John Craven (1912-1981)

This illustration featuring a distinctive atmosphere is undoubtedly one of the most famous works by the promising Swedish artist, who died prematurely.

Alain Moatti (1939-2023) was an erudite antiquarian and a tireless curiosity seeker, renowned in particular for his knowledge of bronzes and majolica. He left a library in which sculpture and the fine arts occupy pride of place.

Two works by famous artists achieved the highest bids: Jean Royère’s polar bear sofa and Auguste Rodin’s Saint John the Baptist.

The €6 million sale of the largest triceratops known to date reached fever pitch at Drouot and established a European record, eliciting rapturous applause from the audience.

Ghostly street scenes are recurrent in the work of American painter John Register. Like Edward Hopper, he painted a melancholic portrait of America.

A Latin editio princeps of the Fables of Bidpai staggered bibliophiles when it garnered ten times its estimate.

African and religious art highlighted Gabon and the Middle Ages.

This realistic bust of the hermit saint is credited to Claus de Werve, nephew and follower of the sculptor Claus Sluter.

The New York native, renowned for his revolutionary art, poetry, and LGBT activism, died on October 11. He featured as the nude resting figure in Andy Warhol’s 1963 film Sleep, and in 2015 was the subject of a retrospective at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, organized by his husband and titled I Love John Giorno.