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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.
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, Phillips announced KYŌBAI: The Japan Edit, a cross-category auction devoted to Japanese art, design, and luxury, to be held in Hong Kong on December 4, 2026.
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.
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.
Phillips' Modern & Contemporary Art sales in Hong Kong on September 30, 2026, achieved a combined total of HK$94,472,130 (US$12,045,197).
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.
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.
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.
Phillips will offer 16 watches from the Pucci Papaleo Collection of Rolex Chronographs at The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV on November 7 and 8, 2026, in Geneva. Assembled over three decades, the collection traces Rolex chronograph development from the 1930s to the 1970s.
On September 17, 2026, Christie's announced that its auction "Marr's Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection" realized a total of £3,649,280, more than triple the pre-sale estimate, with registrants from 34 countries.
Phillips' London Editions sales week, held September 17-22, 2026, achieved a combined total of £5,322,798 ($7,122,336), setting 26 world auction records across four sales.
Bonhams will present "Cyndi Lauper: Suitcase of Memories," a collection of fashion, accessories, entertainment memorabilia, and personal mementos from the singer's career.
Aguttes will present a rare Cartier Billiken from 1910 at its sale on November 18, 2026. Carved in agate and set with diamond eyes, the piece reflects Cartier's early 20th-century whimsy and the Belle Époque taste for exotic curios.
On September 10, 2026, Sotheby's announced highlights from its Magnificent Judaica sale, which the auction house described as the most valuable sale of its kind in Sotheby's history. The sale includes a selection of rare Jewish ceremonial objects, manuscripts, and artworks.
Bonhams Hong Kong will present ICONIC SPEELMAN, a dedicated sale featuring more than 40 lots from the collection of Jules Speelman, one of the world's most respected dealers and collectors of Asian art, on October 28, 2026.
Christie's announced the forthcoming sale of the Mia Van Hool collection, titled 'L'audace à l'oeuvre', on December 2 in Paris. The approximately 60 works will be exhibited in Brussels from September 10 to 13 during RendezVous Brussels Art Week, and in Paris from November 28 to December 2.
On September 15, 2026, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo announced The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV, set for November 7 and 8, 2026 at Geneva's Hotel President, with more than 220 timepieces. Highlights include a stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref.
Phillips announced its upcoming Modern & Contemporary Art auction, scheduled for September 26, 2026. The sale will feature works by Tom Wesselmann, Rashid Johnson, Derek Fordjour, Yves Klein, and Cecily Brown, among other highlights.
Aguttes announced its upcoming Asian Art auction, to be held September 16, 2026, in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Curated by Clémentine Guyot, director of the auction house's Asian Art Department, the sale features Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and other works.
On September 11, 2026, Phillips and Capella Hotel Group announced a global partnership, 'Living Art', with Zao Wou-Ki's 'Sans titre (La Théière)' (1951) offered in Phillips' Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Hong Kong on September 30.
On September 8, 2026, Christie's announced it will present the collection of legendary record executive Clive Davis, with eight artworks headlining the 20th Century Evening Sale during November's Fall Marquee Week.
Christie's announced it will present "Monsoon: The Peter Simon Collection" during its London Marquee Week in October 2026. The collection, from British businessman and Monsoon founder Peter Simon, comprises nearly 200 works across three auctions: an Evening Sale, a Day Sale, and an online sale.
Bonhams will present the Hospital Rooms Anniversary Auction, a two-part fundraising sale supporting the charity's tenth anniversary. A live auction will take place on September 16, 2026, at Bonhams New Bond Street, London, with an online auction running from September 7 to 17, 2026.
Bonhams will hold a special auction titled 'GISÈLE CROËS: A LEGACY' in Paris on December 10, featuring over 70 masterpieces of ancient Chinese art curated by Gisèle Croës over decades.
