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Old Master paintings come up for sale throughout the year in France but the summer season traditionally mounts a number of dedicated auctions in the field.

This panel painting of The Annunciation is on offer at the sale of Old Master paintings at Aguttes on June 17.

François Pompon auction record leads a look at four stand-out results achieved in the French capital

The bicentenary of Napoléon Bonaparte's death boosts demand for relics

A sale of design and 20th century decorative arts to be staged by Aguttes on March 30 spans items from the Art Nouveau era through to the latter decades of the 20th century.

This small carved boxwood domed box features in the sale of antique furniture and works of art at Aguttes in Neuilly on December 21.

Bula, a 1970 painting by Maurice Estève, will be one of the works on offer in Aguttes’ sale of Contemporary Art in Neuilly on December 14.

A number of strong results for works by modern Vietnamese painters have been achieved in recent weeks in salerooms across France.

Launched in 1956, La Biennale des Antiquaires, now an annual event known as La Biennale Paris, is one of the world’s longest-established and best-known art and antiques fairs.

Aguttes stages a sale of paintings, works of art and furniture titled Passion Patrimoine taking place at Neuilly-sur-Seine on the outskirts of Paris on September 22.

An unexpectedly high price was paid in a sale of Old Master paintings and drawings held this summer by auction house Aguttes (23/25% buyer’s premium plus VAT) in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Aguttes’ drawings auction was one of the only sales not to be postponed after the coronavirus alert.

Every year Paris plays host to a December Asian art auction series with a raft of sales at the Drouot auction centre and at the independent rooms across the French capital.

Plenty of opportunities were available to purchase Old Master or 19th century works for more affordable prices across Paris last month. Pictured here are three works from recent auctions.

Old Masters are much to the fore in the calendar across Europe at this time in the auction season.

The Bordoni and the Luini were not the only strong results achieved in the Drouot auction centre in the November sales.

Parsonage Museum ‘determined to make the most of second opportunity’ to own miniature manuscript

Further proof of the success of the dedicated dealer and auction house initiatives promoting Asian art and expertise in Western capitals comes next month in Paris.