Tate and the National Portrait Gallery have completed the joint acquisition of a rare self-portrait by William Dobson, dating from 1635-1640. The work is currently on display at Tate Britain, where it has been reunited with Dobson’s 'Portrait of the Artist’s Wife' for the first time since 1948.
Artcurial achieved total sales of €208.5 million in 2025, a 12% increase over the previous year, with 19 lots exceeding the €1 million threshold.
Artcurial will auction the third and final part of the Jean Bourdel library collection in Paris on April 14, 2026, featuring rare 16th-century literature and French Gothic prints.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer's annual Basel auctions concluded with a combined total of CHF 4.9 million (€5.4 million) across Swiss Art, International Art, and Important Watches categories. A Patek Philippe Ref. 3940 'Beyer No.
Bonhams will offer the Cannon Collection in two parts, featuring Egyptian and Roman antiquities, early English glass, and Modern British painting. Part I will be a live auction at New Bond Street on April 15, 2026, while Part II will be held online from April 6–16, 2026.
Bonhams Fine Jewellery auction in London on March 25, 2026, achieved an 87% sell-through rate by lot and 98% by value across 273 lots. A Cartier 'C de Cartier' diamond necklace was the top lot, selling for £40,960 against an estimate of £18,000-25,000.
Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr will hold its Classics auction in Paris on April 22, featuring a private Asian collection of early Meissen porcelain and imperial silver masterworks.
Bonhams concluded its March Asia Week in New York with a total of $12.5 million across six live sales at its new headquarters in the Steinway Building.
Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr will host its Old Master and 19th Century Paintings sale in Paris on April 21, 2026, featuring Ivan Aivazovsky’s 'View of Capri' with an estimate of €250,000–350,000.
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