International

Recent advertising highlights from UK sales and an Italian auction

Rather than the rich and famous it was this photograph of three haggard workers that caught the eye in a Cincinnati saleroom.

Anyone sitting through a slideshow of images from an extraordinary photograph collection of Indian, south-east Asian, and Middle Eastern subjects sold in a US auction could be there for a long time.

Rare works on offer in Swiss saleroom were by artist most familiar for his Fauvist fine art creations

An early 17th century pen and ink drawing of Euterpe, the muse of lyrical music, caused the biggest surprise at Karl & Faber (27% buyer’s premium).

Recent sales of Asian art achieved some memorable prices, paid not surprisingly by Asian buyers.

A canvas by the Romantic painter Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) went for many times the guide at Kinsky (28% buyer’s premium) in Vienna.

French auction business Drouot Group has sold a 30% stake to fund digital expansion.

'Antipodum, nobis, incognita': how a great southern land is labelled (“the Antipodes unknown to us”) in one of the first mentions in print.

Most of the exhibitors at the spring edition of the biannual antiques fair held in the enchanting antiques-laden Provençal town of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue come from the south of France with a couple from Italy and Belgium.

In the 1920s, the German painter Albert Birkle (1900-86) combined 'Neue Sachlichkeit' (New Objectivity) with his version of magic realism to produce sometimes disturbing results.

International collectors invested considerable sums in the Expressionist paintings on offer at German sales over the last few weeks.

Art Deco had a profound influence on all categories – not just art, sculpture or luxury furnishings but also on the design of more utilitarian items.

Although the mid-week sales at US auction house Stair Galleries typically focus on affordable property, there are some exceptions.

A new auction record for netsuke – over three times the previous high – has been set in France.

Auctions held in Australia and Germany rack up strong prices for major European makers