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How to buy at auction: a collector's guide
Estimates, reserves, buyer's premium and absentee bids explained — everything you need before you place your first bid with us.
By Amrit Kaur
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Specialist essays, auction previews, market notes and guides for collectors at every stage.

Estimates, reserves, buyer's premium and absentee bids explained — everything you need before you place your first bid with us.
By Amrit Kaur

Lot 2 in Indian Spring belongs to a short, ferociously productive period when Raza's French landscapes were dissolving into pure colour.
By Amrit Kaur

From a photograph on your phone to the hammer falling — how we value, catalogue and sell your works, and what it costs.
By Amrit Kaur

From a 1968 Raza to a pastel Jogen Chowdhury made in 2022, our spring sale traces the arc of Indian modernism.
By Amrit Kaur