Oil painting

A curious unsigned oil on linen soared past its $800- 1200 guide to achieve $7000 (£5400) at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium) in Maine.

Focus on two flower paintings created in Kent by different artists but offered at the same local saleroom

End of year highlights included specialist collection amassed by couple who were both renowned experts

Pair of scarce oils by an artist more familiar as a watercolourist emerge at auction in Essex

Pictures by the Dutch artist Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821- 1909) are pretty abundant on the market but the considerable popularity of her characterful feline studies means they are invariably a valuable proposition.

Booming regional auction house points to experience and contacts as key to source high calibre works

What is thought to be a lost portrait of Maria de’ Medici (1575-1642) as a young woman has been discovered by dealer Nick Cox of Period Portraits.

Latest mid-level results for works by the incredibly prolific artist underline importance of sensible estimates

Recent sale results for the Anglo-Indian artist show a sharp rise as topographical views gain popularity

Four fresh-to-market works by the Edwardian enfant terrible artist come for sale in Exeter

Born in Constantinople, the daughter of a French nobleman of Hungarian descent, painter Sophie-Ernestine de Tott (1758-1848) spent more than two decades in London as an amateur painter and musician.

Overseas buyer emerges victorious as Old Master generates fierce competition in an Oxford sale

A very early 18th century Scandinavian rune stick offered for £5500 is one of the highlights of the Robert Young Antiques summer show.

Irish art sales rated as ‘very good’ despite some supply challenges as private collectors wait to consign

More paintings on offer in Dorest saleroom from the Cornish ‘school’ show the market strength

A Chinese export oil showing a Qing emperor at court led a single-owner dispersal at Tremont Auctions (27% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on May 5.

Recently found in Italy, a previously unrecorded portrait of Benjamin Franklin sold at Freeman’s Hindman (27/21/15% buyer's premium) in Philadelphia for $30,000 (£24,000).

Over the years, Cologne auction house Van Ham has achieved high prices for works by Raden Saleh Ben Jaggia.