Old Masters

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.

A major consignment of Old Masters is coming up at Sotheby’s New York which the auction house said is poised to break the record for any singleowner sale in this category.

De’ Conti and Tintoretto works shine as part of the Old Master sales in New York

A series of British portraits offered across two different Dreweatts (26/25% buyer’s premium) sales got the new year off to a good start at the Newbury saleroom.

As with last year’s equivalent sales, the winter Old Masters auctions in New York looked a little thin.

A deceased estate in Dorset that yielded a notable collection of Old Masters provided a fillip to Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne’s latest mixed-category auction.

Collection of banker and financier with a bohemian streak included an eclectic mix of pictures

Event in the Belgian capital manages to combine sense of luxury with a friendly and relaxed atmosphere early on

London dealer William Thuillier has sold a portrait of Frederick Augustus I, the Elector of Saxony and Duke of Warsaw, to the armoury of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden.

Master Drawings New York (MDNY), the major showcase for drawings in the US, returns to the American city from February 1-8.

Among the portraits bringing demand at the latest series of Old Master auctions in London was a pair of works depicting young women by Johann Zoffany (1733-1810).