ARTISTS
2023
A painting depicting Pope Sylvester I made 鈧�3m, while a portrayal of Saint Helena more than doubled its high estimate, selling for 鈧�1.6m.
On 13 December, the French auction house TAJAN will be selling two paintings by Pietro Lorenzetti (active in Siena from 1306 to 1345).
2021
An export ban was placed on the drawing in 2017 but the French culture ministry has not purchased the drawing as planned
2020
With sales postponed and auction houses remaining closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a rapid shift to the digital marketplace, data from Invaluable, the Boston-based online secondary-market platform, reveals.
2018
The Paris auction house Tajan will offer a rediscovered drawing by Leonardo da Vinci at public sale on June 19, for the first time, testing the market for a work by the Renaissance master after the extraordinary sale of 鈥淪alvator Mundi鈥� last year.
The Romanian painter鈥檚 prices have increased 160-fold over the past decade. But who, or what, is behind this steep rise?
2017
Discover the most exceptional lots at auction over the next seven days 鈥撀爄ncluding a painting once owned by Napoleon's brother
State has 30 months to buy newly discovered work hailed as a 鈥渘ational treasure鈥�
2016
A drawing owned by a French doctor is thought to be a lost work by Leonardo da Vinci 鈥� it bears all the hallmarks of one of history鈥檚 greatest creative minds.
Several art experts attributed the drawing to the Renaissance polymath.
An "extraordinary" drawing by Leonardo da Vinci valued at 鈧�15 million (拢12.5 million ) was unveiled on Monday in Paris after a retired French doctor brought the lost work to an auction house amongst a jumble of unknown sketches.
A retired doctor visited a Paris auction house in March with a portfolio of drawings. It contained a work now attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and valued at about $15.8 million.
10 Upcoming Auction Lots
10 Upcoming Auction Lots
2015
On 8 and 9 December 2015, the Parisian auction house Tajan is selling modern and contemporary art works from a European collection of the 20th century, on display from 26 November.