A sculpted stone head by artist Amedeo Modigliani sold at Christie's in Paris on Monday for euro 43.2 million, breaking the record for a work by the Italian artist.
The sculpture dated from between 1910...
A painting by leading Indian artist Syed Haider Raza sold for almost 2.4 million pounds in London on Thursday, setting a record for a modern Indian work.
"Saurashtra", dated 1983, was estimated to fetch between...
A painting of water lilies by French impressionist Claude Monet is expected to fetch up to 40 million pounds when it is auctioned off in London.
The painting, will star among dozens of modern masterpieces...
A huge collection of diaries, letters and even a pristine cigar belonging to Winston Churchill was up for auction in London Wednesday.
The sale, which is expected to raise around one million pounds, is being...
A 1932 Pablo Picasso painting of his mistress has sold for $106.5 million, a world record price for any work of art at auction.
"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," which had a pre-sale estimate of...
In a bold recognition of the world's fastest-growing auction market, Sotheby's recently hoisted China's flag at the most conspicuous spot outside its New York headquarters.
The flag now flies between those of the US, UK,...
A Palm Beach billionaire has uncorked a suit charging Christie's auction house is in cahoots with counterfeit wine sellers.
William Koch is still steaming about four bottles of wine supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson that...
A Picasso painting owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Art Foundation, which was at the centre of a dispute about its Nazi-era history, is to go under the hammer.
Lloyd Webber -- composer of musicals like...
