Luxury Mayfair Auction House Hit by Suspected Burglary Days Before Damien Hirst Sale

Luxury Mayfair auction house hit by suspected burglary days before Damien Hirst sale

A luxury Mayfair auction house was the target of a suspected burglary days before a sale of artworks by Damien Hirst.

Burglars attempt to break in to London auction house filled with jewellery

Burglars attempted to break into one of central London's most upmarket auction houses that flogs jewellery and art.

Tretchikoff Painting Breaks Global Auction Record at Strauss & Co in Johannesburg

Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, set a new world record for Russia-born South African painter Vladimir Tretchikoff on Tuesday night with the sale of his 1955 portrait Lady from the Orient for R31 892 000. The iconic painting is said to have been sold to an anonymous telephone bidder after a dramatic flurry of 89 bids, narrowly beating a determined in-room contender at the live auction in Johannesburg. With commission and taxes inclu…