Sotheby's

A temporary export bar has been placed on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Sandro Botticelli valued at £10.2m.

Following opposition from the Indian state, Sotheby's took the 11th hour decision to cancel a Hong Kong auction of a collection of relics linked to the historical Buddha.

The National Gallery in London has acquired two Old Masters, one of which is a remarkable 16th-century altarpiece bought for £16.4m in a private treaty sale brokered by Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Asian Art Week is led by one of the great imperial Qianlong period paintings in private hands – The Blue Goats by the Italian Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castiglione and the Chinese court artist Jin Tingbiao.

Hong Kong auctioneer CC Wang conducted Sotheby’s ‘longest ever bidding battle’ when a calligraphy handscroll by a Yuan dynasty master took over 200 bids and 97 minutes to sell.

Sotheby's is staging a single-lot auction next month, offering copies of all four Shakespeare Folios.

The oldest known medieval Jewish artefact, a Kiddush cup from the 11th or 12th century, is being offered at Sotheby’s later this year.

Three E.T. models were used in the 1982 science fiction classic – one of them will appear at Sotheby’s in New York with a $600,000-900,000 estimate

An Egon Schiele (1890-1918) work on paper formerly owned by the Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum was among the lots drawing competition at Christie’s latest evening sale in London.

Sotheby’s is to offer a collection of 30 Fabergé animals from the Castle Howard estate on May 6 as part of its Fabergé, Gold Boxes & Vertu auction in Geneva.

A major consignment of Old Masters is coming up at Sotheby’s New York in May which the saleroom said is poised to break the record for any single-owner sale in this category.

Sotheby’s overall sales total for 2024 fell 24% compared with the previous year.

An export bar has been placed on a set of highly decorated 17th century panels that sold at Sotheby’s last year for £1.62m.

Auction house Sotheby’s is to roll back the commission structure it introduced just seven months ago.