International

On December 2, as part of its So Unique series launched in April, Millon held a single-lot sale in Paris.

This oil on canvas of a white-robed young couple by the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was sold for $800,000 (£601,505) in Chicago on December 2.

This series of Peruvian paintings of the 14 Inca emperors plus the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro featured in a sale held in Barcelona .

A large and impressive painting of a lush Indonesian tropical landscape by Raden Saleh (1811-80) was sold in Paris on December 2 for €1.7m (£1.45m).

Genre scene sets a new high for French artist inspired by Dutch and Flemish paintings.

New York’s Winter Show tempts exhibitors back across the Pond in January.

A single-lot sale on October 19 offered an illuminated Ashkenazic prayer book that realised a premium-inclusive $8,307,000 (£6,019,565).

Besch is holding a sale series in Cannes that will offer a mix of fine wines, jewellery and watches, Impressionist and Modern art and decorative arts.

The Rolex Deep Sea Special, with its remarkable bubble case capable of withstanding huge pressure, was created in the early 1950s to test just how deep a diving watch could go.

If ever there were a price to demonstrate just how important condition has become in the top end of the collecting market then it is the record-breaking SFr2.55m (£2.065m) for a reference CK2915 Speedmaster at Phillips (26/21% buyer's premium) in Geneva on November 5.

Gary Munson collection delivers a string of rarities sold for record-breaking sums

The World Chess Championship currently taking place in Dubai began on November 26 in familiar style.

Single-owner collections offer magical selections days apart in two salerooms

Portrait subject claimed as Elizabeth I will be subject to research after rediscovery in upstate New York

Four years after the publication of his book 'Fabergé in London', Wartski’s Kieran McCarthy has brought it to life.

The German painter Rudolf Levy was born in north Germany, but was at home in many parts of Europe.