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Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus sells for record $450m

Long-lost painting shatters world record for any work of art sold at auction

Picasso painting poised to break world auction record

Painting has estimate of $140m ahead of Christie’s sale in New York

Painful break-up: why do we want art collections to stay together?

There’s an aversion to art galleries breaking up collections and selling their works – but is it a short-sighted policy, and should museums sell some of their pieces to help their home cities?

Bringing home the Bacon: triptych sells for record $142.4m

1969 piece raises bar and becomes most expensive work ever sold at auction

A new era for the art market

A five-part summer series analyses the current state of the global fine art and antiques market

Jackson Pollock and the richest art sale in auction history