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50 stories across Contemporary, Modern, Paris, and Post-War. Latest: Lyon & Turnbull: Rare Mackintosh Lantern Fetches £609,850, 20x Estimate.
On October 16, 2026, Lyon & Turnbull announced that a rare lantern designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston’s Ingram Street Tearooms in Glasgow sold for £609,850, more than twenty times its £20,000–£30,000 estimate.
Phillips announced on October 15, 2026, that a 100%-sold auction was led by Gerhard Richter's 'Mathis' from the collection of Marcel Brient. The sale set new artist records for Joseph Yaeger and Eva Helene Pade.
On October 13, 2026, Phillips announced early highlights for its November sale, including headlining works by Amedeo Modigliani, David Hockney, Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, and Derek Fordjour.
On October 14, 2026, Phillips announced that its photographs sales showed sustained demand for quality images and set new auction records for a variety of artists. The auction house said the results underscored selective buyer interest, with exceptional prints generating strong competition.
On October 13, 2026, Phillips announced it will auction a Rolex Daytona reference 6239, the first known example ever awarded to the winner of an automotive race.
Artcurial will auction the collection of Marie-Claude Beaud, the influential curator and former director of the Fondation Cartier, Mudam Luxembourg, and the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, in Paris on December 1, 2026.
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On October 13, 2026, Phillips announced it will offer for auction a work described as among the largest examples from the entire series, with an estimate of $28–35 million.
Bonhams will auction a single lot of 204 bottles (34 cases) of 31-Year-Old Springbank whisky, distilled in 1994 and bottled in November 2025, with an estimate of £90,000–120,000.
Bonhams has confirmed a further selection of cars for its forthcoming Zoute Sale at the Zoute Grand Prix in Knokke Heist on 11 October 2026. Leading the sale is a 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster with an estimate of €1,150,000 - €1,450,000. The car, chassis no.
Bonhams will present its live American Art sale on November 3 in New York at its U.S. flagship galleries, 111 West 57th Street. The 107-lot auction spans 19th-century Hudson River School painting, the Ashcan School, and Modernism.
On October 5, 2026, Christie's announced its October 20/21 Marquee Week, a series of seven evening, day and online auctions taking place live at King Street in London from 14–16 October 2026 during Frieze Week, with online sales running from 1–21 October.
On October 5, 2026, Christie's announced 'Heroes and Lovers,' a private collection of nine masterpieces spanning 500 years, estimated at approximately $100 million. The collection includes works by Pablo Picasso, Tilman Riemenschneider, Cornelis Cornelisz.
Aguttes announced its first auction dedicated to animation cels, drawings, and storyboards, led by its Pop Culture & Memorabilia department.
Aguttes will auction a René Lalique Art Nouveau brooch on October 29, originally designed as the central element of a dog collar necklace.
On October 9, 2026, Maison Aguttes announced that its founder, auctioneer Claude Aguttes, will deliver a lecture at Collège Stanislas in Paris on October 15, 2026.
On October 9, 2026, Aguttes announced its expanded presence in Spain's collector car and motorcycle market, highlighting sales including a 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RS for €1,020,000 and Mr. A.'s motorcycle collection for over €328,000.
Aguttes announced that its October 15, 2026 "Arts de la table" sale will feature five lots by 19th-century Brussels silversmith Joseph Germain Dutalis (1780-1852), a major figure in European silverware who served monarchies including King William I of the Netherlands and King Leopold I of Belgium.
Phillips announced a live auction scheduled to take place in Paris on October 21. The sale will be held at the auction house's Paris location, though specific lots or estimates have not yet been disclosed.
On October 6, 2026, Christie's announced its first exhibition in Asia dedicated to modern South Asian art, 'Masterpieces of Modern South Asian Art: Highlights from the Dabriwala Collection'.
Aguttes will auction a 19th-century silver plate for serving hot chestnuts, crafted by the renowned Parisian silversmith Odiot, on October 15, 2026, at its Gennevilliers saleroom. The plate, designed to imitate a folded napkin, features hinged compartments to keep chestnuts warm.
Aguttes announced the upcoming sale of a Jacques Boquay violin through its String Quartet Instruments & Bows department. The violin, made by the early 18th-century Parisian luthier, will be offered on November 30, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.
On October 8, 2026, French auction house Aguttes announced the private sale of a Torchic Gold Star PSA 10 Pokémon card from the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion.
On October 6, 2026, Aguttes announced it will offer Zinédine Zidane's No. 10 Adidas jersey from the 2006 World Cup final in an online sale running October 27–November 7, 2026.
Bonhams will offer the personal archive of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in a live auction at its London saleroom on February 3, 2027, with an online auction ending February 4.
