International

The top lot in Potter & Potter’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest Wunderkammer Sale was Gustave Vichy’s (1839-1904) 'Aubade a la lune' (Serenade to the Moon) mechanical automaton. It is considered a signature model of the firm.

The collection of Selim Zilkha (1927-2022), founder of Mothercare, represented a stern test of the market for early English silver.

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

The mid-1920s were tough times for architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).

Daisy Makeig-Jones’ lustre designs for Wedgwood arrived at precisely the right time.

Credited with saying “an army marches on its stomach”, Napoleon Bonaparte knew the value of eating well, both at home and on the road.

Less-than-pristine paints and brushes from the studio of Lucien Freud (1922-2011) were sold by University Archives (23% buyer’s premium) in Wilton, Connecticut.

An inheritance influenced Boston dealer duo to turn their collecting interest to a different market

An oil on board titled 'Portrait of a Donkey', painted and signed in 1881 by the noted French animalier Rosa Bonheur (1822-99), performed with gusto at Helmuth Stone Gallery (25% buyer’s premium).

A copy of pioneering female author’s novel Evelina appeared at auction for first time in a decade

Jill Newhouse founded her gallery in New York in 1980. She is the fourth generation of her family to be an art dealer.

Paris auction staged at the Drouot centre offered a richly varied and valuable range of lots

Event in the Belgian capital manages to combine sense of luxury with a friendly and relaxed atmosphere early on

Art dealer Dominic Sanchez-Cabello has sold a rare portrait by Emma Soyer (c.1810-42) to the Yale Center for British Art.

London dealer William Thuillier has sold a portrait of Frederick Augustus I, the Elector of Saxony and Duke of Warsaw, to the armoury of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden.