Elizabeth Fortescue

If the first night of Bonhams Australia's series of six auctions of John Laws' estate is any indication, there is still plenty of gold in the radio star known for his “golden tonsils”.

What possessed the artist to pay a remote Portuguese workshop $670,000 in today's dollars to create artworks so massive they have never before been hung together?

More than 400 “esoteric” artworks and objects from the collections of three people woven into the fabric of Melbourne art are being auctioned, priced to sell.

The contemporary art world is modelled on the innovations of Paul Durand-Ruel. A new exhibition explores the fruits of the Parisian's legacy.

An auction of 187 artworks from the collection of the Print Council of Australia is set to test the market's appetite for this relatively accessible and endlessly fascinating corner of the art world.

Perhaps Edmund Capon was right all along. When the late director of the Art Gallery of NSW plucked four Sidney Nolan paintings out of storage and sent them to auction in 2007, there were howls of dismay.

The web of intrigue surrounding Nazi-looted art reaches Australia far less often than many other parts of the world.

Aldrin’s personal collection, including a pen used to replace a broken button on the lander, and Gus the $36 million T-rex will headline Sotheby’s “Geek Week” sales.