On October 8, 2026, Aguttes announced it will auction a Giorgio de Chirico portrait of Ginetta Rondi Gariboldi, mother of film critic Gian Luigi Rondi, on November 28. The 1973 painting was created after a personal meeting in Sorrento and given by de Chirico to Rondi.
A rare silver-plated teapot designed by Christopher Dresser, one of only three known examples, will be sold by Lyon & Turnbull on October 14, 2026, as part of its Design Since 1860 auction.
On October 7, 2026, Phillips announced a sale series of modern and contemporary prints, featuring Salvador Dalí’s Surrealist Chess Set, masterworks by Giorgio Morandi, and a notable group of works by Andy Warhol.
On October 7, 2026, Aguttes highlighted the renovated Maison Guimet at the Guimet Museum in Paris. The former Hôtel d’Heidelbach, built in 1913, reopened in May 2026 after extensive renovation.
Grisebach will offer Yves Klein's 'Untitled Shroud Anthropometry (ANT SU 30)' from 1960 in its 'Selected Works' sale on November 26, 2026, with an estimate of €2,000,000–3,000,000. The work is one of the few 'Anthropométries Suaires' still in private hands.
On September 30, 2026, Christie's announced its Hong Kong 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, held September 29, 2026, totaled HK$726.4 million ($92.6 million), up 28% year-on-year with 100% of lots sold.
On October 5, 2026, Aguttes announced that it will hold an on-site auction of the collection assembled by Nicolas Chenivesse at the Château de Charmes in the Drôme region on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
Phillips will hold a cross-category live auction in Hong Kong on 4 December, showcasing Japanese modern and contemporary art, design, photography, and luxury goods.
Artcurial will hold its 15th edition of the Marrakech auction at La Mamounia on December 30, 2026, offering over 20 works by Jacques Majorelle, including a circa 1930 mixed-media piece from his famous series, estimated at €80,000–120,000.
On October 2, 2026, Lyon & Turnbull announced that a rare lantern designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston's Ingram Street Tearooms in Glasgow will be offered in its two-day Design Since 1860 sale, with an estimate of £20,000–£30,000.
Phillips has announced an auction featuring standout works by David Hockney from prestigious private collections. The sale includes a selection of paintings and works on paper.
Lyon & Turnbull will sell a pioneering print created by David Hockney on his iPad and signed in pencil in its inaugural Prints/Editions sale in London. The work, "Oranges (iPad Drawing No 643)", from Hockney's 2011 still life series, carries an estimate of £40,000 to £60,000.
On September 30, 2026, Phillips announced that works by Chinese video art pioneer Zhang Peili, Western post-war masters Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall, and contemporary artists Atsushi Kaga and Lauren Quin achieved outstanding results in a recent sale.
Artcurial's October 24, 2026 auction features nearly 50 modern, post-war, and contemporary works.
Bonhams' 19th Century & British Impressionist Art Sale on 23 September 2026 at its New Bond Street location in London saw strong results, with the top lot being Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky's 'An oxwagon traversing a ford on a moonlit evening,' which sold for £635,400—five times its pre-sale e.
Bonhams will present a rare gilt-bronze sculpture by Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu, titled 'Anyanwu', as the lead lot in its Modern and Contemporary African Art sale on Wednesday 21 October at its New Bond Street, London saleroom.
On September 22, 2026, Christie's announced it will offer The Collection of Herbert Lust during New York's Fall Marquee Week of Sales. The collection is led by Alberto Giacometti's bronze "Figure, demie grandeur (no.
Artcurial will launch a new auction series, Artcurial Kids, on 10th December, dedicated to the world of childhood.
Artcurial sold the Rothschild collection 'Le goût Rothschild en héritage. Un pied-à-terre sur le Champ-de-Mars' on September 22, 2026, achieving €4,387,135 with 100% of lots sold.
Aguttes will offer a large-scale silk painting by Mai Trung Thứ at its 53rd auction dedicated to Asian painters, a work the auction house describes as among the artist's most sophisticated.
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Aguttes announced an auction of 120 magnums of La Chablisienne's Chablis Les Vénérables 2017, which traveled aboard the schooner Persévérance between the North Pole and the South Pole.
Aguttes is compiling the catalog for its 53rd Asian Modern Art auction, scheduled for November 5, 2026, featuring previously unseen works by masters of modern Vietnamese painting trained between 1925 and 1945 at the Indochina School of Fine Arts.
Phillips announced a live sale of photographs on October 8 featuring masterworks by Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, and Sally Mann, among others.
Christie's press center website displays a registration form for journalists seeking access to press materials, along with a cookie consent manager and links to corporate information.
Phillips announced that 16 watches from a highly respected Rolex collector will be offered at The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV on November 7 and 8, 2026.
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