Auctioneers

The J Paul Getty Museum has purchased a Hellenistic gold box-bezel ring, describing it as “one of the finest and best-preserved surviving examples of this ancient jewellery type”.

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.

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.

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.

The second part of the Michael Baggott collection was a white-glove affair at Woolley & Wallis.

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 celebrity chef served up something tasty at Bonhams Knightsbridge: a few morsels from of his own collection.

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 of buyer’s premium.

The Modern and Contemporary art market isn’t all about the expensive headline lots sold during Frieze week.

Auction house Bonhams has a new owner and has announced sweeping changes in the firm’s management team.