Auctions

When a fragment of a painting becomes an independent work, finding its own success on the art market.

The astounding results recorded in three different marvels: a painting by Canaletto, a mirror by Claude Lalanne and a book by Galileo Galilei.

Often the hidden face of a painting, its back or its verso, tells more secrets than the face on display.

The portrait of Dr. Boucard, Tamara de Lempicka’s main patron, sold at Christie’s for over six million pounds.