Auctioneer Oliver Barker sold the Lewis collection for £306m. He reflects on showmanship, sock choice and when a Banksy sale ended in shreds Liam Kelly is a senior culture writer and covers the full ...

Before Oliver Barker stepped onto a raised platform in front of a painting of a woman in a shimmering white gown against a periwinkle backdrop on Tuesday night, the veteran Sotheby’s auctioneer got a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Egon Schiele's Danaë (1909) sold for £17.9m - Rayan Bamhayan/Sotheby's You know something special must be happening when even an ...

It was a boost for the London market, where major auctions have been consistently downsized over the last few years, due to Brexit-born bureaucracy and rising taxes, as well as the global art market ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oliver Barker, Sotheby's European chairman and star auctioneer, photographed for The Telegraph at the auction house - Rii Schroer ...

Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s European chairman and star auctioneer, photographed for The Telegraph at the auction house - Rii Schroer for The Telegraph The word “masterpiece” is overused, but it is hard ...