International
About 80% of the global art market by value takes place outside the UK. The largest art market in the world is the US with China in third place (after the UK) followed by France, Germany and Switzerland.
Many more nations have a rich art and antiques heritage with active auction, dealer, fair, gallery and museum sectors even if their market size by value is smaller.
Read the top stories and latest art and antiques news from all these countries.
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Paul Allen’s science and tech lots tell a story of human ingenuity
30 September 2024Memorabilia collected by a founding father of modern computing makes for a remarkable auction
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Harewood furniture for sale at Christie’s
30 September 2024In October Christie’s conducts a timed online sales series titled Collections.
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Important Assyrian artefact returned to Iraq after being held in UK for 22 years
25 September 2024An ancient Assyrian artefact stolen from an archaeological site in Iraq in the early 1990s has been returned to the country after being stored for an extended period by the Metropolitan Police in London.
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Empire period Sèvres centrepiece surfaces in Ostend
23 September 2024This Sèvres porcelain basket-shaped centrepiece was one of the highlights in a sale held by Ostantix Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Ostend on September 3-4.
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Autumn signals busy art market
23 September 2024With the Olympics over and the new season well under way, there is plenty of activity in the French art market.
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Biennale in Florence attracts British dealers
23 September 2024Prestigious Italian fair includes UK firms among the strong international contingent attending this year
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Monet sketchbook draws the eye
23 September 2024Studies include caricature-like portraits which were an early preoccupation of the young artist
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Christie’s expands to Middle East with presence in Saudi Arabia
20 September 2024Christie’s becomes the first international auction house to secure a presence in the Gulf state and appoints managing director in the kingdom.
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Getty Museum returns ancient bronze couch to Turkey
19 September 2024The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has returned an ancient bronze funerary couch to Turkey after concluding that it had been illicitly excavated in the early 1980s.
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Bruun collection sets record for any Scandinavian coin
18 September 2024The first part of the auction of the extraordinary coin collection of Lars Emil Bruun (1852-1923) raised a total of €14.8m (£12.5m) including premium last week.
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First Fantastic Four in super condition becomes the second most valuable Silver Age comic
18 September 2024One of only two copies of 1961’s Fantastic Four No 1 comic to be awarded a Near Mint+ 9.6 grade by Certified Guaranty Company set a record for this historic first chapter in the Marvel Universe.
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Rare set of Victorian snowflake prints among highlights at the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair
18 September 2024The Toronto Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair is a literary magnet for collectors, librarians, archivists, scholars, academics and dealers.
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Record for Straits Settlement porcelain as ‘dragon and phoenix’ basin brings 61 bids
17 September 2024A new auction record has been set for Peranakan or Straits Settlement porcelain in Singapore.
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Records tumble at Paul Allen auctions
16 September 2024Christie’s posted a spate of record prices at three New York sales from September 10-12 offering Paul Allen’s extraordinary collection of scientific and technological items.
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Racing pigeon by Brit artist Paget causes a flap
16 September 2024Leading a recent sale at Vogt Auction Texas (25% buyer’s premium) was this portrait of an early 20th century champion homing pigeon.
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Final Flower collection sale comes up with a coveted Crealock Minton classic
16 September 2024The vulture and serpent teapot designed for Minton by the Victorian soldier, artist and writer Colonel Henry Hope Crealock in 1874, is considered the most coveted of all majolica teapots.
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Panamanian slipware dishes up a shock
16 September 2024A recent sale held by Auctions at Showplace (20% buyer’s premium) included an early work from the Panamanian National Pottery School.
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Poniatowski Greek ring was the real thing among infamous fakes
16 September 2024Intaglio had been part of the ‘peerless collection’ which created one of the biggest art scandals of its day
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Christie's buys US classic car auction house Goodings
13 September 2024Christie’s is to return to the classic car market following an agreement to acquire Gooding & Company.
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Auction record for any computer as Paul Allen’s Cray-1 sells at Christie’s
11 September 2024A Cray-1 Supercomputer owned by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen set a new high for any computer sold at auction when it took $810,000 (£618,320) at Christie’s New York.
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