"Girl with Balloon" had just sold at Sotheby’s Friday for £1 042 000 when it unexpectedly passed through a shredder hidden in the frame

An album of images sketched of the Anglo-Zulu war by a little-known Irish soldier has been snapped up at a British auction, reports Turtle Bunbury.

Edvard Munch’s painting <em>The Scream</em> has sold for $120-million, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.

Sotheby’s is holding an Art for Africa charity auction in London, featuring works of art donated by a range of contemporary artists.