North America

One of New York’s most prolific antiquities collectors has surrendered 180 ‘looted’ items from his collection and been barred for life from acquiring antiquities again.

A remarkable garniture of weapons including the sword Napoleon is believed to have carried when he seized power in 1799 sold at an Illinois auction house.

This oil on canvas of a white-robed young couple by the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was sold for $800,000 (£601,505) in Chicago on December 2.

New York’s Winter Show tempts exhibitors back across the Pond in January.

A single-lot sale on October 19 offered an illuminated Ashkenazic prayer book that realised a premium-inclusive $8,307,000 (£6,019,565).

Single-owner collections offer magical selections days apart in two salerooms

Gary Munson collection delivers a string of rarities sold for record-breaking sums

Portrait subject claimed as Elizabeth I will be subject to research after rediscovery in upstate New York

Four years after the publication of his book 'Fabergé in London', Wartski’s Kieran McCarthy has brought it to life.

Two big-name sources – the Cox collection and the Macklowe collection – lead the way as Modern and Contemporary art market shows recovery from pandemic impact

Group of works from the late US dealer’s collection demonstrates his wide range of interests.

Running to just 20 or so words, a tiny signed card in which Abraham Lincoln instructs Edwin Stanton to meet with the African-American abolitionist and officer Martin Delany in Washington led the bidding at Doyle (26/21/15% buyer’s premium) on September 23.

Rounding off the Wedgwood section of Skinner’s December 3 auction of European Furniture and Decorative Arts is a small selection of Fairyland lustre ware.

Hindman Auctions has appointed Christine Broski to oversee business development in Denver and the Rocky Mountain region.

A rare Fabergé jade carving of a Tyrannosaurus Rex emerged for sale at a US regional auction house to sell for $65,000 (£50,000).

This KPM porcelain plaque will feature in Woody Auction’s next sale in Kansas on December 4.