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The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a ‘British School’ waterfall scene making 60 times estimate

Setting a record for any British-born female artist at auction, a surrealist painting by Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) drew a lengthy bidding battle at Sotheby’s New York on May 15, taking the artist into a new league commercially.

The napkin responsible for the signing of the teenaged Lionel Messi to FC Barcelona was sold by the player’s former agent at Bonhams

Lone thief took several high-value items of jewellery

A bidding battle broke out at Bellmans in West Sussex yesterday for an early and engaging portrait by Dod Procter (1890-1972), setting the second highest auction price ever recorded for the artist.

The guitar on which Clapton wrote 'Wonderful Tonight' carries an estimate of £300,000-400,000

The model of a Blériot XI could be the earliest surviving aeronautical training model in existence

The parent company of auction houses Dreweatts and Forum Auctions has appointed a new chief executive.

Iron and gold inlayed casket depicting sieges of Boulogne sur Mer is attributed to court gunsmith and armourer Diego de Çaias.

Christie’s has been the victim of an apparent cyberattack that has brought down its website.

Bidders battled for a floral wreath sent by supporters of the exiled and imprisoned emperor.

One of the largest pictures that George Stubbs (1724-1806) ever painted is coming to auction with a £7m-10m estimate.