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Da Messina discovered in private collection

15 May 2026

This oil on panel portrait of a saint is an addition to the small number of autographs by Quattrocento painter Antonello da Messina.

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Museums on the hunt for drawings and works on paper in Paris

15 May 2026

Institutional purchases have become a major feature of the Salon du Dessin works on paper fair

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Moreau festive designs for birth of the Dauphin are now celebrated by the Palace of Versailles museum

15 May 2026

The artist Jean-Michel Moreau the younger (1741-1814) was employed from the 1780s onwards as a dessinateur des Menus-Plaisirs.

A Roman marble torso

Roman torso and ‘Cycladic’ figure stand out for bidders

08 May 2026

The modest reserve of €2500 for the 13in (34cm) Roman marble torso of a seated man from the 1st or 2nd century left the bidders at Dr Eder (25% buyer’s premium) in Cologne with plenty of upward scope.

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Sixteenth century Old Master sleepers awake in Switzerland

08 May 2026

In recent sales at Artcurial, Bailly, Beurret and Widner (25% buyer’s premium) in Basel, works of art from the renowned collection of Lotar Neumann in Gingins have been consigned by his descendants and achieved notable results.

Primavera vase by Ercole Barovier

Cracking price for rare crackled Primavera glass

08 May 2026

Vases and other vessels employing the Primavera technique belong to the rarest types of glass produced in Murano.

Zsolnay charger by Armin Klein

Actor star value pushes up prices

08 May 2026

Collection of popular and well-respected Austrian figure puts in a notable performance at auction

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De László portraits rediscovered in North Carolina auction

01 May 2026

Two pictures relating to the family of former US president George HW Bush added to catalogue raisonné

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‘Try to find another one that’s not in a museum’

01 May 2026

This Flemish Baroque carved ebony table cabinet shown below opens to reveal intricate silk needlework images of flowers to the inside of its three doors.

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Dublin-made Egyptian revival mirror brings competition between 16 bidders

01 May 2026

An Irish Regency overmantel mirror in Egyptian Revival style by the Dublin artisan Joshua Kearney (1797-1849) hammered for $22,000 (£16,400) against a $6000-8000 guide at Andrew Jones Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Los Angeles.

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Bidders will be the judge

01 May 2026

In 1950, the Swiss artist, architect and designer Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967) joined his cousin Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (who had assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier) to create a new capital of Punjab.

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Buyer splashes out on British wine and water ewers connected to American high society

01 May 2026

A pair of Edwardian wine and water ewers by London silversmith Sydney Bellamy Harman, 1910, tied for the most-expensive lot at a recent Doyle (28% buyer’s premium) auction.

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Get your claws into Supersol

01 May 2026

A rare vinyl and rubber Supersol monster toy seized top-lot status with its vivid blue-green vinyl claws at a recent sale at Landry Pop Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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Gallé sideboard ripe for a new owner

01 May 2026

According to the lot notes, 11 wood veneers from Macassar ebony to burr maple were used in making the c.1903 Émile Gallé Épis de Blé sideboard.

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More celebrations for de Caullery

17 April 2026

There was plenty of interest at a sale held by Van Ham (27% buyer’s premium) in Cologne for a painting of a Medieval scene with jousting tournament.

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Three Old Masters come to auction with a direct link to Augustus the Strong

17 April 2026

Three Old Master paintings being sold by Van Ham on May 22 in Cologne have a direct connection to the collection of Augustus the Strong.

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Cypher machine takes more than eight-times estimate at German auction

17 April 2026

With only one key, the Diskret, which was offered at a recent sale at Auction Team Breker (21.8% buyer’s premium), did not conform to the conventional layout of a typewriter.

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Davy medal emerges in German sale

17 April 2026

In 1869, under the terms of the will of John Davy, brother of the celebrated chemist Humphry Davy, the Davy Medal was established in his name.

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'Prismatic Cubism' painting by Romanian artist to be offered in Germany

17 April 2026

The Romanian artist Arthur Segal spent much of his career in Germany among the avant garde.

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Strong contest for Arita vase Augustus admired

17 April 2026

Augustus the Strong, the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, was known as a monumental collector.

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