During the opening sequence of the late-lamented television show Wide World of Sports (1961–98), the sports journalist Jim McKay used to intone, as athletes attempted daring feats: “The thrill of ...

London is known for gin and tonic, Bacon and Freud, Gilbert and George, and Damien and Tracey. When I moved to the UK in 2004, London also boasted a burgeoning auction market, and was said to be on ...

Christie’s London sale of 20th- and 21st-century art was 100% sold Thursday evening, signaling buyers remain ready and willing to pay up for top-notch contemporary art despite bleak economic ...

An unnamed collector, apparently a Russian, spent $11.3 million at the postwar and contemporary auction at Sotheby’s in London last week for Peter Doig’s “White Canoe” — a painting that, dealers say, ...

Items for sale include handwritten "Bohemian Rhapsody" lyrics and more. On stage with the rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury held the world in the palm of his hand. Now, a London exhibition shines a ...

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Three dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period will go under the hammer at a London auction on Thursday, with price estimates of millions of dollars. Christie's is offering ...

The biggest evening sales of modern and contemporary artwork in London this week delivered solid if unspectacular results with the exception of Sotheby’s sale of Gustav Klimt’s Dame mit Fächer (Lady ...

One of the oldest Christian liturgical books is expected to sell for more than $2.6 million at an auction in London. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex was written on Egyptian papyrus from around 250-350 A.D., ...

The annual RM Sotheby’s London sale will offer an appropriately strong lineup of British metal on November 1 and 2, and its star lot is one of the rarest, most sought-after, and now most valuable cars ...

London has emerged as the UK’s online auction hotspot, with new data showing the capital attracts more buyer interest than any other region in the country. Digital auctioneer Bidx1 reports that London ...