Auction aesthetic

In an age of ecommerce, how are top auction houses staying relevant?

And the ridiculous luxury goods buyers could have owned for the same prices.

This 14.62ct Vivid Blue diamond has become one of the most expensive diamonds ever sold at auction.

Recent anti-money laundering directives in the UK and EU mean big changes for the European art world. This could be the end of secret art

'Sotheby’s and Christie’s Jostle for Sales' --> via The New York Times - Sotheby’s and Christie’s are one of the business world’s oldest duopolies. Though always subtly different in corporate character, these auction houses have over the years been generally perceived to be evenly matched rivals.

Bid Live on Lot 334 in the Fine Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Frames, Prints and Engravings Auction from John Nicholson's.

Inside the museum-like London home of Peter Hone, whose collection of statues, sculptures and architectural fragments is offered in our Interiors sale on October 26

The painting that brought Jenny Saville to international acclaim had made a record-breaking $12.4 million at Sotheby’s London.