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Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will offer Cartier Portico Mystery Clock No. 4 at The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV on November 7–8, 2026, at Hotel President in Geneva, with an estimate of CHF 1,800,000–3,200,000.
MILLON RIVIERA in Nice will offer nearly 200 works from a family collection of Maurice Denis at auction on December 14, 2026. Spanning the late 1880s to the 1940s, the sale includes about fifty important paintings and a large group of drawings, studies and sketches.
Millon's annual MASTERS sale of 20th-century decorative arts will take place on November 6, 2026, at Hôtel Drouot in Paris.
Millon's L'Europe de l'Art Nouveau sale in Paris on November 20, 2026, is led by Émile Gallé's 'Le Calumet de Paix' vase (€40,000-60,000). The 82-cm piece, signed and dated 1900, features Baudelaire's verses and tobacco flower decoration, and was shown at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
Artcurial's "Art Deco / Design: Lalanne & Bestiary of Decorative Arts" sale in Paris on November 25, 2026, will present an exceptional selection of works by François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, led by François-Xavier Lalanne's "Capricorne" (2007), a major animal-inspired sculpture estimated at €1,.
Christie's will offer 'Anthology of Design: Masterworks from a French-American Collection' in a single-owner sale on December 9 in New York.
Artcurial's Art Week auctions in Paris on October 24 achieved a combined total of €20,687,410 (including fees), with two sales dedicated to modern and contemporary art.
Bonhams presents 'Piety and Pewter,' an online auction featuring The Hayes Collection of Fine & Early Works of Art and the Palmer Pewter Collection, running October 13-27, 2026 on bonhams.com.
Grisebach announced its Winter Auctions 2026 in Berlin, held November 26–27, 2026, featuring 275 works with a combined low estimate of about €15 million. The lead lot is Yves Klein's 1960 'Untitled Shroud Anthropometry (ANT SU 30)', estimated at €2–3 million.
On October 26, 2026, Lempertz announced its decorative arts auction in Cologne, to be held on November 20, 2026.
Phillips’ October Editions & Works on Paper sales in New York totaled $4,026,348 across October 22 and 24, 2026, with 85% of 265 lots sold by lot and 87% by value. The house announced the results on October 26, 2026.
Phillips announced its London Design sale, to be held on 4 November 2026 at its Berkeley Square galleries. The sale comprises 131 lots spanning over 120 years of design, led by works by François-Xavier Lalanne, Diego Giacometti, and Magdalene Odundo.
On October 25, 2026, Lempertz announced its autumn 'Jewellery & Watches' auction, scheduled for November 19 in Cologne. The catalogue spans Parisian jewellery houses, Belle Époque pieces, and modern Cologne goldsmithing, with highlights from private collections.
Lempertz announced its Old Masters and 19th Century auction, scheduled for November 21, 2026. The sale will reunite two panels from a Johann Koerbecke altar wing that were separated in 1936: the Annunciation (est. €200,000–300,000) and the Vision of St Bernard (est. €200,000–300,000).
On October 22, 2026, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation released the first installment of the Robert Rauschenberg Catalogue Raisonné, covering the artist's paintings and sculptures from 1948 to 1953.
On October 21, 2026, TEFAF announced museum acquisitions made at its 2026 Maastricht and New York fairs, led by the Art Institute of Chicago's purchase of Lavinia Fontana's 'Christ Expelling the Merchants from the Temple,' offered by Trinity Fine Art and the first Fontana painting to enter that c.
On October 22, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced a free costume trail, 'Freddie Mercury | Splendid Things', opening at its South Kensington location on October 24, 2026 and running through January 17, 2027.
On October 21, 2026, Aguttes announced its Jewelry auction will feature rare type IIa diamonds, which account for less than 2% of natural diamonds and are among the most sought-after stones for their exceptional transparency.
Bonhams sold the 'Hatfield' Apple-1 computer for $1.15 million, setting a world auction record for a commercially sold Apple-1. The sale closed on October 14 after a 28-minute bidding war between two bidders.
On October 20, 2026, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo announced highlights for The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XXIII, running November 21-22, 2026, in Hong Kong. Leading the independent watchmaking section is an F.P.
The Musée d'Orsay has published a listing of works by Auguste Renoir, including paintings such as 'Bouquet de roses', 'La Liseuse verte', and 'Etude pour l'une des «Grandes baigneuses»', alongside an anonymous portrait from after 1868.
The Getty Research Institute, Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Foundation, and Getty Museum have named the 2026–2027 cohort of Getty Scholars. Since 1985 the program has hosted international researchers at the Getty Center and Getty Villa for advanced work on art and its histories.
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