On September 9, 2026, Lempertz announced a white glove auction of traditional African art from the collection of Jean-Jacques Rotthier, held jointly with Artcurial in Paris on September 8, 2026.
On September 10, 2026, Phillips announced a series of Modern & Contemporary Art and Design sales in London and Paris this October, headlined by works from the Collection of Marcel Brient.
On September 7, 2026, Christie's announced the appointment of Remi Guillemin as Global Head of Watches, based in Geneva. Guillemin, who previously led the Americas and EMEA watch departments, will oversee global watch auctions and private sales.
Aguttes announced it will auction the collection of African art assembled by Pierre Redouin, an engineer and École du Louvre graduate, on September 24, 2026, in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
French auction house Aguttes announced it will auction a photograph of Dolly Parton by Jean-Louis Rancurel as part of its Pop Culture & Memorabilia auction on Monday, October 12, 2026.
On September 4, 2026, Aguttes announced that a rare Limoges champlevé enamel Gospel book cover sold for €104,000 at its Haute Époque auction on July 8, 2026, doubling its pre-sale estimate.
Aguttes will auction the Nancy Varenne-Brunot collection in Neuilly-sur-Seine on October 27, 2026. The 18-lot sale spans 50 years of contemporary art, from Arman's New Realism to Gérard Schlosser's narrative figuration, Jean Fautrier's abstraction and Jean-Pierre Raynaud's conceptual works.
On September 1, 2026, Aguttes highlighted top sales from the first half of 2026, including a sacred garment from Nam Sơn pagoda that sold for over €1 million, setting a world record for the artist.
Bonhams will present The Bennett & Judie Weinstock Collection, a survey of interiors, furnishings, British ceramics, and decorative objects from the late interior designers Bennett (1940–2025) and Judie Weinstock (1940–2025).
On August 26, 2026, Christie's announced that Piet Mondrian's 'Composition III' (1920) will be a highlight of its 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on October 14, 2026, during Frieze Week.
Bonhams' auction of props and costumes from the TV series 'Outlander' achieved a combined total of £729,395 across live and online sales on August 5 and 6, 2026. The 385 lots from all eight seasons were sold at Bonhams New Bond Street and on bonhams.com.
Bonhams will hold three live sales during Asia Week New York on September 14 and 15, 2026, at its flagship galleries at 111 West 57th Street.
Bonhams will offer the private collection of Scandinavian art formed by Norwegian collectors Iwona and Bjarne Rieber in a single-owner sale titled 'Northern Light: Important Works from the Bjarne & Iwona Rieber Collection' on Tuesday, October 27, at Bonhams New Bond Street in London.
Gooding Christie's, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, achieved over $159 million in total sales at its 22nd Pebble Beach Auctions on August 14–15, 2026, marking its highest-grossing sale to date.
Christie's announced on August 18, 2026, that a 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe sold for $43 million, making it the highest-grossing American car of all time.
Bonhams concluded its Asia Week in New York with total sales of $16.96 million, the highest ever for the series. The six sales included Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, The Maitri Collection, Chinese Works of Art, and Fine Japanese and Korean Art.
On August 20, 2026, Lempertz announced it will auction the Jansen Collection, a comprehensive assemblage of Ludwigsburg porcelain, in an online auction running from September 10 to September 22, 2026.
On August 19, 2026, Lempertz and Artcurial announced the joint auction of the African and Oceanic art from the Jean-Jacques Rotthier Collection. The first part will be presented at Artcurial in Paris on September 8, 2026, as part of Parcours des Mondes.
Bonhams announced the successful sale of The Contents of Monreith House, a historic Scottish estate of Clan Maxwell, across two auctions in July from its Edinburgh saleroom.
Bonhams will offer Marie Stillman's painting 'The Last Sight of Fiammetta' in its 19th Century and British Impressionist Art sale in London on Wednesday 21 September. The work, painted in 1876, has been in the same private collection for more than 50 years and is estimated at £70,000-100,000.
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