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Heritage Auctions' Prints & Multiples Sale Achieves Complete Sell-Through with Strong Results market-auction
Heritage Auctions' Prints & Multiples Showcase on March 18 sold all 89 lots, generating $231,775 in total sales. The auction attracted 422 bidders, with notable demand for works…
Heritage Auctions Features Top-Graded Resident Evil Game for Series Anniversary market-auction
Heritage Auctions is offering a highly-rated sealed copy of the original Resident Evil PlayStation game in its March 27–28 Video Games Signature Auction. This coincides with the…
Morphy Auctions to Host High-Value Marble Sale Featuring Rare Collectibles market-auction
Morphy Auctions will hold a Premier Marbles auction on April 11, featuring 478 lots of antique and vintage marbles. The event includes rare examples from 19th-century German…
RM Sotheby's Monaco Auction Estimate Reaches €87 Million with New Consignments market-auction
RM Sotheby's upcoming Monaco auction has increased its total low estimate to €87 million following new consignments. Thirteen vehicles contributed over €30 million in value,…
Milestone Auction Achieves Strong Results with Vintage Toy Collection Sale market-auction
On March 14, 2026, Milestone conducted a live auction of collectible toys in suburban Cleveland, attracting global bidders and generating $732,000. The event featured 664 lots…
Magnus Walker's Porsche Collection Sells for $2 Million in Online Auction market-auction
RM Sotheby's held an online auction of Magnus Walker's personal car collection, titled The Outlaw Collection, which sold all 160 lots for a total of $2 million. The sale included…
Sotheby's South Asian Art Auction Achieves $22.1 Million with Full Sell-Through market-auction
Sotheby's New York held a Modern & Contemporary South Asian art auction, generating $22.1 million with all lots sold. The event, led by department head Manjari Sihare-Sutin, saw…
Stork Club and Walter Winchell Ephemera Auction at Turner Auctions on September 12 market-auction
Turner Auctions + Appraisals will hold an auction titled 'Ephemera from the Stork Club, Walter Winchell & More' on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at 10:30 am PDT. The auction…
Kimbell Art Museum Acquires Rare 1624 Bronze by Stefano Maderno market-auction
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has announced the acquisition of a significant 1624 bronze sculpture, Samson and Two Philistines, by the Italian artist Stefano…
Long-Lost Portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn Discovered After Two Centuries market-auction
A previously missing portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns, created by artist Sir Henry Raeburn, has been identified after more than two hundred years. The artwork emerged during…
Christie's Hong Kong Evening Sale Achieves HK$655.7 Million with Strong Market Momentum market-auction
On March 27, 2026, Christie's Hong Kong held its 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, which generated a total of HK$655,761,600 (approximately US$83,802,193). This result represents a…
Sotheby's Hong Kong Modern and Contemporary Sale Sets Multiple Auction Records market-auction
Sotheby's Hong Kong recently concluded a Modern and Contemporary evening sale that achieved a white-glove result, meaning every lot found a buyer. The auction's standout piece was…
Artemis Fine Arts' Summer Marketplace Auction Features Ancient and Global Artifacts market-auction
On August 13, Artemis Fine Arts will host its Summer Marketplace | Ancient & Ethnographic sale, an online auction beginning at 8 a.m. GMT-6. The auction presents a diverse array…
Julien's Auctions to Launch Celebrity & Culture Week in Abu Dhabi in 2026 market-auction
Julien's Auctions has revealed plans for its first-ever Celebrity & Culture Week in Abu Dhabi, set to take place in December 2026. This new global initiative aims to honor the…
Heritage's Art of Disney Auction Hits $3.4M, Led by Tenggren's Snow White Art market-auction
Heritage Auctions' three-day Art of Disney Signature Auction, held from August 21-23, achieved $3.43 million in sales, with a 100% sell-through rate across 1,346 lots and…
Grant Zahajko Auctions to Relocate to Nevada After Final Davenport Sale market-auction
Grant Zahajko Auctions will hold its final auction in Davenport on Wednesday, August 12th, featuring Sports Cards & Memorabilia, Comic Books, Autographs, and other collectibles.…
Brooklyn Museum Sells Deaccessioned Items at Brunk Auctions market-auction
Brunk Auctions will conduct a sale on April 9, featuring approximately 225 lots of early American and Continental furniture, samplers, works on paper, flags, and military buttons…
Roland Auctions NY Sets Record with Akbar Padamsee Painting Sale Approaching $500,000 market-auction
Roland Auctions NY achieved a historic milestone by selling a work for the highest price in the auction house's existence. The transaction occurred during their 'Important Art and…
Christie's London to Auction Final Flacks Family Collection of Chinese Furniture and Ink Painting in May 2026 market-auction
Christie's London will present The Flacks Family Collection II: Curtain Call auction on 12 May 2026, featuring 50 lots of Chinese furniture, scholar's objects, and contemporary…
Christie's London Auction Features Islamic and Indian Art Treasures Including Rare Mamluk Glass and Mughal Carpets market-auction
Christie's will present an auction titled Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Rugs and Carpets in London on April 30. The sale features a diverse selection of artworks,…
