Fine Art

Frank Frazetta’s cover painting for a 1967 Lancer/Ace Conan paperback, a landmark of modern fantasy art commonly known as Man Ape, sold for a world record $13.5m (£9.99m) including the buyer’s premium at Heritage Auctions.

Among the most eye-catching pictures that emerged at the summer auctions around the country were a couple of early 20th century portraits of young women.

Dominic Sanchez-Cabello initially followed in his father’s footsteps to become an antiques dealer in Plymouth.

West End art dealer Liss Llewellyn has teamed up with Modern British art museum Pallant House Gallery for a show of paintings of artists.

The distinctive 'Portrait of a Lady' by the Hungarian artist Imre Goth was star of the show at an auction at Mehlis (24% buyer’s premium) in Plauen, Germany.

St James’s gallery Stern Pissarro is taking part in Canopy, a pop-up exhibition in Marylebone at the Grade II-listed building 14 Cavendish Square.

Campaign furniture specialist Christopher Clarke Antiques has broadened its horizons for its next exhibition and is focusing on travel illustrations.

A museum show on war artist and poet Thomas Hennell (1903-45), marking the 80th anniversary of his death, has been put together with the help of Modern British art dealer Andrew Sim of Sim Fine Art.

Galerie Kornfeld in Bern devoted the evening session at its auction on September 11 to a remarkable collection of prints by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. It was rewarded by some equally remarkable prices.

As collaborations between dealers and institutions become increasingly common, London dealership Abbott and Holder is teaming up with the Society of Antiquaries to revive a fundraising project first launched more than 200 years ago.

Milan is the latest stop in Thaddaeus Ropac’s expanding network of art galleries, with a new space opening this autumn in the Palazzo Belgioioso.

At a time when many of his painter colleagues were drawn to Italy for their artistic inspiration, Johann Moritz Rugendas, who was born in Augsburg in 1802, headed for more distant lands.

A rare collection of personal correspondence from fell walker, author and illustrator Alfred Wainwright (1907-91) walked away to a new owner in a timed online sale that ended on September 7.

Naturalist but creationist Agassiz produced a monumental work on ancient species of fish

In your Auction Reports on April 5 (Art Market, ATG No 2687) you reported on Reeman Dansie’s sale of a portrait of a young British officer under the headline ‘Missing finger could point to sitter’s identity’. That portrait was the property of my late wife.