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De’ Conti and Tintoretto works shine as part of the Old Master sales in New York

A 16th century bible in German was the most expensive book sold at auction in the UK in December.

As with last year’s equivalent sales, the winter Old Masters auctions in New York looked a little thin.

Consignments have been thin on the ground but various lots attracted significant sums at the recent London series

These days it’s not unusual to see works that are not technically Old Masters appearing in Old Master auctions.

The upcoming Old Master sales in New York in early February will be the last flagship auction series to take place with Sotheby’s ‘simplified’ buyer’s premium structure in place.

The latest series of Old Master auctions in London looked a little thin with the evening sales comprising less than 30 lots, but the series was not without its highpoints.

A US-based vendor cashed in when a portrait by Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) of his lover Evelyn St George sold at Sotheby’s for more than double the amount it had fetched less than four months earlier at a New Jersey auction.

With the Olympics over and the new season well under way, there is plenty of activity in the French art market.

For the first time London’s three major auction houses will host commercial dealer and gallery exhibitions as part of Asian Art in London (AAL).

Once damned with faint praise, watches from Cartier’s Bond Street boutique are now winning fans among collectors for their adventurous case designs

Sotheby’s owner Patrick Drahi has sold a stake in the company to an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund.