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1957 Ferrari sells for $50 million

A 1957 Ferrari 355 S Scaglietti sold at the Artcurial Motorcars auction for €32.1m (£24.7m) with premium to an international collector after “a tense, 11-minute bidding battle”.

15 February 2016
Lucian Freud Pregnant Girl Sothebys

Lukewarm totals at London Contemporary art series

 15 February 2016

The Contemporary art market survived better than many had expected at the London auction series last week.

Knoedler versus De Sole settled out of court

 15 February 2016

A jury in New York lost their chance to rule on the first of several lawsuits against the Knoedler Gallery and its former director Ann Freedman when the suits were settled out of court.

Art Brussels’ inaugural sale at new venue

 15 February 2016

Art Brussels’ first sale at its new location of Tour and Taxis, the same location as the BRAFA Art Fair, will run from April 22-24.

Bay Psalm book sold for $221,000

 15 February 2016

A previously unknown seventh edition of the Bay Psalm Book, published in Boston, 1693, with a provenance tied to Salem witch trial judge Jonathan Corwin and descendants of John Proctor, sold for $221,000 (£151,584) at a Swann sale in New York on February 4.

Works on Paper Fairs

2016 Works on Paper Fair at the Royal Geographical Society

 12 February 2016

Six images from this year's Works on Paper Fair at the Royal Geographical Society. Held at the venue Exhibition Road for the first time, the event runs from February 11-14.

Paul de Lamerie silver tureen

De Lamerie tureen takes $90,000

 12 February 2016

This 18½in (47cm) George II silver soup tureen by the goldsmith Paul de Lamerie featured in Doyle’s latest sale of furniture, works of art and Old Master paintings in New York.

Picasso 1935 Tete de femme Sothebys

10 Highlights from the Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London

 11 February 2016

The flagship series of Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London this February raised a premium-inclusive total of £461m. This compared to £580m from the equivalent series last year.

Annual Furniture Index Prices

Function and fashion mean few positives for furniture index

 11 February 2016

Prices for standard English antique furniture fell for the eighth successive year, according to latest figures from the Antique Collectors’ Club’s (ACC) Annual Furniture Index (AFI).

Lawrence of Arabia jambiya dagger

Treasures under threat of export

 11 February 2016

Export bars have been placed on the robes and dagger of TE Lawrence (1888-1935), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, in a bid to keep the items in the UK.