Oil, Acrylic paintings & Mixed Media

Algernon Newton (1880-1968) has been one of the stars of the season with both his urban and rural scenes attracting high prices in the regions in the last month.

Trio of family paintings depicting Jervis’ finest hour bring £90,000 result for marine specialist Charles Miller

Artcurial holds one of its periodic sales of Old Master and 19th century paintings and drawings on June 9.

A group of naive oils found boxed up during a house move drew strong interest at Hanson Holloway’s Ross (25% buyer’s premium), making a combined £36,000.

As the son of an entomologist and ornithologist, the artist David Morrison Reid-Henry (1919-77) was destined for a career observing wildlife and nature.

This late 17th century portrait depicts Lady Frances Brudenell, Countess of Newburgh (c.1677-1736), an early victim of salacious journalism.

Among the fine art to be included in the May 29 sale at Fontaine’s in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, will be this Parisian street scene by the French artist Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969).

Recent stand-out lots from salerooms in Basel, Zurich, Constance, Stuttgart and Dresden

On June 16 Christie’s Paris is holding a sale devoted to female artists.

Bonhams conducts a general sale of Asian art in Knightsbridge on May 10.

A highlight of the Asian Art sale at Tajan will be this still-life of a pot of primroses, apples and porcelain by Chinese artist Pan Yu Liang (1895-1977).

Edward Seago was a favourite of the establishment, royals in particular, but has a wider appeal such as his views of Hong Kong

Among the highlights of the Asian Art auction at Koller on June 2 is this ink and colour scroll painting 'Sunrise at Mount Tai' by Li Keran (1907-89).

A Constable-esque landscape turned a few heads at Chorley’s (22.5% buyer’s premium) latest fine art and antiques sale.

Shapiro is holding an International Fine and Decorative Art sale on April 24-25 in Mamaroneck, New York.

Sometimes there is no need for hyperbole: the story behind the auction on March 15 at Neumeister (27% buyer’s premium) in Munich was quite remarkable in itself.

Still Life with Autumn Fruit and Bouquet of Flowers by the Swiss artist Johannes Dünz was probably conceived as one of four seasonal paintings.

Oil bought by the vendor directly from the artist Lucy Harwood features a still-life on the reverse

Among the highlights of last week’s Islamic and Indian art sales in London was this late Safavid portrait of a mercenary in the Persian army painted in the cosmopolitan city of Isfahan c.1680-90.