France

A cache of art glass rediscovered during the contents removal of a house that had been unoccupied for several years came up for auction.

The Fifty Fathoms watch was born in the 1950s from the encounter between the Swiss firm Blancpain (by then using the legal trading name Rayville) and two French naval officers, Capt Robert Maloubier and Lt Claude Riffaud.

Clock formed as memorial to Napoleonic general stars among contents of d’Estaing family home

Main and Middle East branch of the French museum revealed as the buyers of works offered in French auctions

Millon’s March 6 sale in Paris is its third to be given over entirely to the graphic (engraved) work of Pierre Soulages (1919-2022).

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has acquired two large paintings by Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860-1932) from Rome dealership Antonacci Lapiccirella.

At least five leading auction houses posted their best-ever annual figures in France for 2022, while others boasted exceptional sales during the year.

Annual auction house results show strong performances boosted by single-owner collections in particular

This 19th century French gold, enamel and gemset locket measures an impressive 5½in (13cm) across.

The Camille Claudel Museum has unveiled its newly purchased Volubilis sculpture by Alfred Boucher.

Ever since the record-breaking $400m sale of Salvator Mundi at Christie’s back in 2017, the market seems to have become fascinated with other treatments of the subject.

Pieces that had decorated Paris home of a famous patron of the arts come to Fontainebleau auction

Compact Paris exhibition includes 19 works with a ‘super provenance’ to the artist’s wife

Terracotta Virgin and Child joined a handful of other known works after 2010 attribution

This youthful work by Edouard Manet (1832-83) was the top-seller in the Modern and Contemporary auction at Tajan (26/21/14% buyer’s premium) in Paris.

Jean (1913-92) and Jacqueline (1920- 2009) Lérat were artist ceramicists based in central France.

Over 17,000 visitors including representatives from French and foreign museums, major collectors and decorators attended the first staging of the newly merged fair Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale.

Staging a photo collection sale just as a specialist fair opened proved a great choice.