NEW YORK — Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall?

Two dozen paintings and sketches from three generations of the Wyeth family are heading to Bonhams courtesy of Linda L. Bean.

The bust, which was purchased for just over $6 and once served as a storage shed door stop, could bring in millions.

and France who liaised with Italian auction houses to facilitate the sale of counterfeit works at eyebrow-raising prices. “In ...

Police in Italy say they have busted a major European criminal network forging and selling artworks by some of the biggest ...