offers more than 300 works related to the British author amassed by US collectors

Fifteeth year of the New York event involves 28 dealers and 12 salerooms taking part

This single-sheet letter was written by Catherine de Medici (1519-89) to the ambassador to Spain.

The 'International Exhibition of Modern Art' held at the 69th Regiment Armory building in New York from February 15 to March 15, 1913, ushered in a new era for the art market.

Market shows strength only for select works as sourcing high-quality material proves inceasingly difficult