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Rago, the Lambertville, New Jersey auction house, began handling pieces by Paul Evans (1931-87) in the 1990s, when the classic sculpture-front furnishings were selling for as little as $25,000.

Lots of Americans wanted to fight Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Those too young could put a coin in the Poison this Rat trade simulator.

Backing information from the consignor supported a ‘masterpiece’ furniture item by Swedish designer

Prints from David Hockney’s (1937-2026) Moving Focus series are among the artist’s most sought-after work from the 1980s. The vibrantly coloured images picturing Hotel Acatlán are especially prized.

Innovative art fair recently launched at London gallery expands to American cities for the first time

The first lot offered in Potter & Potter’s (20% buyer’s premium) auction in Chicago on September 10 was a 1939 first edition, first printing of 'Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism'.

Dealer Esme Parish is moving on from her full-time role of offering antique silver from her base in Singapore.

Josephine Baker (1906-75) was not originally supposed to star in La Revue Négre, the now-legendary Parisian show performed by an all-black US cast recruited from Broadway.

In December 1777, Mohammed bin Abdallah (c.1710-90), Sultan of Morocco, became the first head of state to recognise the United States as an independent country.

First editions of the British author’s follow-up to his first novella are scarce and in high demand

New York saleroom Auctions at Showplace is offering a well-documented Turner watercolour on October 8.

Former Christie’s and Sotheby’s generalist John Hudson* travelled to Braderie De Lille, the annual event on the first weekend in September. Here he shares his daytrip diary and experiences

French neoclassicist Marie Guilhelmine Benoist (1768-1826) is another of the long-overlooked female artists whose work is being reappraised by the market in the 21st century.

A trove of original Golden Age comic book art, much of it illustrated by female artists, dominated a recent sale at White’s Auctions (22/27% buyer’s premium) in Middleboro, Massachusetts.

The Bedazzled sale held at Lunds (25% buyer’s premium) in Victoria, British Columbia on August 11 lived up to its name.

A set of 24 Art Deco Gallia animalier knife rests hammered for $8000 (£5950) against a guide of $3000-5000 at an Objet sale at Wright (28% buyer’s premium) in Chicago, Illinois.

A Russell Drysdale (1912-81) landscape that has not been on the market for over 40 years is being offered at Leonard Joel’s Fine Art auction in Melbourne on October 6.