Capping a strong year for the Indian art market, Christie’s has set a new record for any classical Indian or Islamic painting at auction.

A recently rediscovered early work by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) has sold for €400,000 (£349,000) at Dorotheum. The modest bust-length portrait of the young Don José Álvarez de Toledo Osorio y ...

An original work by Salvador Dali discovered in a Cambridge-based house clearance made a major return for the vendor at Cheffins on October 23. Titled Vecchio Sultano and measuring 15 x 11.5in (38 x ...

A good sum for a painting by Richard Eurich (1903-92) at an auction outside London came at Mallams’ latest Art & Music sale in Oxford. Consigned from a local deceased estate, the 19.5 x 2ft 6in (50 x ...

Drew Pritchard is poised to join the Cotswold antiques hub of Tetbury. Having moved to Bath from Wales he had been looking for a suitable location for a new saleroom in th… ...

An oak and polychrome carving of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's coat of arms has been rediscovered following research by St James’ art dealer Simon Dickinson. The firm believes it is the “only contemporary ...

With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

An audacious robbery of valuable jewellery from the Louvre at the weekend has forced the museum to remain closed for investigation. At around 9.30am on Sunday, October 19 four men pulled up on mopeds ...

The second part of the Michael Baggott collection was a white-glove affair at Woolley & Wallis. All of the 120 lots offered in Salisbury on October 22 were sold, adding a further £80,000 to the £1… ...

The Modern and Contemporary art market isn’t all about the expensive headline lots sold during Frieze week. Further down the food chain, a vibrant sector exists at much more affordable price points, ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a box of jewellery containing hidden gems setting a house record Adam Partridge ...

Christie’s reported a 20% year-on-year rise in the total for its evening sale of Modern British and Irish Art in London – the first auction in this category to take place under the firm’s updated rate ...