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• Alan Carr Keeps Unsold Concrete Cow from Ayton Castle Auction market-auction

  Comedian Alan Carr is keeping a concrete cow sculpture, the only unsold lot from an auction of unwanted items at his recently purchased Ayton Castle in the Scottish Borders. The…

• Gazelli Art House Acquires Former Marlborough Gallery Space in Chelsea market-auction

  Gazelli Art House has acquired the former Marlborough Gallery space in New York's Chelsea Arts Tower, marking a new chapter in the liquidation of Marlborough's legacy. After…

• Sotheby's auctions Virgil Abloh prints for UW-Madison scholarships market-auction

  Sotheby's is auctioning a rare set of four red screenprints by Virgil Abloh from his 2015 Off-Wisconsin collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Abloh earned…

• Norval Morrisseau works highlight Hudson's Bay final auction market-auction

  Hudson's Bay concluded its art collection sale with an online auction by Heffel Fine Art Auction House featuring works by Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau. The sale included…

• Capitolium Art auction spans a century of design from Reinstein to Sottsass market-auction

  On July 8, 2026, Capitolium Art will auction a selection of design objects and furniture spanning over seventy years, from early 20th-century Central European design to Italian…

• UK's First Russia Art Sanctions Conviction Results in Fine market-auction

  Jonathan Hornby has been fined £28,000 after becoming the first individual convicted under the UK's sanctions against luxury exports to Russia. His attempt to ship artworks,…

• Sotheby's due diligence leads to jail for antiquities fraud market-auction

  Andrew Crowley, aged 46, received a two-year prison sentence after admitting to fraud through false representation. He attempted to auction three Cycladic figures and an Anatolian…

• Old Masters Sales Rise as New Collectors Enter Market market-auction

  In London, the evening sales of Old Masters at Christie’s and Sotheby’s totaled around $102 million, reflecting an increase of nearly 10% compared to last year’s figures. This…

• Watch auction market shifts from status symbols to rare historical pieces market-auction

  A shift in buyer preferences is driving up prices at watch auctions, as collectors increasingly seek rare historical timepieces over modern status symbols. This trend reflects a…

• N.C. Wyeth's 'Independence Day' at Sotheby's Auction market-auction

  N.C. Wyeth's painting 'Independence Day (At Concord Bridge)' was offered at a Sotheby's auction in 2021. The oil on canvas, measuring 33 x 30 inches, depicts the Colonial Militia…

• Christie's Stephen Ongpin Sale Totals £2.51m with 92% Sell-Through Rate market-auction

  So, Christie's London held an auction called Lines of Vision for Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, marking its twentieth year. The auction raised £2.51 million, about $3.32 million, and…

• Animatronic Bear Possibly Linked to Jeff Koons Heads to Auction market-auction

  A seven-foot radio-controlled animatronic bear, one of the earliest known examples of its kind, is being auctioned at Roseberys London on July 9 with an estimate of…

• eToro Leads $12.5M Funding Round for On-Chain Perps Exchange Extended market-auction

  On July 2, eToro announced it had spearheaded a $12.5 million funding round for Extended, an on-chain perpetual futures exchange established by former executives from Revolut.…

• Old Masters Auctions Surge as New Tech Wealth Chases Classics market-auction

  The evening auctions for Old Masters at Christie's and Sotheby’s amassed a total of £76.7 million ($101.6 million), reflecting a 9.4% rise compared to the previous year. Sotheby’s…

• Catawiki and Artribune Launch Online Auction Bridging Ancient and Contemporary Art market-auction

  A new online auction collaboration between Catawiki and Artribune features over 300 works spanning ancient, modern, and contemporary art, running until July 6, 2026. The sale is…

• Jay Chou buys Matisse's La Séance du Matin for $20m at Sotheby's market-auction

  Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou purchased Henri Matisse's 1924 painting La Séance du Matin for $20 million (with fees) at Sotheby's New York in June 2026. Chou announced the…

• Epstein files reveal Leon Black as key Van Gogh collector market-auction

  In January, the US Department of Justice made public the Epstein files, which disclose that investor Leon Black possessed Van Gogh's Quarry, located near Saint-Rémy, appraised at…

• Spotify deletes Malcolm Todd streams after suspicious Kalshi bets market-auction

  Spotify removed over 500,000 streams of Malcolm Todd's song 'Earrings' after detecting suspicious betting activity on Kalshi, a prediction market platform. Traders had placed bets…

• Hamilton Laocoön Bronze Sells for £13.6M at Sotheby's, Shattering Estimates market-auction

  A rare full-scale bronze cast of the Laocoön group, created in 1817 by Auguste-Jean Marie Carbonneaux, sold for £13.6 million ($18.1 million) at Sotheby's Old Masters Evening Sale…

• Record-Breaking Old Master Sales in London Summer Auctions market-auction

  The Old Master week in London wrapped up with outstanding achievements at Christie's and Sotheby's. On June 30, 2026, Christie's Old Masters Evening Sale and The Exceptional Sale…

• Il Ponte Casa d’Aste’s Decorative Arts and Design Sale Exceeds €920,000 market-auction

