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Operators of New York auction house charged with illegal sales of ivory and rhino horn artefacts

The Art Newspaper

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has charged the owners of Merces Gallery with selling prohibited animal products online

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Lucian Freud's Ria leads Christie's Frieze week evening sale at £11.8m

The Art Newspaper

Despite some tense moments and a difficult market, the event proved solid, 'affirming' the auction house's decision to scrap June sales

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Comment | Popping the hood: what’s driving sales of luxury cars at auction houses

The Art Newspaper

Christie's acquisition of Gooding & Company has renewed focus on collectible automobiles

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Auction houses expect this month's New York sales to bring in as much as $1.6bn

The Art Newspaper

The most valuable lot of the week is a record-breaking Magritte with a third-party guarantee, but the most talked-about is a conceptual still life by Maurizio Cattelan

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Magritte painting could bring more than $95m at Christie's marquee New York sales this autumn

The Art Newspaper

If it goes for the auction house's estimate, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), from the collection of late interior designer Mica Ertegun, would set an auction record for the Surrealist artist

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Christie’s first half auction sales decline 22% year-on-year, to $2.1bn

The Art Newspaper

But consistent strength in its sell-through rate and Asia Pacific buyer base show the auction house's ‘resilience’ amid obstacles

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Sotheby’s to hold first ever commercial auction in Saudi Arabia in February

The Art Newspaper

The auction house will hold the sale in the historic town of Diriyah, offering Modern and contemporary art as well as handbags, cars and sports memorabilia