Auction

Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' guitar sells for record $6 million

'Rubik Mona Lisa' sells for €480k smashing previous Invader record

Hockney's 'The Splash' sells for 27 million euros at London auction

Rare Gauguin painting from Tahiti period expected to fetch €7m in Paris

Who will buy Napoleon's boots?

Renaissance painting found in French kitchen fetches staggering €24m

3 French fine art finds that shook the art world

Renaissance 'Christ mocked' could hammer artwork sale records in France

At €91m, auction of Lalanne sculptures is Paris Sotheby's biggest ever sale

Proust’s self-promoting letters fail to sell at Paris auction

Luxury cars seized from Equatorial Guinea leader's son auctioned in Switzerland

French cinema star Depardieu puts contents of Paris restaurant up for auction

Van Gogh revolver auctioned in Paris, but doubts over his suicide remain

Sotheby’s going, going, gone! as French tycoon snaps up auction house

Monet masterpiece knocked down for record $111 million

Activists in France prevent auction of African artefacts

Paris auction house to sell letters of Karl Marx

Einstein letter doubting God sells for $2.89 million

Eiffel Tower staircase segment sold for 169,000 euros

Another part of Eiffel Tower stairs goes to auction

Tintin strip fails to find buyer at Paris auction

Marie-Antoinette's pendant sells for 18 times estimated price

Baudelaire's suicide letter sells for record auction price

Paris auction house braces for Banksy sale after shredding