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Christie’s latest evening sale of Modern British and Irish Art got off to a flying start.

Count Manfredi della Gherardesca was known as one of the most colourful and culturally erudite figures in the global art scene. Ceramics were just one of his passions.

The Irish musician’s guitar collection, including his famous Fender Stratocaster, appeared at a dedicated Bonhams sales

The collection of London dealers Alan and Mary Hobart, who founded the Pyms Gallery in the 1970s, has been consigned to Christie’s.

The glut of auctions held during the week-long period of the ‘Frieze London’ and ‘Frieze Masters’ fairs generated an overall £184m including premium, roughly in line with the total from the equivalent sales last year.

Philip Hewat-Jaboor (1953-2022) was the chairman of Masterpiece Art Fair and amassed a significant antiquities collection at his Jersey home.

A Frankie Dettori bronze made to mark the jockey’s retirement from racing has been stolen from Haynes Fine Art in Pimlico Road, London.

In storage for a century, a remarkable cache of Chinese works of art comes for sale in London this month.

A collection of watercolours amassed by Iolo Williams (1890-1962) which had been kept under a bed for over half a century raised a total of £89,150 at Olympia Auctions on October 2.

Presenting British art since 1988, British Art Fair takes place once a year to showcase some of the finest Modern British and Contemporary art available

A selection of important British works were on offer at Forum Auctions, including these four highlights that hammered over estimate