The fall auction season is in full swing with a week packed with events for collectors and art enthusiasts. From September 17 to 23, 2026, leading national and international auction houses will be offering modern and contemporary artworks, classic cars, and art objects from major private collections.
Leading the national sales calendar are auctions that either began in the middle of the month or are set to open on Thursday, September 17. It starts with Maison Bibelot and its timed auction titled “Rinnovare con stile” (Renovating with Style), running from September 11 through 18 with a selection of furniture and decorative arts. Next up is Il Ponte Casa d’Aste with auctions featuring Furniture, Paintings, Decorative Objects, Oriental Art, Rugs, and Textiles, which opened on September 15 and are also scheduled for September 17, 18, and 21 in Milan. Online, Pandolfini is hosting an auction of Modern and Contemporary Art from September 16 to 25.
September 17 promises to be a day packed with live and online auctions: Bertolami Fine Art will hold its live auction in Rome, “Isu: Furniture and Art Objects from the 16th to the 20th Century,” featuring signed French cabinetry, as well as the live auction session “II: Furniture and Art Objects from the 16th to the 20th Century,” with a section dedicated to 20th-century decorative arts. At the same time, Cambi Casa d’Aste’s “Antique Bargains” auction and Farsetti Arte’s sale titled “Parade—Modern, Contemporary, and Graphic Art” (running through September 29) will begin. Also worth noting is Finarte’s online auction “Pop Culture / Comics NO RESERVE,” which closes on September 18.
On Friday, September 18, the schedule picks up even more momentum, starting with a triple live event kicked off by Blindarte (with bidding open through October 12): the thematic session NAPOLI800900, the sale dedicated entirely to Photography, and the catalog of Pens, Books, and Graphic Works. On the same day, Il Ponte Casa d’Aste holds the thematic sale “Sport Milano • Parigi,” and Capitolium Art presents its “Oriental Art” auction.
On Monday, September 21, Finarte will hold its live auction of Pokémon and collectible cards in Milan. On Tuesday, September 22, it will then present a dense cluster of auctions: Colasanti Casa d’Aste presents its web-live Modern and Contemporary Art auction featuring a selection of Fluxus works from a private collection, alongside Finarte’s Incanti d’Arte in Rome and Babuino Fine Art’s Modern and Contemporary Art session. Tuesday, September 22, also marks the highlight for Cambi Casa d’Aste with the first two sessions featuring the Ettore Mocchetti collection: the live auction *La Wunderkammer di Ettore Mocchetti * and the timed auction *Books – La Wunderkammer di Ettore Mocchetti*. Also starting September 22, Pandolfini launches the online auction “Arcade | Jewelry” (running through September 29). Finally, on September 23, Wannenes’s web-live auction, “Medals and Coins,” goes live.
Looking beyond our borders, the international scene offers a particularly packed schedule of online and live auctions. In Switzerland, the Geneva-based auction house Piguet Hôtel des Ventes is holding its fall marathon, which opened online on September 8 and will also feature a live exhibition of the lots from September 17 to 20. The first sessions to close include “Grands vins” and “Argenterie – Arts de la table – Verrerie – Porcelaine – Art Nouveau – Art Déco,” both ending on Monday, September 21. These will be followed on September 22 by the “Objets de collection & curiosités” and “Luminaires - Objets d’Art - Clocks - Mirrors - Furniture - Rugs, while the auctions for Arts of the Orient and the Far East and Paintings and Sculptures will conclude on Wednesday, September 23.
Thursday, September 17, marks important events for major international auction houses: in Vienna, Dorotheum concludes its online auction dedicatedto contemporary and modern Austrian art at the Palais Dorotheum. In Paris, Bonhams – Cornette de Saint-Cyr concludes its “Online Jewellery, Paris” auction of fine jewelry (which opened on September 8 at its Avenue Hoche location). Bonhams is also concluding its “Prints & Multiples – September ” online sale in Sweden (which opened on September 10), alongside other online auctions: “Chanel: From The Vault II” in New York, “Online Jewellery, Paris,” and “Chinese Paintings Online: 20th Century & Beyond!”. In London, Phillips is hosting a double live auction dedicated to artist multiples with “EDITIONS: MODERNISM SALE ” and “EDITIONS: EVENING SALE,” while Christie’s is auctioning the charity collection “Marr’s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection.” In Cologne, Sotheby’s is concluding the online auction *From Meissen to Paris: The Röbbig Collection | Part III*, while in New York , Christie’s is holding a live auction of *Ritual, Cosmos, and Imperial Splendor: Important Chinese Art from a Private North American Collection, while simultaneously launching the online sale Japanese Art Online (through September 23).
On Friday, September 18, Tajan’s online auction titled ECLECTIC kicks off in Paris, running through Tuesday, September 22. Over the weekend, the international auction calendar really heats up: on Saturday, September 19, Bonhams revs up the engines at Goodwood with the live auction of classic cars, “Goodwood Revival Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia.” Also in Paris, Drouot Estimations is holding its timed auction, “La Prise de la Bastille,” which runs through Sunday, September 20, at 2:00 p.m. On Saturday, September 19, Phillips also turns the spotlight on London with the live monographic sale DAVID HOCKNEY (2:00 p.m. BST), while between September 18 and 19, Sotheby’s hosts the “Important Watches” auction of fine timepieces.
On Monday, September 21, Bonhams – Cornette de Saint-Cyr will close its 137-lot online auction dedicated toPost-War & Contemporary Art (open since September 11) in Paris (Avenue Hoche). The week continues on Tuesday, September 22: in Vienna, Dorotheum will hold its live Coin auction at 10:00 a.m. at the Palais Dorotheum. Also on September 22, Artcurial will present its prestigious live auction, *Le goût Rothschild en héritage*, at its showrooms in Paris . A pied-à-terre on the Champ-de-Mars. On the same day, Sotheby’s “Hogshead from Macallan Distillery” auction (which opened on September 3 and centers on a rare cask of vintage Scotch whiskey) concludes in London.
Finally, Wednesday, September 23 features a series of events in Paris and internationally: Artcurial holds a live auction dedicated to “Livres, Manuscrits & Gravures anciennes—Dont la Bibliothèque José Luis Dotti, ” followed by PIASA’s live auction “ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN — Collection Paul et Jacqueline Canfrère, a sale dedicated to the Canfrère collection of modern and contemporary art. The international week concludes simultaneously in London with Sotheby’s online auction “Prints & Multiples” (active since September 16), dedicated to artist-created prints and multiples.
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