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Painted or Carved? A Northern Song Cizhou Vase Heads to Auction
The peonies look painted. Their black-and-white contrast was made by cutting through layers of clay slip. A white slip was applied first, then a black one. Parts of the black laye…
How an Art Prize Mudkip Card Reached US$4.88 Million
An art prize card. A US$4.88 million auction result. This 2015 Japanese Art Academy Mudkip was Lot 2 in Goldin’s 2026 Pokémon 30th Anniversary Auction. The lot closed on 26 Octobe…
AP Enters Certified Pre-Owned
Audemars Piguet has launched The Watch Keepers, its official certified pre-owned platform. Authentication against the Manufacture’s archives comes first, followed by a five-point…
Count the Flowers, Read the Hour | Twenty Years of Van Cleef & Arpels Poetic Complications
Count the open flowers to read the hour. For the minutes, look at the side of the case. Van Cleef & Arpels’ Poetic Complications collection began in 2006. Twenty years later, its…
Lange puts the Datograph Perpetual on platinum
A. Lange & Söhne unveiled a 50-piece Datograph Perpetual on 24 October. A five-row bracelet and case in 950 platinum meet a black dial with eleven baguette-cut diamond markers. Th…
Sobriety Tokens in a Coin Pusher | Brognon Rollin Wins the 2026 Duchamp Prize
A coin pusher filled with something you are not meant to win. Artist duo Brognon Rollin won the 2026 Prix Marcel Duchamp in Paris on 22 October. Their installation places sobriety…
Monet’s Champion: 62 Family Works at Auction | The Durand-Ruel Collection
62 works from the family of the dealer who backed Impressionism before it won acceptance. Christie’s Paris will offer the Durand-Ruel family collection on 22–23 October 2026, with…
Tissot × Damian Lillard: A PRX That Goes from Wrist to Pocket
One watch model. Two straps. A pocket-watch conversion set. Tissot launched the PRX Skeleton Damian Lillard Special Edition on 21 October 2026, with the NBA star involved in its d…
Four Late Picassos Head to New York: Two Re-emerge After More Than Half a Century
Four late Picasso paintings from one European family collection will be offered at Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction in New York on 18 November 2026, with combined pre-sale estimate…
3,000 Collectors at WatchTime New York: Beyond the New Watches
48 brands, 3,000 attendees, hands-on discoveries and conversations about collecting. WatchTime New York returned to Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on 16–18 October. In its recap publishe…
Ruth Asawa at Fondation Beyeler: How Wire Becomes Sculpture
Ruth Asawa’s retrospective opened at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, on 18 October 2026. It runs through 10 January 2027.Asawa looped wire into mesh surfaces that r…
Frieze London Opens: What Collectors Bought
On 14 October 2026, Frieze London and Frieze Masters welcomed VIP visitors to Regent’s Park. Reported opening sales ranged from a seventeenth-century flower painting to new abstrac…
Christie’s London Sales Top £200M: Seven Works, from Kandinsky to Hockney
Two London evening sales. £218,603,400 in total. On 14 October 2026, Christie’s Peter Simon Collection Evening Sale brought £107,508,800, alongside the separate 20th/21st Century:…
Vacheron Constantin’s 34 Finalists: Bespoke Repeaters, Enamel Maps and Vintage Chronographs
More than 550 entries. Just 34 finalists. On 13 October 2026, Vacheron Constantin announced the shortlist for its inaugural Concours d’Élégance Horlogère, an initiative by Phillips…
Miura Sells for €1.725M: Five Standout Cars at Bonhams’ Zoute Sale
On October 11, 2026, Bonhams held its Zoute sale in Knokke-Heist, Belgium. Results announced on October 12 put the total at €10.2 million.The €1.725 million Lamborghini Miura P400S…
F.P. Journe-Led Group, With Chanel, Agrees to Buy 95% of EBEL
EBEL is set for a change of controlling ownership—but the transaction has not yet closed.On October 8, 2026, Movado Group announced a binding agreement to sell a 95% interest in EB…
Duchamp Opens in Philadelphia: From a Canvas to a Suitcase
The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Marcel Duchamp retrospective opened on October 10, 2026, and runs through January 31, 2027. With more than 300 works, it is the first major US retr…
Macallan 1926 Sells for £2.125 Million: One Cask, 40 Bottles, a Century of History
A century of history, held in one bottle. On October 9, Sotheby’s held its first auction at The Macallan Estate in Speyside, Scotland. A bottle of The Macallan 1926 Fine & Rare, a…