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Still life by long-forgotten painter Clara Peeters could fetch £700,000

Painting on copper by Flemish artist is up for auction having been in private hands for nearly a century

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023

Jane Austen’s own copy of Curiosities of Literature to go up for auction

Described as ‘a remarkable piece of history’, the copy of Isaac D’Israeli’s essays collection is one of 20 books the author is known to have owned, and features her own underlinings and annotations

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

Victor Wembanyama's Jersey From His NBA Debut Sells for $762,000 at Auction

The jersey from Wembanyama’s NBA debut fetched a huge price at auction.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 22, 2023

Cheers! Bottle of Scotch whisky sells for a record $2.7 million at auction

A bottle of Scotch whisky billed as “the most sought-after” in the world has sold for almost 2.2 million pounds ($2.7 million)

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023

Vintage 1962 Ferrari sells for more than $50m at New York auction

The sale makes it the second most expensive car ever sold at auction, Sotheby’s said

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023

‘One of his finest’: LS Lowry seascape expected to sell for up to £1.5m

British artist’s 1947 painting Beach Scene, Lancashire to go to auction after 70 years in Canadian collection

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

Irish woman inspired to return African and Aboriginal antiquities by Guardian article

Isabella Walsh has contacted embassies and consulates to repatriate 10 objects that her father wanted to be returned

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023

Picasso’s portrait of secret lover sells for $139.4 million at auction

Spanish patiner’s ‘Femme à la montre’, which told the world he was having an affair with his ‘golden muse’, is the most valuable piece of art sold this year

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

Picasso painting of his ‘golden muse’ sells for $139.4m in New York

Femme à la montre, painted in 1932, becomes artist’s second most expensive work sold at auction

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023

Pablo Picasso painting sells for more than $139 million in New York

The 1932 painting 'Femme à la montre' becomes most valuable work of art sold globally at an auction this year

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2023