1) The ‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ – painting found in French attic valued at £100m to be offered without reserve at auction
A marketing drive has begun for the sale of a painting touted as the ‘Toulouse Caravaggio (1571-1610)’. The picture was unveiled in London ahead of its auction in France in June.
2) Bonhams becomes latest auction house to raise buyer’s premium
Auction house Bonhams has raised its buyer’s premium to a level that exceeds those of its rivals.
3) Lost Doctor Who Daleks episode lives again as archive comes to auction
‘Lost’ episodes of TV series have become sought-after items, not least among Doctor Who fans. Of interest to collectors is an archive of photographs and copies of plans from The Power of the Daleks – the completely missing third serial of the fourth season first broadcast by the BBC in six weekly parts from November 5-December 10, 1966.
4) Renowned collector Nasser Khalili revealed as buyer of ‘lost’ monumental Meiji vase as he reunites it with original set
The Khalili Collections revealed it was the buyer of the ‘lost’ monumental Meiji cloisonné vase that surfaced for sale in California last month.
5) Chinese goddess figure by celebrated Ming potter smashes estimate at West Sussex auction
A Dehua blanc de chine figure of Guanyin sold for a surprise £39,000 – some 130 times the top estimate - at Bellmans in Wisborough Green, West Sussex last month.
This list is based on unique users for individual news stories over the period Feb 28-March 6, 2019.