The third sale from the library of Paul Destribats includes works by leaders of the 20th-century avant-garde, from Duchamp to Miró
Stunning tuxedos, trench coats, pussy-bow blouses, wraparound dresses and more, created for the dancer by Yves Saint Laurent
André Fu on his meteoric career, his design philosophy and the art and objects he has collected in his Hong Kong duplex
Still owned by the descendants of the sitter, this depiction of Voltaire’s publisher is a sublime example of why Liotard was sought after by princes, popes and kings
As furniture and works of art from their 75-year-old firm come to auction this month, we talk to Harry and Guy Apter about the company’s storied past
With the help of the French designer Henri Samuel, Susan and John Gutfreund turned their Fifth Avenue apartment into a work of art
How Gael Neeson and her late husband Stefan Edlis amassed one of the world’s greatest collections of modern and contemporary masterpieces
In our regular series of interviews, collectors discuss how they got started, their motivations, and, ultimately, what their collection means to them
From Babe Ruth’s bat to a Lou Gehrig Yankees jersey, plus balls, cards, pennants, photographs — and a love letter from Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio
A much-loved fixture of the New York social scene, Nina Griscom was the 1980s ‘It Girl’. But behind the glamour was an intelligent and discerning collector
The collector and philanthropist — after whom Hermès has named a handbag, The Susan — is offering more than 50 treasured items online
Alongside the avant-garde works that Rubinstein hung on her walls were many superb examples of African art — three of which are offered in Paris
A dozen treasures from one of America’s finest Asian art museums are coming to auction at Christie’s in Hong Kong
According to specialist Stephen Jones, Natalie and Dr Marvin Gliedman collected ‘for the sheer love of it’ — including works by Noguchi, Calder and Diebenkorn
Robert van Gulik, author of the Judge Dee mysteries, enjoyed a diplomatic career that spanned continents. Yet his passion lay in the art and culture of China
The Victor Martin-Malburet Collection features more than 2,400 images, many of them previously unpublished, spanning the late 1940s to the 1970s
Over a period of 50 years, Morton and Barbara Mandel assembled a collection of paintings and works on paper notable for charting developments in abstraction
In the words of her friend, Interview magazine’s Bob Colacello, Barbara de Kwiatkowski was the 1970s It Girl —‘the embodiment of a decade’
Alexandra Tolstoy on items from the Chelsea home she created with Colefax & Fowler — featuring items offered online
Two online sales bring together memorabilia from the biggest names in cricket, from Sir Geoffrey Boycott to Muttiah Muralitharan
In the late 1970s the handsome New York stockbroker and connoisseur retreated into the Appalachian Mountains. His collection is now being offered in New York
W.M. Hunt’s collection contains, in his own words, ‘magical images of people in which the eyes are somehow obscured, veiled, hidden’
Stirring images of frontier life by some of the most important figures in American art, including Frederic Remington, Charles Marion Russell and N.C. Wyeth
The distinguished Harvard economist Martin Feldstein amassed an exemplary collection of 17th-century Dutch art
A collection of monumental sculpture created for a magical Basque garden will be offered at Christie’s Paris in October
Abby and George O’Neill built on the Rockefeller tradition of combining fine art collecting with philanthropic endeavours
Why John Walker, former director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., called it ‘unsurpassed on this side of the Atlantic’
The New York gallery owner had an enviable reputation for making rediscoveries. A sale of Old Master paintings from his collection is offered online
A love of beauty defines the collection of Commandant Paul-Louis Weiller, complementing his lifetime of achievements
Although best known as a member of the British royal family, Lord Snowdon was first and foremost a photographer who pursued his passion to the last