Prints

Forum Auctions’ Banksy sale in New York last night set a new record for a Banksy print. Girl with Balloon (2004) set a record when it sold for a mid-estimate $110,000 (£82,400).

Forum Auctions has temporarily exported a collection of Banksy artworks to the US from the UK for an exhibition ahead of its debut Stateside sale next week.

New York saleroom Swann Galleries set a record price for an etching by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) at its latest prints sale when a copy of 'The Lonely House' was knocked down at $260,000.

Modern prints and works on paper dealer Lyndsey Ingram is to open her first official gallery space in Mayfair.

An Oxfordshire antiques dealer will offer a rare and unusual piece of political satire at the upcoming Chester Antiques Show (October 12-15).

Dating from the early to mid-18th century, the large, roughly 16 x 14in wood engraving called ‘Shone-Ap-Morgan, Shentleman of Wales’ seen below is an exceptionally rare broadside that was sold for £1200 in a Dominic Winter auction this summer.

Three men have been charged in a New York court in connection with a $400,000 scam to sell fake artworks by Damien Hirst.

Artworks consigned to the now defunct German online firm Auctionata will be auctioned at Van Ham Kunstauktionen in Cologne.

It’s already one of the most famous images in the world, and thanks to a British Museum exhibition opening this week ‘The Great Wave’ is set to thrill an even wider audience.

The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, has been awarded £8000 to add to its print collection.