Among a number of works by John Lavery (1856-1941) to emerge on the secondary market recently, a rapidly executed view of the Venice Lido was among those that bought strong competition when it appeared for sale in Farnham, Surrey.

The rediscovered diary of Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant (1885-1978) drew strong interest this week after emerging at an auction at Gorringe's in Lewes, East Sussex.

A sketch by George Romney (1734-1802) came to a recent auction in south London with a remarkable backstory.

Among the works on paper attracting interest at the early spring auctions was a 19th century study that emerged at a sale in Dumfries.

Christie’s latest evening sale of Modern British and Irish Art raised a total of £11.3m including premium with all bar one of the 24 lots selling on the night.

A watercolour by the Expressionist painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956) which underwent a year-long authentication process drew a decent competition at Halls this week.

A previously unrecorded John Constable (1776-1837) sketch attracted strong bidding at North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants this weekend.

As ATG readers may recall from previous articles, when it comes to the works of the great ornithological artist Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) depictions of game birds tend to be the most commercial subjects.

A collection of works owned by German-born art historian Klaus Hinrichsen (1912-2004), a key figure in promoting émigré art in the UK, emerged at the latest specialist Prints & Multiples sale at south London saleroom Roseberys (26% buyer’s premium).

The artist Matevž Langus (1792-1855) is not a familiar name in UK salerooms. However, in his native Slovenia he remains well known as a portraitist and fresco painter.