Rare Pikachu Illustrator Card with Gold Enhancement Heads to Heritage Auction market-auction
Heritage Auctions' Trading Card Games Signature Auction, scheduled for September 18–19, will showcase a PSA Mint 9 Pikachu Illustrator card, which boasts a Mike Baker…
Artcurial Fall Auction Season to Feature Jean-Jacques Rotthier Collection of African Art market-auction
Artcurial has unveiled its autumn auction season, featuring a variety of private collections, each telling a distinct story shaped by careful selection, insight, and patience.…
Pikachu Illustrator card achieves record auction price at Heritage sale market-auction
A Pikachu Illustrator trading card graded PSA Mint 9 sold for $1,406,250 during Heritage Auctions' March 27-28 Trading Card Games and Manga Signature Auction. This transaction…
Christie's April Photography Auction Features 300 Works Including Rare Irving Penn Pieces market-auction
Christie's has announced an online photography auction scheduled to run from April 3 to April 17. The sale will present over 300 significant photographic works covering both the…
Rare Ernest Cole vintage print enters private sale at MBR Projects market-auction
MBR Projects has been appointed to handle the private sale of a unique vintage silver gelatin print by Ernest Cole (1940–1990), which bears his signature on the back. Recognized…
Turner Auctions presents Fashion & Jewelry Treasures sale on July 19 market-auction
On Sunday, July 19, 2026, at 10:30 am PDT, Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present Fashion & Jewelry Treasures. This auction features more than 205 lots, primarily consisting of…
Craig Wright's curated Newport Coast estate collection heads to auction at Andrew Jones Auctions market-auction
Andrew Jones Auctions will conduct a two-day sale of European antiques, fine art, antiquities, and luxury decorative objects assembled by interior designer Craig Wright. The…
Heritage Auctions Offers Rare Lunar Meteorite with Potential Water Evidence in Dallas Sale market-auction
Heritage Auctions is presenting Oued El Hamim 001, a 608.73-gram lunar fragmental breccia, in a Dallas nature and science auction. Recovered in Ajdabiya, Libya, this specimen is…
1894-S Dime Sells for $1.25M at Stack's Bowers market-auction
A rare 1894-S dime, which catapulted a young Dave Bowers to numismatic fame, has been sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries for $1.25 million. The coin, struck at the San Francisco…
Lori Nelson's Art Glass Collection Heads to Auction market-auction
On October 8, 2026, Goldberg Coins & Collectibles will hold an auction in Los Angeles and online for the estate of Lori Nelson (1933-2020), a notable fashion model and actress…
Lebanese Banknote Sells for $43,920, Leading Heritage World Paper Money Auction to $1.54 Million market-auction
A 1939 Lebanese 250 Livres banknote sold for $43,920, becoming the top lot in Heritage Auctions' World Paper Money Signature Auction held on March 26. The auction achieved a total…
Heritage Auctions Features Rare Patrick Nagel Canvases in April Illustration Art Sale market-auction
Heritage Auctions will present three previously unavailable Patrick Nagel canvases in its Illustration Art Signature Auction on April 21. These works are considered exceptionally…
Koller's September Auctions Present Old Masters and Historic Texts market-auction
Koller's September auctions will feature a diverse array of works spanning from Antiquity to the 19th century, including a Roman torso of Dionysus, Dutch and Flemish Golden Age…
Christie's to offer most valuable jadeite jewel in over a decade at Hong Kong auction market-auction
This spring, Christie's will feature The Ethereal Jadeite Necklace as the highlight of its Magnificent Jewels auction in Hong Kong. Composed of 61 exquisitely matched jadeite…
Sworders to Auction James Birch's Private Collection Including Grayson Perry Works market-auction
On October 6 and 7, Sworders auction house will showcase 250 items from the remarkable private collection of James Birch, a well-known art dealer, curator, gallerist, and author.…
Heritage Auctions' U.S. Coins Sale Reaches Nearly $12 Million Led by Rare 1796/5 Half Eagle market-auction
Heritage Auctions conducted a U.S. Coins Signature Auction from March 26 to March 28, achieving total sales of $11,948,630. The event was highlighted by two significant lots: a…
Foujita Masterpieces from Lewis Collection to Auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong market-auction
On 28 September, Sotheby's will host its inaugural single-artist auction in Asia, titled 'The Foujita Lexicon: Works from the Lewis Collection', at Sotheby's Maison in Hong Kong.…
Christie's to Auction Bill Blass Collection During New York Fashion Week market-auction
Christie's has announced an auction and exhibition titled 'Bill Blass: American Elegance' to coincide with New York Fashion Week this September. The event celebrates the legacy of…
Heritage Auctions' Spring Design Sales Trace Glass Evolution from Art Nouveau to Contemporary Studio Art market-auction
Heritage Auctions is staging two consecutive Design auctions this spring that collectively survey over a century of glass innovation. The April 30 Early 20th Century Design…
RM Sotheby's Monterey Auction to Be Largest in Company History market-auction
During Monterey Car Week, RM Sotheby's will conduct its most extensive and valuable auction to date, celebrating the company's 29th consecutive year on California's Monterey…

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