Australian Auction Info
The work, which would have been worth about $6000 when it was painted, will be auctioned as part of Sotheby’s Fine Australian Art sale in Melbourne next month, where it is expected to fetch more than $500,000.
It is among 57 lots - with an estimated total value of up to $7.5 million - […]

Australian Auction Info
Two paintings by great New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins sold for more than $A86,000 under the hammer at Bonhams and Goodman auction in Sydney last night.
Auctioneer Tim Goodman said it had been speculated that the Hodgkins’ works would go to a New Zealand bidder but they both sold to a local Sydney collector […]

US Auction News
An exclusive bag of presents given to George Clooney at this year’s Oscars has raised more than $45,000 (£26,000) at an online charity auction.
All actors who introduced award categories received the bag, containing items such as a pocket computer, a designer kimono and a pearl necklace.
The auction’s proceeds will go towards the relief […]

Sotheby’s heavily emphasized its modern works in its sale of Indian and Southeast Asian art yesterday, which earned $13.6 million.This total was well above the high presale estimate of $10.7 million and set a record for the highest auction total ever for Indian and Southeast Asian art, according to the house.
The top lot of the […]

Christie’s sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art yesterday totaled $10.9 million, highlighted by a 14th-century blue-and-white vase that sold for $2 million. The sale and two others held yesterday helped Christie’s to a single-day total of $20.1 million, the highest ever amount for a series of Chinese art sales in New York, […]