Art Market

Nine potential buyers from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and the US engaged in a bidding battle for a 17th century Dutch genre painting in Lille.

Bidding competition breaks out in south London for Mannerist work discovered in a west London house

Portrait of actress who mesmerised Hitchcock makes highest sum for the artist since 2020

For followers of rock stars, style icons, actors and actresses, opportunities abound to acquire signed photographs of some of the famous cultural figures of the 20th century.

Original works and prints by the likes of Bob Dylan and Ronnie Wood are increasingly sought after

A large group of works by George Sherwood Hunter (1846-1919) that had remained in the artist’s family for over a century was dispersed at two sales conducted by Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium) over the last six months.

Works in demand at auction do not always reflect the subjects and themes that artists are best known for

Paintings of youngsters prove popular but provide a looser, less formal and spontaneous appeal

Among a selection of 19th and early 20th century pictures at Anderson & Garland’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest Fine Art Auction was an attractive painting by Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859-1912).

Sale of more than 300 works amassed by former journalist for The Times attracts a wide range of interest

A group of seven works that were once part of the collection of noted connoisseur and scholar Kerrison Preston (1884-1974) came to a recent auction held by Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Dorset.

A group of three works by LS Lowry (1887-1976) consigned from two separate sources appeared in a recent sale at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Coinciding with the latest Old Master auction series in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, announced the acquisition of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy.

High selling rates, prices beating estimates and decent auction totals suggest the market is in a good place

When it comes to Terence Cuneo (1907-96), it’s all about the trains right? Well… not quite.

A handful of Continental pictures representing different strands of 19th century art, including Romantic, Realist, academic and Grand Tour traditions, were among the highlights at Chiswick Auctions’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Old Masters and 19th century art.

Along with August, January is traditionally the quietest month in terms of regional auctions.