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In a year of tech innovation, buyers and sellers have had to grapple with new systems of value and ownership — or lose out
NFT art collection in dispute; auction sales set to double this year; Inigo Philbrick pleads guilty; Frieze hires new US head; Catherine the Great’s vaccination letter for sale
Citadel founder pays $43.2m for document and will display it in Walmart heir’s museum
Demand eclipses expectations after couple were forced to sell trove of works acquired over years
Tokyo Art Week’s first show; NFT artists mostly ‘white and male’; book explores museum founders’ motivations
Rothko, Giacometti and Warhol among works to be sold by real estate developer Harry and ex-wife Linda
‘Non-fungible token’ representing original web source code ranks among most valuable ever sold
Businessman who bought auction house in 2019 to receive second dividend in six months
The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta shows the financial allure of imperfect rarities
Controversy over whether Leonardo painted ‘Salvator Mundi’ conceals a messy reality
Interest in digital artworks have soared amid surging demand for non-fungible tokens
Family portrait in the collection of the Mountbatten family embarrassed the man who commissioned it
Auction houses face the prospect of enforcing anti-money-laundering rules as strict as those in the banking industry
The only thing better than a Jag is a Jag with a crown on. As Mountbatten’s 420 goes under the hammer, we examine the ultimate style accessory
Houses experiment in reproducing online the glamour and adrenalin of physical sales
Watches chief expects auctions will become marquee events for just exceptional lots, with the rest sold online or privately
Jewellers, auction houses and property agents report a brisk business in rare gems, autographed trainers and $19m Hamptons homes during Covid-19
Painting is one of only three in private hands and carries estimate of £12m-£16m
The chairman of Sotheby’s Asia has witnessed huge changes in markets and tastes
The private collection is billed as one of the most important ever to go under the hammer
Bid has attracted pushback from one of the auction house’s largest stockholders
Auction house comes under fire over sale of its own business
Auction house faces shareholder vote on $3.7bn takeover by French telecoms magnate
Individual sales are setting records but money is concentrated at the top of the market only
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