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Christie’s sale in Paris on June 16 includes this portrait of a young woman writing a letter by the artist known as The Master of the Female Half Lengths.

A combination cigarette case and lighter given to Elvis Presley by the king of Thailand sold for six times its top estimate.

Shown here are two highlights from sales of Islamic & Indian art held by London salerooms recently.

A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

Photography specialist the Michael Hoppen Gallery is relocating from Jubilee Place in Chelsea, its home of 37 years.

A highlight at Millon on June 14 is a miniature painted with a double portrait of the Mughal emperors Shah Jahan and his son and successor Aurangzeb.

A charcoal drawing by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) that has not been seen since the major retrospective on the artist at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1948 is to be offered at auction in Aix-en-Provence.

Peter Selley, senior director and senior specialist in English literature and history at Sotheby’s in London, died on April 28.

This huge porcelain breakfast service was made to welcome Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their first visit to Scotland in 1842.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

Sixteenth century Limoges work depicts underworld scene from Virgil’s The Aeneid

Painting was reoffered without the original vendor being kept in the loop

With a major photography exhibition under way at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire dedicated to celebrity portraits by Cecil Beaton, two satellite shows open their doors celebrating the British photographer’s costume designs and theatrical pictures.

Auction house Prunier in Louviers, Normandy, has a long tradition of holding sales of Haute Epoque or early works of art.

Sotheby’s Paris sale of Old Masters on June 15 offers a selection of paintings and sculpture spanning the Middle Ages through to the 19th century.

I’m just wondering why you still persist in showing auction prices without including the buyer’s premium charges.