  Il Ponte Casa d’Aste achieved over €920,000 in total sales for its Arti Decorative del ’900 e Design auction on June 25–26, with 73% of lots sold and estimates outperformed by…

• Wannenes Design Auction in Genoa: Italian 20th Century Design from Fontana Arte to Brazilian Modernism market-auction

  Wannenes auction house will hold a design and Italian style sale on July 9-10, 2026 at Villa Carrega Cataldi in Genoa, featuring over 200 lots spanning from the 1930s to the…

• Landseer's 'Scene in Braemar' Fetches £5.9m at Sotheby's market-auction

  Sir Edwin Landseer's 'Scene in Braemar', a companion to 'Monarch of the Glen', sold for £5,946,000 at Sotheby's in London, five times the previous auction record for the artist.…

• Bronze Laocoön sells for £13.6m at Sotheby's London Old Master auction market-auction

  A full-size bronze replica of the Laocoön classical marble group, cast in 1817 by Auguste-Jean-Marie Carbonneaux, sold for £13.6m at Sotheby's London Old Master and 19th century…

• £8m Rediscovered Rembrandt Leads Sotheby's Old Master Sale market-auction

  A rediscovered Rembrandt painting sold for £8 million at Sotheby's London summer sales. The work was part of an evening auction that also featured pieces by Sandro Botticelli,…

• David Hockney's First Auction Since Death Leads Phillips London Sale market-auction

  Phillips London held its modern and contemporary art evening sale on June 26, 2024, amid a European heatwave, achieving £12 million including buyer's premium. The top lot was…

• Vintage READ Posters Auctioned as American Library Association Turns 150 market-auction

  Heritage Auctions is selling over 200 posters from the American Library Association's READ campaign in an online auction running from June 18 to July 10, 2026, commemorating the…

• Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Portrait Sells for Record £1.1 Million at Christie's market-auction

  An 18th-century portrait by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, titled Portrait of Marquise Marie-Thérèse-Odile de la Valette, fetched £1.1 million ($1.5 million) at Christie’s London on…

• Rare Camille Claudel bronze estimated up to €2M to auction at Drouot in September market-auction

  A third lifetime cast of Camille Claudel's "La Jeunesse et L'Âge mûr" will be auctioned at Drouot on September 20, 2026, with an estimated value of €1.5–2 million. Discovered in a…

• Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Tennessee Home Hits the Market market-auction

  Listed at $1.6 million with Alliance Sotheby’s International Realty, the Shavin House is the only design by Frank Lloyd Wright in Tennessee. Constructed between 1948 and 1952 for…

• Getty Images to Terminate $3.7B Shutterstock Merger Over UK Regulator Demands market-auction

  Getty Images announced plans to terminate its $3.7 billion merger agreement with Shutterstock after the UK Competition and Markets Authority required Shutterstock to sell its…

• Lévy Gorvy Dayan launches single-work auction model market-auction

  Lévy Gorvy Dayan (LGD) held its first LGD Hammer event, auctioning a single work—Willem de Kooning's Milkmaid (1984)—to a select group of bidders with a minimum $10m entry.…

• T. rex skeleton Gus leads July auctions with $20m-$30m estimate market-auction

  A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named Gus, estimated at $20m-$30m, will be the top lot in Sotheby's Natural History sale on 14 July in New York. Uncovered in Harding County, South…

• Swiss bank Pictet replaces JP Morgan as Paris Photo main sponsor market-auction

  Swiss banking group Pictet has replaced JP Morgan as the main sponsor of Paris Photo, the international art fair dedicated to photography. The change in sponsorship was announced…

• Wannenes Auction of Independent Watchmaking in Monaco market-auction

  On July 7, 2026, Wannenes will hold Montres Rares, an auction in the Principality of Monaco dedicated to independent watchmaking. The sale features early 2000s milestones,…

• Banksy's 'Choose Your Weapon': Keith Haring Tribute and the Chaotic Release That Ended an Era market-auction

  In 2010, Banksy's screenprint 'Choose Your Weapon' emerged from a street mural in Bermondsey, South London, featuring a hooded figure and a barking dog illustrated in the style of…

• Binance Lists Re (RE) Token, Expanding Access to RWA Reinsurance Project market-auction

  Binance listed Re (RE), the governance token of Re Protocol, on June 18, 2026, with spot trading starting at 14:00 UTC. Three trading pairs were opened: RE/USDT, RE/USDC, and…

• 1,000 Unseen Karl Lagerfeld Sketches to Be Auctioned by Sotheby's market-auction

  Sotheby's is auctioning approximately 1,000 previously unseen sketches by Karl Lagerfeld in an online sale running July 2–8. The drawings, dating from the 1970s until his death in…

• Signed Paul McCartney book from charity shop fetches £950 at auction market-auction

  A copy of 'Paul McCartney In His Own Words', signed by Sir Paul McCartney, sold for £950 at Bonhams after being discovered in an Oxfam shop in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. The book…

• Kendrick Bangs Kellogg's Kravis Residence hits market in La Jolla market-auction

  The Thomas C Kravis, MD Residence, a remarkable example of organic architecture designed by the late Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, has hit the market after thirty years. Situated on…